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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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Jan- 2023 -9 JanuaryRestaurants
Gino D’Acampo to open latest restaurant in Leeds Marriott
Celebrity chef Gino D’Acampo has revealed he is set to open a new upmarket Italian restaurant and bar at the recently refurbished Leeds Marriott Hotel – Gino D’Acampo, Trevelyan Sq, Boar Lane, Leeds. The project will see an investment of £1.5m in the building with the new venue to open…
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9 JanuaryRestaurants
Bun and Barrel to open in Harborne on 20 January
A new burger restaurant, The Bun and Barrel, has announced it will be opening a site in Harborne, Birmingham, on 20 January. The venue, which is walk-ins only, will offer burgers made with the “finest” ingredients, barrel-aged drinks and a rock’n’roll soundtrack. Jamie Desogus, co-founded the burger restaurant after launching…
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6 JanuaryRestaurants
D&D London to close four restaurants
D&D London has confirmed that it will cease trading at four locations as a result of the current economic climate. The four venues that will be closing are; East 59th in Leeds, Klosterhaus in Bristol and Radici and Avenue in London. The company said it intends to “look after” the…
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5 JanuaryRestaurants
Six by Nico unveils expansion plans amid strong sales
Sixco Limited, the group behind the Six by Nico restaurant network, has unveiled “ambitious” expansion plans following a period of strong turnover and profits. The group, which operates from across 13 sites in the UK and Ireland, recorded a turnover of £30.8m for the year to June 2022, against the…
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Dec- 2022 -23 DecemberPubs and Bars
The Inn Collection opens The Angel Inn following refurb
The Inn Collection Group opened The Angel Inn today (23 December) just before Christmas for food and drinks only, following renovations that began in October. The Angel Inn will be hosting its first overnight guests from 27 December. The inn, which is located on Helm Road in Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria, has…
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23 DecemberRestaurants
Chopstix opens 26th site of 2022 in Exeter
Chopstix has opened its new Exeter site this week, its 26th and final opening of 2022. Located on Exeter High Street, this latest restaurant opening brings the total estate up to 90 sites. Having announced the appointment of the company’s first franchise director this year, the opening of the first…
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22 DecemberRestaurants
Tuk Tuk opens second Edinburgh restaurant
Tuk Tuk Indian Street Food has opened its second Edinburgh site, on Drummond Street, in the city’s Old Town. Drummond Street is the third Scottish addition to the Tollcross (Edinburgh) and Sauchiehall Street (Glasgow) restaurants. The 90-cover restaurant which features a 35-cover group has a particular focus on vegetarian and…
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22 DecemberRestaurants
Buzzworks unveils new Thirty Knots venue in Edinburgh
Buzzworks Holdings, a Scottish independent bar and restaurant operator, has unveiled its new venue, Thirty Knots, in South Queensferry, Edinburgh, which is due to open in November. Thirty Knots will take over the former site of The Three Bridges, situated beneath the Forth Bridge in Edinburgh, and will feature a…
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21 DecemberPubs and Bars
Drake and Morgan sees post-covid rebound as losses narrow to £1.4m
Restaurant and bar Drake and Morgan has revealed it has seen its losses narrow to £1.4m, down from a loss of £19m, in its results for the full year ended 27 March 2022. The company posted turnover of £35.9m compared with £5.2m last year and adjusted EBITDA profit of £5m…
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16 DecemberBusiness
Third of venues to reduce Christmas opening hours due to vacancies
A third of hospitality businesses plan to reduce opening hours over Christmas as they face a shortage of applicants for vacancies, according to UKHospitality, while 32% have already been forced to reduce their opening hours. In addition, it was also revealed that more than a third of businesses (35%) plan…
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