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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Apr- 2024 -26 AprilNews
Today’s news in brief – 26/04/24
Loungers revenues rose 24.7% to £353.5m during FY24. During the year to 21 April, the group’s sales performance was accompanied by “disciplined management of costs” and a continued easing of inflationary cost pressures. Loungers also opened 36 new sites, a record number compared to the 29 opened in FY23. At-home…
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26 AprilRestaurants
Heavenly Desserts to open in Milton Keynes
Heavenly Desserts has announced that it is set to open its latest restaurant in Milton Keynes on Saturday 27 April. Located at the MK1 Shopping and Leisure Park, the new restaurant has a capacity for 76 guests spread over two floors. Owned by Javid and Surhya Rana from the local…
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Oct- 2023 -24 OctoberEducation
English Lakes Hotels Culinary Academy welcomes new cohort
The English Lakes Hotels Resorts and Venues Culinary Academy has welcomed its latest cohort of trainees. Recruitment for this year’s academy intake has involved a wider catchment area due in part to its growing reputation. Students this year have come from places such as Vancouver, Romania and Milton Keynes. Delivered…
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Jul- 2023 -10 JulyNews
McMullen revenues hit £100m in FY22
Brewer and pub operator McMullen’s has reported £101m in turnover for the 52 weeks ended in October 2022. Operating profit for the group also more than doubled to £13.4m, compared to £6m in 2021. McMullen’s said that the retail division particularly benefited from the developments in the previous year, reaching…
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Feb- 2023 -28 FebruaryCatering Companies
Restaurant Associates to cater for Unity Place
Restaurant Associates has recently won the contract to cater for all food and beverage outlets at Unity Place, a state-of-the-art co-working location which is set to open in Milton Keynes in the early summer of 2023. Unity Place will also be the new headquarters for Santander UK, as well as…
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Oct- 2022 -18 OctoberRestaurants
Leon welcomes three new sites in London
Leon has announced the opening of three new sites across central London, in Euston Rd (26 September), Battersea (10 October) and Brixton (TBC). The news follows several recent London openings including Angel, Waterloo Bridge and Kensington. The group has also confirmed further plans to expand in other areas of London…
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Sep- 2022 -29 SeptemberBusiness
Big Table Group acquires Banana Tree
The Big Table Group, operator of Las Iguanas, Bella Italia and Café Rouge, has acquired the fast-casual Pan-Asian restaurant chain, Banana Tree, adding a new cuisine flavour to its family of restaurant brands. The group said Banana Tree is famous for its authentic, exotic and street-food inspired dishes, with flavours…
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Jun- 2022 -28 JuneRestaurants
Slim Chickens to open four new UK sites simultaneously
Boparan Restaurant Group (BRG) will open four new Slim Chickens restaurants simultaneously on 4 July 2022 in Leicester, Liverpool, Milton Keynes and London’s Bishopsgate, continuing Slim Chickens’ roll out across the UK. The new restaurants will each occupy 2500+ square feet locations, bringing the US fast casual brand’s UK portfolio…
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17 JunePubs and Bars
Brewers Fayre announces expansion with new MK pub
Whitbread’s family pub brand, Brewers Fayre, has announced its first opening in five years with the launch of a new site in Milton Keynes which will open its doors on Monday 4 July 2022. Marking the brand’s first opening since 2017, Brewers Fayre will be adding the new flagship pub…
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May- 2022 -26 MayNews
Cosy Club to open first Milton Keynes site
Cosy Club, the restaurant brand managed by hospitality business Loungers, has selected centre:mk Milton Keynes for its latest location, which is set to open in autumn. Located at 3-5 Silbury Arcade, the 6,000 square feet restaurant will span two floors, and it marks one of only a handful of Cosy…
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