Manchester

Coverage highlights foodservice and hospitality developments across Manchester, with a focus on high-activity areas such as the Northern Quarter, Ancoats, Spinningfields, and Deansgate. Reporting includes restaurant and bar openings, independent brand growth, investment trends, and evolving footfall dynamics. Insight is tailored for operators tracking urban trading patterns, premium casual formats, and consumer behaviour in one of the UK’s most competitive city markets.

  • Mar- 2021 -
    2 March
    Coronavirus
    Substantial meal rule dropped following legal battle

    Substantial meal rule dropped following legal battle

    Sacha Lord, Greater Manchester’s night-time economy adviser, has won a legal challenge forcing the UK government to drop its “substantial meal” rule for bars and restaurants. High court judges ruled in favour of Lord, who brought a legal case against health secretary Matt Hancock with the claim certain lockdown measures…

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  • Feb- 2021 -
    25 February
    RestaurantsMowgli to open new Cheltenham site

    Mowgli to open new Cheltenham site

    Mowgli, an Indian restaurant group, has announced its intentions to expand its portfolio with the opening of a Cheltenham site this summer. The establishment will represent Mowgli’s 12th restaurant and will reportedly create over 30 jobs. Founded in 2014, Mowgli now operates over a number of sites across the UK,…

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  • 23 February
    Venues & PropertiesGerman Doner Kebab to expand across UK

    German Doner Kebab to expand across UK

    German Doner Kebab is reportedly eyeing a roll-out of sites across the UK, in a move that will see it almost double its presence with the addition of 47 new sites.  According to Sky News, the expansion, which follows a period of heightened takeaway sales during the pandemic, will reportedly…

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  • 12 February
    Pubs and BarsMitchells and Butlers pub branch announces permanent closure

    Mitchells and Butlers pub branch announces permanent closure

    A Mitchells and Butlers (M&B) pub, in Didsbury Manchester has announced that it will be permanently closing, as ongoing restrictions continue to take a toll on the hospitality sector.  In a social media post owners of The Stoker’s Arms stated that due to “circumstances outside of their control” the pub…

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  • Jan- 2021 -
    29 January
    CoronavirusManchester City footballer raises money for local restaurants

    Manchester City footballer raises money for local restaurants

    Manchester City midfielder Ilkay Gündogan has launched a campaign to help support local Manchester hospitality businesses hit by the pandemic.  Gündogan is now auctioning off items such as personal ‘meet and greets’ and signed jerseys – with all proceeds going to restaurants and cafes.   The footballer said he was inspired…

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  • 22 January
    RestaurantsRudy’s pizzeria set for Stockton Heath

    Rudy’s pizzeria set for Stockton Heath

    Rudy’s, a Neapolitan pizzeria, is set to expand its portfolio with an opening in Stockton Heath, according to the Warrington Guardian. The Cheshire property will hold capacity for 50 customers, with a downstairs kitchen also included in the plans. It will be the seventh UK site for the businesses that…

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  • 19 January
    RestaurantsPrezzo’s chair joins Build Back Better Council

    Prezzo’s chair joins Build Back Better Council

    Karen Jones, the executive chair of Prezzo, will represent the hospitality industry on the government’s new Build Back Better Council. The new business council will be co-chaired by the prime minister and chancellor, with the business secretary as a standing member and other cabinet ministers attending as required. Jones is…

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  • 18 January
    CoronavirusSacha Lord calls for hospitality to reopen alongside non-essential retail

    Sacha Lord calls for hospitality to reopen alongside non-essential retail

    Sacha Lord, Greater Manchester’s night time economy advisor, has claimed that hospitality “must reopen” alongside non-essential retail as part of a return to the Covid-19 tiered system. The comment came in response to Dominc Raab’s confirmation on the BBC’s The Andrew Marr Show that a phased transition out of national…

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  • 14 January
    Catering CompaniesChartwells to add free breakfasts to school food parcels

    Chartwells to add free breakfasts to school food parcels

    Chartwells, the UK’s largest school meals caterer, has announced it will add free breakfasts to school food parcels from 25 January. The caterer, which works with more than 3,000 schools, made national headlines when a picture of its free school meals bag went viral on Twitter and was widely criticised.…

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  • 13 January
    Restaurants14-year-old boy charged with murder of stockport restaurant owner

    14-year-old boy charged with murder of stockport restaurant owner

    A 14-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of Mohammed Islam, a stockport restaurant owner, following a robbery on 8 January 2021. Islam who was also known as Nowab Miah was the owner of Marple Spice, an Indian restaurant in the greater Manchester area.  The incident occurred just after…

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