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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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Aug- 2018 -9 AugustPeople
Gino D’Acampo to open new Thorpe Park restaurant
Celebrity chef Gino D’Acampo has announced a new ‘My Restaurant’ at the rebranded Thorpe Park development, The Springs in Leeds. The 150-cover restaurant will include a coffee and deli bar where guests can eat in or take away from breakfast onwards, a prosecco bar and alfresco terrace complete with games…
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9 AugustPubs and Bars
Meatliquor to open new Battersea restaurant
Meatliquor has announced it will be opening a new restaurant on Northcote Road in Battersea. Battersea residents have previously been able to order the chain’s food through a Deliveroo Editions ‘dark kitchen’ in the area. Meatliquor said it saw good sales on its well-known menu items such as the Dead…
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9 AugustPubs and Bars
Be At One pub criticised over white faces on historic photo
A Soho Be At One pub has been forced to remove a photograph from its walls after patrons objected to an edited image which superimposed the faces of exclusively white investors over those of black drinkers in the original. The original historic photo, which has hung in the pub for…
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8 AugustPubs and Bars
BTA urges restaurants and pubs to open their toilets to the public
The British Toilet Association (BTA) has urged restaurants and pubs to open their toilets to the public after the number of public facilities in the country slumped from 3,955 in 2000 to 2,414 this year. Pubs and restaurants are being asked by the association to join a Community Toilet Scheme…
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7 AugustRestaurants
Benito’s Hat secures £1m funding for 10th anniversary
Mexican restaurant Benito’s Hat has secured £1m investment to fund a three-year growth plan in London and throughout the UK. The investment coincides with the brand’s 10th anniversary and is made up entirely from existing investors, the majority of which comes from private equity investment firm Calculus Capital. The investment…
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3 AugustPubs and Bars
Pubs see ‘320% increase in online engagement’ during World Cup
British pubs saw a 320% increase in online engagement during the World Cup, suggesting that consumers opted to go to the pub instead of staying at home during the event. The research by digital management platform Yext, measured the online behaviours of UK-based pub goers throughout the FIFA World Cup…
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3 AugustProduct Releases
Avocado based pop-up restaurant becomes permanent
An avocado based pop-up restaurant has announced it is opening a permanent restaurant in London’s Covent Garden. Avobar, features only avocado based dishes and has been described as “London’s first all-avo casual dining concept”. The new restaurant based Henrietta Street will have an all avocado menu featuring ‘Avo Bun’ burgers…
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Jul- 2018 -26 JulyRestaurants
Polish restaurant Jan closes a month after opening
Chef Damian Wawrzyniak’s Jan Restaurant in Clapham has closed due to “disagreement over a rent review”. The restaurant had only been open for a month with the premises’ previous owners blamed for “outstanding debts/problems” which Wawrzyniak says he was not made aware of. Dear all with great sadness I must…
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26 JulyPeople
Olive Tree Brasserie opens fifth site in Lytham
The director of the Olive Tree Brasserie, Dean Wilson, has selected his hometown of Lytham as next site for expansion of the Greek/Mediterranean brand. This follows the recent opening of the restaurant in the Stockton Heath area in Cheshire. Wilson has now focused on opening another 110 seater venue on…
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20 JulyFood and Drink
London ice-cream restaurant kicks out Unilever scouts
London ice-cream restaurant Chin Chin Lab has kicked out a Unilever ‘inspiration team’ after they were found to be writing down the entire menu, consulting work books made by Ben & Jerry’s specifically about the restaurant, and trying every item. Chin Chin Labs posted an image to its Instagram story…
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