Milton Keynes
Coverage of foodservice and hospitality activity across Milton Keynes, including the city centre, The Hub, and surrounding areas such as Bletchley and Wolverton. This section highlights restaurant and pub openings, retail and leisure-led trade, chain and independent mix, and F&B strategies shaped by commuter, business, and family-driven demand. Designed for operators, chefs, and F&B professionals, it offers insight into running successful venues in one of the UK’s fastest-growing regional economies.
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Dec- 2025 -2 DecemberCafes and Coffee Shops
Gail’s to open 40 new bakeries by February 2026
Gail’s has revealed plans to open 40 new bakeries across England by February 2026 as the group steps up its plan to expand beyond London, following growth in both its retail and wholesale divisions for the year ended 27 November. While sales rose by 20% to £278m, pre-tax losses widened…
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Nov- 2025 -19 NovemberRestaurants
Middletons Steakhouse saved after administration sale
Middletons Steakhouse has been acquired out of administration by a new group controlled by its existing shareholders. Following their appointment, joint administrators Tim Bateson and James Clark from Interpath concluded a sale of the business and assets to secure the future of the company The transaction sees all of the…
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Sep- 2025 -8 SeptemberCafes and Coffee Shops
Chocoberry to open Milton Keynes café as part of UK expansion
Chocoberry will open a new dessert café in Milton Keynes as part of its latest wave of UK expansion. The chain, which currently operates 18 cafés across the country, said the site will be among three new openings scheduled in the next three months, with locations also planned in Walsall…
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Aug- 2025 -21 AugustPubs and Bars
Stonegate invests £6.5m in Slug and Lettuce refurbs
Stonegate Group has invested more than £6.5m in its Slug and Lettuce brand over the past 18 months, completing 12 refurbishments with four more due by the end of the financial year. The spending forms part of a wider growth strategy aimed at adapting sites to suit local markets and…
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Jul- 2025 -9 JulyCafes and Coffee Shops
Chaiiwala to open 105th cafe in Milton Keynes
Chaiiwala has announced the opening of its 105th café in the UK, located at Unit 4F in thecentre:MK in Milton Keynes. This comes as the company embarks on an expansion strategy to scale up to 500 global locations over the next 10 years. This includes significantly expanding its footprint in…
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May- 2025 -7 MayTrade Associations
UKH rolls out hospitality training programmes across England
UKHospitality, in partnership with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), has announced the launch of hospitality Sector-based Work Academy Programmes (SWAPs) in 26 areas across England. The new programme trains jobseekers with hospitality skills in a working environment and provides them with both work experience and a guaranteed interview…
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Mar- 2025 -19 MarchCafes and Coffee Shops
Cornish Bakery appoints Tamweel as it explores sale
Cornish Bakery, a fast-growing bakery chain with 66 locations across the country, has appointed Tamweel to oversee a sale of the business. It comes as the chain has seen sustained year-on-year growth, with revenues and site EBITDA for the 12-month period to May 2025 expected to reach £37m and £8.3m…
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11 MarchRestaurants
Bill’s profits double since FY22 amid ‘remarkable’ turnaround
Bill’s has reported that its EBITDA has doubled to £11.2m in FY24, up from £5.5m in FY22, following a “remarkable” turnaround in sales and guest metrics over the past two years. The chain said its performance coincided with the appointment of Tom James to the role of managing director in…
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Feb- 2025 -26 FebruaryCafes and Coffee Shops
Cornish Bakery to open six more locations in 2025
Cornish Bakery has announced its plans to open a further six locations throughout 2025, following the successful launch of a site in Cirencester earlier this year – taking the estate to a total of 66 bakeries. According to the group, the Cotswold market town and its local community have “warmly”…
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Dec- 2024 -20 DecemberCafes and Coffee Shops
New Cornish Bakery site sees ‘record’ trading in opening week
Cornish Bakery’s 65th opening in Milton Keynes has “surpassed all expectations”, taking a record-breaking £40k within its first week of trading. It comes as the new bakery opened to “unprecedented” demand, causing a queue of people to block the main flow of the shopping centre. Both the centre:mk and Cornish…
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