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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Nov- 2019 -22 NovemberRestaurants
The Alchemist to make Scottish debut
The Alchemist, the Simon Potts-led cocktail bar and restaurant concept, is to make its Scottish debut next year in a 5,700 sq ft site in Edinburgh St James. The Alchemist will be situated on level four of Edinburgh St James, overlooking Register Square, which connects the development to Princes Street.…
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19 NovemberCafes and Coffee Shops
Tim Hortons announces opening date for Leicester branch
Canadian cafe and bakery chain, Tim Hortons, has announced it will be opening the door to to its biggest restaurant to date, in Leicester, on 28 November. Situated on East Gates, the restaurant will span over three floors to enjoy “Canada’s favourite coffee.” To celebrate the opening the first 100…
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18 NovemberRestaurants
Tom Kerridge’s Bull & Bear opens within new Stock Exchange Hotel
Tom Kerridge’s new Bull and Bear restaurant has officially opened as part of Relais and Chateux’s new Stock Exchange Hotel. Housed under the building’s dome which for decades was the trading floor of the Stock Exchange, the space has been designed to be a social space where people can enjoy…
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15 NovemberBusiness
Chilango in restructuring talks
Mexican fast-food chain Chilango has announced it is restructuring talks with accountancy firm RSM, which has been drafted in to discuss “options” for the business. RSM said Chilango has “engaged” the firm to assist on working on long-term planning, options and strategy, and a spokesperson added: “All further enquiries should…
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6 NovemberRegulations & Policies
Restaurant fined £10,000 over ‘illegal accommodation’
Owners of a Bolton restaurant have been fined £10,000 over “illegal and unsafe” accommodation, Bolton Council has said. The accommodation was discovered above India Gate during a multi-agency inspection back in December. Appearing at Bolton magistrates’ court last week, owner of the Indian restaurant, Heron Ali, admitted to not owning…
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Oct- 2019 -31 OctoberRestaurants
Bill’s opens new Spinningfields restaurant
Bill’s Restaurant and Bar has opened the doors to its new Spinningfields restaurant in Manchester. Bill’s has relocated from its former Manchester city centre location, on John Dalton Street, to its new Spinningfields home at 3 Hardman Square. The new 177 sq mt dining space accommodates up to 96 covers,…
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25 OctoberRestaurants
Rosa’s Thai Cafe to open in Manchester
Rosa’s Thai Cafe will open its first restaurant in Manchester next spring, in The Old Courthouse on Deansgate, formerly occupied by Handmade Burger Co. Launched in 2008 by Thai chef Saiphin Moore and her husband Alex on East London’s famous Brick Lane, Rosa’s Thai Café said it has built a…
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9 OctoberNews
Wilderness Bar + Kitchen renamed Wolf At The Door
Wilderness Bar + Kitchen has announced it is renaming its newly opened Manchester branch to The Wolf At The Door. Owner Dan Morris said they decided to change its name to avoid any potential confusion with another establishment based in Birmingham. It follows a successful six weeks of being open,…
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Sep- 2019 -23 SeptemberBusiness
Bailiffs visit 310 premises a day over business rates, study finds
Councils across England are sending bailiffs to 310 companies a day over business rates arrears, new figures show. The investigation by the real estate adviser Altus Group revealed that, during the last financial year, for 2018/19, over 78,000 non-domestic properties from shops to restaurants to pubs to factories to offices…
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17 SeptemberNews
Bill’s Manchester to move to new site in Spinningfields
Bill’s Restaurant and Bar has announced it is moving from its current Manchester city centre location, on John Dalton Street, to the city’s financial centre, Spinningfields, this autumn. The group said it will open its doors on Monday 28 October with a “vibrant” new look, and the new 177 sqm…
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