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.
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Mar- 2025 -10 MarchNews-In-Brief
Today’s news in brief – 10/03/25
Bistrot Pierre has been rescued by Cherry Equity Partners in a pre-pack administration, ensuring that 10 sites will continue to trade and safeguarding exactly 394 jobs. However, the transaction did not include eight other restaurants which will close immediately, resulting in 158 redundancies. For the year ended June 2023, the…
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10 MarchRestaurants
Australasia Manchester to undergo revamp this Spring
Australasia has announced that its restaurant in Manchester’s Spinningfields is set to undergo a revamp in April. The venue’s new interior design will draw inspiration from the shoes of the Pacific and become “a natural, organic sanctuary”. Alongside this, the restaurant will be incorporating a baby grand piano into its…
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6 MarchNews-In-Brief
Today’s news in brief – 06/03/25
Côte Brasserie has appointed Emma Dinnis as its new CEO. Dinnis joins the French brasserie chain following a tenure as managing director of Sofology, where she led the brand’s customer-first transformation. She brings experience in retail and hospitality, having held senior leadership roles at Topshop/Topman, M&Co, Ikea, and M&S. She…
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6 MarchRestaurants
Big Mamma to open first site in the north of England
Big Mamma Group has announced that it is set to open a new Circolo Popolare in Manchester, its first site in the north of England. The new 280-cover space will be set within a new development, St Michael’s, off the thoroughfare of Manchester’s Deansgate. The venue will be led by…
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4 MarchRestaurants
Blacklock to open first Birmingham site
Blacklock has revealed that it is set to open a new restaurant in Birmingham, its first in Britain’s second city. The group will transform the ground floor of St Philip’s House in the city centre into a 100-seat restaurant and bar. The new venue will offer a variety of steaks…
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3 MarchNews-In-Brief
Today’s news in brief – 03/03/25
Drinks sales across managed venues rose 4% in the week to Saturday 22 February, marking only the second week of growth in 2025 so far. Trading beat the levels of last year on six of the seven days, and was ahead by between 8% and 11% every day between 17…
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3 MarchFood and Drink
King Pins officially opens in Bristol’s Cabot Circus
Games and leisure complex, King Pins, has officially opened in Bristol’s Cabot Circus, marking its third UK site and first out of Manchester. Located on the second floor of Cabot Circus, King Pins is next door to the unit which used to house Frankie and Benny’s and offers bowling, tech…
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Feb- 2025 -24 FebruaryNews-In-Brief
Today’s news in brief – 24/02/25
Some 70% of hospitality businesses will cut jobs due to reduced rates relief from April, according to a survey by The British Beer and Pub Association, the British Institute of Innkeeping, Hospitality Ulster and UKH. The survey also revealed that 60% would cancel planned investment, 29% will reduce trading hours…
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24 FebruaryPubs and Bars
Shiko Group to hit £9.2m turnover this year
North-West bar and kitchen operator Shiko Group is predicting its biggest year to date when it publishes its annual figures next month, projecting turnover of £9.2m this year. Collaborating with its funding partner, Universal Hospitality, the group is forecasting an even bigger 2025/26, with a predicted turnover of £14m. The…
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18 FebruaryNews-In-Brief
Today’s news in brief – 18/02/25
The BBPA has called for urgent government action as nearly 300 pubs closed in 2024 – an equivalent of six a week and more than 4,500 job losses alone. The regions that suffered the most were London at 1%, followed by the East Midlands and West Midlands, with 0.9% closures.…
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