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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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Apr- 2018 -24 AprilGovernment
Government urged to ban fast food outlets opening near schools
The Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health has urged the government to ban fast food outlets within 400 metres of schools as part of its updated childhood obesity strategy. The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has suggested introducing the measure in London previously, but the college said it wants…
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20 AprilBusiness
Owner of ‘best restaurant in the world’ to open second outlet
A chef whose North Yorkshire restaurant has been described as the ‘best in the world’ in the annual in TripAdvisor awards last year, is set to open a new restaurant called Roots in the heart of York. There is no firm opening date for the new restaurant as of yet…
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19 AprilEntrepreneurship
New Soho Cantonese restaurant to serve food through tiny hole in the wall
A new Cantonese restaurant will be opening today (19 April) through a window decorated with traditional Mandarin calligraphy on Greek Street, Soho. The Pleasant Lady Jianbing Trading Stall will be serving traditional jianbing (like a Chinese burrito) from 11:30am to 8:30pm. The hatch will be offering jianbing for £1 during…
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18 AprilPubs and Bars
UK restaurants continue to expand despite recent struggles
Many casual dining brands continued to expand on British high streets over the last year, despite the host of challenges facing the eating and drinking out sector. According to the Market Growth Monitor from CGA and AlixPartners, Britain had 122,221 licensed premises at December 2017 – a drop of just…
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17 AprilBusiness
Chef Martin Morales to open London’s first Peruvian bakery next month
Chef and former iTunes head Martin Morales is due to open Andina Panaderia, London’s first Peruvian bakery in May. The bakery’s aim is to celebrate female Andean chefs and will be led by head pastry chef Ana Velasquez and the menu will consist of savory items such as Chancay bread…
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16 AprilRestaurants
Lemongrass Group looks for equity partner for continued growth
The award winning Lemongrass Group has announced it is seeking a business partner following the opening of its 13th branch. The company, which makes a profit of £15,000 per month per site, will listen to offers for up to 50% of the company from the right partner. Expansion until now…
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13 AprilGovernment
Low-skilled jobs rebadged as apprenticeships by firms, says report
Employers are relabelling low-quality, low skilled and and often low-wage roles as ‘apprenticeships’, according to a new report. As part of the government’s wider package of reforms to apprenticeships, groups of employers have come together to write the new ‘apprenticeship standards’. Some employers have used this opportunity to generate high-quality…
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12 AprilPeople
TGI Fridays hit with first ever strike over tips and minimum wage
TGI Fridays staff members are to be balloted by trade union Unite for strike action over tips and minimum wage. In the first of a series of strikes over the coming months, waiting staff from the chain’s Milton Keynes and Covent Garden restaurants will be balloted from 18 April to…
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10 AprilFood and Drink
Bidfood expands to the north with new Penrith depot
Foodservice provider Bidfood has expanded its reach in the north of England, with the opening of a new depot in Penrith, Cumbria. The depot was acquired from Blakemore Cash and Carry and its experienced local staff previously employed at the site will be transferred over to the Bidfood team. Alongside…
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5 AprilNews
Scottish chef to launch The Scotsman Café and Bar
Scottish chef and Masterchef: The Professionals knockout week finalist Chris Niven has been unveiled as executive head chef of The Scotsman Grand Café and Bar. The new independent dining and drinking venue is set to open in Edinburgh this summer. Located on the North Bridge in the former advertising hall…
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