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.
-
Jul- 2019 -24 JulyCatering Companies
Orderswift and Stuart increase direct delivery coverage to 34 UK cities
Online ordering platform Orderswift and on-demand logistics specialist Stuart have expanded their direct delivery partnership to cover 34 cities and towns around the UK. The move comes after a successful two-year collaboration between the two companies in London. With direct delivery, customer orders are placed through a restaurant’s own website…
Read More » -
19 JulyPubs and Bars
Holly Bush Inn on the market for £750,000
The historic Holly Bush Inn in Little Leigh near Northwich has been put on the market at a guide price of £750,000. The Grade-II listed property comprises four separate buildings over a 2.63 acre site in the Cheshire countryside. Together the four buildings offer 14 en-suite letting rooms, a three-bedroom…
Read More » -
10 JulyRestaurants
Oddfellows On The Park recruits new pastry chef
Design-led hotel, Oddfellows On The Park has announced Clement Barbin as its new head pastry chef. Barbin joins the team at the park side boutique hotel from Bisous Bisous in Manchester, but also has a wealth of experience in Italy and France – including a stint as a pastry chef…
Read More » -
Jun- 2019 -26 JunePubs and Bars
LXi acquires 14 Greene King Pubs
Investment company LXi REIT has acquired 14 Greene Kings Pubs, as part of a £135m bulk investment. The 14 pubs are located in Cheshire, Manchester, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Newcastle and County Durham. Each property has been let to Greene King with 15-year unexpired and unbroken lease terms and annual rent…
Read More » -
25 JuneAnalysis
Why are chain restaurants losing customers?
After the recent news of Jamie Oliver’s restaurant chain going into administration, concerns have been raised that the food industry is on a steep decline. Food and drink chain establishments such as Carluccio’s, Byron Burger and Gourmet Burger kitchen have also closed down some of their stores to cut costs,…
Read More » -
19 JuneCafes and Coffee Shops
Gather & Gather opens Friends-themed café
Hospitality brand Gather and Gather has teamed up with Primark Manchester to launch The Central Perk Café, its first ‘themed’ café opened to the general public. A speciality New York inspired menu is on offer at the Café, with shoppers able to enjoy waffles or pancakes topped with a range…
Read More » -
17 JunePubs and Bars
The Alchemist turnover set to reach £50m after expansion
Bar and restaurant The Alchemist has said it is on track to achieve revenues of £50m at the end of the financial year following a period of rapid national expansion. Founded in 2010, The Alchemist originally set up in Manchester before opening venues in Leeds and London. The company was…
Read More » -
May- 2019 -31 MayPubs and Bars
Historic Manchester pub secures conversion funding
Accountancy firm, Cowgills has announced it has secured funding for the conversion of historic Manchester pub, the Cross Keys in Eccles. The building has now been acquired by specialist social care property provider Annesley Property Group, in a deal worth £1.25m. The pub was developed by Annesley Living to provide…
Read More » -
30 MayPubs and Bars
Two Cumbrian country pubs brought to market
Real estate advisor Savills is bringing two Cumbrian inns; The Cross Keys and The Highland Drove, to market for £550,000 and £350,000 respectively. The Cross Keys Inn is a semi-detached country pub that is fully fitted with a commercial kitchen and holds a late license. Located in the village of…
Read More » -
16 MayNews
Marco Pierre White to open restaurant at Preston hotel
Marco Pierre White is to open a new restaurant named Mr White’s English Chophouse at the Mercure Preston Samlesbury Hotel. The new restaurant will open at the end of June at the hotel which is located equidistant between Preston and Blackburn on the A59. The menu will focus is on…
Read More »
