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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.

  • Aug- 2023 -
    31 August
    RestaurantsLondon Stock restaurant to open in Mayfair

    London Stock restaurant to open in Mayfair

    Fine dining restaurant London Stock has announced it will be opening in Mayfair on Wednesday 4 October. This is the first restaurant founded by Le Cordon Bleu-trained Assem Abdel Hady and Andres Bernal, which originally opened in Wandsworth in January 2020. The new space at 6 Sackville Street is elegant…

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  • 30 August
    Pubs and BarsMOJO opens at Liverpool ONE

    MOJO opens at Liverpool ONE

    Liverpool ONE has welcomed the opening of MOJO, a “rock n’ roll Americana style” cocktail bar, after the site relocated from the city centre and upsized from its previous Back Berry Street location. Operating across two floors, MOJO Liverpool ONE has opened a 3,500 sq ft space, joining seven locations…

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  • 25 August
    Catering CompaniesSearcys and Benugo partner with Alva

    Searcys and Benugo partner with Alva

    Searcys and its sister brand Benugo, have partnered with The Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA). Both teams will provide ALVA members with industry insight, thought leadership and benchmarking initiatives to support its members in continuing to develop and enhance its visitor experience. Searcys and Benugo have almost 200 years…

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  • 24 August
    RestaurantsThe Old Deanery to rebrand as restaurant with rooms

    The Old Deanery to rebrand as restaurant with rooms

    The Old Deanery in Ripon has announced plans to rebrand as a restaurant with rooms from November 2023. Alongside the restaurant, the team will also be re-opening the bedrooms, which can be taken on a dinner, bed, and breakfast basis. As a result of the plans the venue has appointed…

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  • 22 August
    RestaurantsSticky Mango opens flagship Tower Bridge restaurant

    Sticky Mango opens flagship Tower Bridge restaurant

    Chef Peter Lloyd has officially opened his second Sticky Mango restaurant today (22 August) in Tower Bridge, which is considered the flagship site for the South-East Asian restaurant concept.  Since opening the first Sticky Mango in 2016 on London’s South Bank near Waterloo, Lloyd wanted to develop a restaurant collection…

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  • 18 August
    FeaturesIn conversation with the founder of the Cornish Bakery

    In conversation with the founder of the Cornish Bakery

    Can you tell us a little bit about your career leading up to the Cornish Bakery? I really didn’t have a big career, because from my early 20s I backpacked all over the world. I funded that travelling by buying and selling pub properties. I would do between two and…

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  • 18 August
    Pubs and BarsRobinson Brewery invests £1.25m in three-pub refurb

    Robinson Brewery invests £1.25m in three-pub refurb

    Family brewer and pub operator Robinsons Brewery has completed £1.25m worth of investment which saw the refurbishment of three tenanted pubs in Cheshire: The Hawk Inn in Haslington, The Unicorn in Congleton, and The Swan and Chequers in Sandbach. Robinsons said that the investment is the brewery’s commitment to “developing”…

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  • 18 August
    PeopleLoungers appoints new Cosy Club MD

    Loungers appoints new Cosy Club MD

    The operator of Cosy Club and Brightside brands, Loungers, has announced the appointment of Lucy Knowles as the new managing director of Cosy Club effective from September.  Prior to her appointment, Knowles was the managing director of London-based bar chain Corney and Barrow, later joining SSP as group marketing director. …

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  • 17 August
    Catering CompaniesHumdingers opens its fourth hospitality site in Islington

    Humdingers opens its fourth hospitality site in Islington

    Humdingers Catering has launched its fourth hospitality site, Humdingers Rosebery, on Rosebery Avenue, opposite Exmouth Market, in the London Borough of Islington. The Clerkenwell outpost is the second new opening of 2023 and joins a growing roster of Humdingers sites in Highbury, Hoxton and Hornsey. The collection of hospitality sites…

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  • 14 August
    Cafes and Coffee ShopsCaffè Nero trading at 112% of pre-pandemic levels

    Caffè Nero trading at 112% of pre-pandemic levels

    Caffè Nero has announced that trading for the three months ended 31 May were “robust” as like-for-like sales grew, taking sales to 112% of 2019 pre-pandemic levels.  This comes as, in the UK, over 32% of all of the company’s transactions take place via its mobile app, with more than…

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