Nottingham
Coverage highlights foodservice and hospitality activity across this major East Midlands city, with a focus on key areas including Hockley, Lace Market, West Bridgford, and the city centre. Reporting includes restaurant and bar openings, independent brand growth, student-driven footfall, and investment linked to retail and regeneration projects. Insight is tailored for operators responding to a mix of commuter, student, and leisure trade, and tracking how Nottingham’s diverse dining scene continues to evolve.
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Sep- 2022 -30 SeptemberBusiness
Downing acquires Pub People Group
Investment manager Downing has acquired The Pub People Group (Pub People) and merged it with its existing investment in Autumn Pubs Limited (Autumn), which has been managed under contract by Pub People since 2012. Funds managed by Downing will be the majority shareholder in the combined business (the group), and…
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27 SeptemberRestaurants
Burger & Sauce confirms seven new openings
Burger and Sauce has confirmed it is set to open seven new restaurants over the next six months. New sites are set to open in Leicester, Coventry, West Bromwich, Walsall, Derby, plus Bearwood road and Sutton Coldfield in Birmingham. The openings will create around 140 jobs as the franchised brand…
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14 SeptemberNews
Nottingham to scrap late-night levy to ease pressure on businesses
A levy on late night licensed premises in Nottingham is set to be revoked from 31 October in a bid to ease financial pressure on local businesses. Nottingham City Council said the economic situation for the hospitality industry has changed since the introduction of the Levy eight years ago, due…
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Aug- 2022 -16 AugustRestaurants
Creams Cafe to open four new regional restaurants
Creams Cafe has announced it will open four “key” regional openings in the next quarter in a bid to strengthen its market position, located in Manchester, New Haw, Sheffield and York. The Manchester restaurant is set to be the newest flagship for Creams Cafe. Situated within Manchester’s Arndale shopping centre,…
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Jul- 2022 -13 JulyPubs and Bars
JD Wetherspoon warns of full-year losses amid ‘laborious’ recovery
JD Wetherspoon has warned it is expecting an annual loss of £30m in its upcoming full-year results, as recovery for many businesses has been “slower and more laborious” than first anticipated. After investing heavily in labour, repairs and marketing, the group expects FY22 losses to be higher than expected, as…
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11 JulyRestaurants
Gusto to open Oxford site by end of year
Gusto Italian has announced the latest step in its expansion strategy, with its 14th site set to open in Oxford by the end of the year. The new Gusto Italian restaurant and bar will open in the Mitre Hotel building on Oxford High Street, with further ambitions to open its…
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6 JulyRestaurants
Gusto Edinburgh to undergo £250,000 refurbishment
Gusto Italian has announced an investment of £250,000 to refurbish its Edinburgh site this summer, aiming to transform both the interior and exterior of the restaurant. The George Street location, which originally opened in 2007, will be closed between 11 July and 2 August. It will reopen with a total…
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4 JulyRestaurants
Gusto Italian to expand South amid ‘resilient’ trading
Gusto Italian, the premium casual dining restaurant group, has announced it is looking to grow its estate and expand further South over the coming year. The announcement comes as the company revealed its turnover hit £12.4m in the full year ending September 2021 and an EBITDA of £585,000, which the…
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Jun- 2022 -13 JuneVenues & Properties
Popeyes UK to open six more sites
Popeye’s UK, which first launched in November 2021 with “runaway success”, has announced plans to speed up its national rollout with six new sites confirmed across the country in Nottingham, Gateshead, Oxford, Reading, Brighton, and Ealing. Popeyes was founded in New Orleans in 1972, and currently has sites in Stratford,…
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Apr- 2022 -28 AprilRestaurants
Gusto Italian appoints new chief operating officer
Gusto Italian, the casual dining restaurant group, has announced the appointment of Scott Grimbleby as its new chief operating officer (COO) to “drive expansion and growth as the business seeks to open in more locations across the UK”. Grimbleby joins from Living Ventures and replaces Tim Selby, who is leaving…
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