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Stay ahead with curated reporting on new restaurant, pub, bar, café, and catering openings across the UK. This highlights the latest venue launches, from independents to multi-site operators, and offers behind-the-scenes insights into concept development, site selection, kitchen design, menu strategy, and operational planning. Whether you’re tracking competitors, scouting for inspiration, or evaluating expansion trends, this coverage helps hospitality professionals understand where investment is going and how new openings are shaping the foodservice landscape. Essential reading for chefs, operators, landlords, and F&B executives watching the market evolve.
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Nov- 2018 -21 NovemberPeople
Bistrot Pierre founder kicks off construction at new Eastbourne restaurant
The founder of Bistrot Pierre has visited the site of the chain’s new Eastbourne restaurant to signal the start of construction work. The opening of the new restaurant in 2019 on the Wish Tower site will represent the chain’s furthest step into the south east to date. Founder, Robert Beacham…
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15 NovemberBusiness
KERB to open food concept in Seven Dials
Street food company KERB and London-based landlords Shaftesbury have announced the opening of a new food hall concept in the 19th century Thomas Neal’s Warehouse in Seven Dials, London. It is hoped that KERB’s bricks and mortar debut, Seven Dials Market, will “rival the best food halls in the world”…
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14 NovemberRestaurants
Fire-hit restaurant to reopen and expand
Owners of Piccolino’s flagship Caffé Grande, Manchester, have announced plans for expansion as the restaurant prepares to reopen at the end of November. The Italian restaurant, which enjoyed a £1.3m refurbishment in spring 2016 and is a popular haunt of Manchester’s business community, celebrities and sport stars; is to develop…
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14 NovemberBusiness
Boxpark Wembley to open with Rinse FM takeover
Boxpark Wembley will open on Saturday 8 December at Quintain’s £3bn Wembley Park development, making it the largest site to date for the food and retail company. Ugly Dumpling, Nanny Bills, Smoky Boys, Mitsuryu and Cut + Grind are among the street food vendors that will open at the venue,…
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13 NovemberRegulations & Policies
Leon to pilot allergy questioning scheme
Leon is to pilot a new scheme that will see its staff question customers on their allergies before being served. A Leon spokesperson told Catering Today: “We are currently piloting a programme in a small number of restaurants. It is of the utmost importance to us that we continue to…
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12 NovemberRestaurants
Chopstix launches new Westfield site
Chopstix, UK-based Asian quick service restaurant (QSR) brand, has opened a brand-new store, complete with next generation design at Westfield Stratford. The new opening, which brings to fruition a brand enhancement exercise for the business, will launch on the former Sticky Rice site. The newly designed store will place further…
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12 NovemberRestaurants
Deal Pier Kitchen to launch with soft opening
The creators of Deal Pier Kitchen, Tim Biggs, 29, and Rebecca Hodson, 27, have announced that their all-day dining concept will open in December this year. The Deal Pier Kitchen is housed within the RIBA award-winning structure at the end of Deal Pier in Kent, which is owned by Dover…
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7 NovemberBusiness
Black And White Hospitality launches international division
Black and White Hospitality has launched a new division that will focus on expanding its business globally. The hospitality business, which was co-founded by Marco Pierre White and Nick Taplin, has now signed a deal with RMAL Hospitality to form Black and White International. News on the deal will be…
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1 NovemberAdvice
Think inside the pouch: Why stand-up pouches are perfect for food-based products
When it comes to selling edible goods, getting your packaging right is essential. Firstly, it’s got to look good – that means your branding has to be on point and the container itself has to have withstood whatever travel it’s undergone (who wants to buy bashed up tins and cartons?)…
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Oct- 2018 -23 OctoberFood and Drink
UK takeaways increase 34% in eight years despite anti-obesity push
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has announced that despite the government’s anti-obesity push, UK takeaways have increased by 34% between 2010 and 2018. ONS statistics show that there is currently 61 takeaway restaurants per every 100,000 people in the UK. In 204 of the 215 UK areas, the ONS…
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