Peterborough
Coverage highlights restaurant and bar openings, pub refurbishments and café developments, with updates on closures, staffing changes and menu trends. Editorial also reports on local investment, regeneration projects and supplier partnerships, giving UK hospitality professionals insight into the latest activity shaping the city’s food and drink market.
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Nov- 2023 -24 NovemberCafes and Coffee Shops
SSP launches Café Local
SSP has launched a new travel-focused café and retail store concept called Café Local, which has been developed for UK regional rail stations. The first 15 Café Local stores have opened at stations around the country, including Fratton, Exeter, Reading, Dover and Sheffield, and the flagship store has recently opened…
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Jun- 2023 -27 JuneNews
Chopstix refurbishes Peterborough site as part of capex programme
Chopstix has renovated its Peterborough site as part of its seven-figure capex programme to supplement its expanding footprint. Having reopened this month after a £100,000 refurbishment, the high street site on Long Causeway follows the redevelopment of several Chopstix equity stores in recent months including Oxford Street, Nottingham and Reading…
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20 JuneCatering Companies
VCP secures Eco-Power Stadium contract
Club Doncaster in South Yorkshire has appointed Venue Catering Partners (VCP) as its new catering operatives at the Eco-Power Stadium. VCP will operate as DN4 Events as it brings its award-winning expertise and provision to the stadium’s concourses, restaurants and hospitality offering as part of an initial five-year agreement. The…
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15 JuneNews
Costa Coffee and Wendy’s to open at Ram Jam Services
Costa Coffee and Wendy’s have recently signed up two new leases for retail space at Godwin’s newest roadside development Ram Jam Services. Costa Coffee has taken a 1,788 sq ft unit whilst Wendy’s, via its franchisee Blank Table Ltd, has signed up to 3,305 sq ft. These deals follow Godwin’s…
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Nov- 2022 -23 NovemberRestaurants
Loungers secures fourth Brightside site at Ram Jam Services
UK property developer Godwin Developments has announced that Loungers, a nationwide operator of all-day café-bars and restaurants, has signed a lease for its fourth roadside dining concept Brightside at Ram Jam Services. It is reported that this Brightside restaurant will be 4,500 sq ft and will be the first purpose-built…
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4 NovemberRestaurants
Las Iguanas to launch in Peterborough
Las Iguanas has announced it will officially launch in Peterborough on 14 November, following a transformation of the new Church Street site. The new restaurant and cocktail bar will create over 30 jobs in the city, and it will have an outdoor terrace which will provide more seating. The site…
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Oct- 2022 -12 OctoberRestaurants
Las Iguanas trials service robots in two locations
Las Iguanas, the Latin American-inspired chain restaurant, has reportedly introduced six new service robots at its restaurants in Center Parcs Elveden Forest and in Cambridge through a trial partnership with Soft Bank Robotics. It is reported that the robots will support team members with everyday tasks such as delivering food…
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Jul- 2022 -22 JulyRestaurants
Las Iguanas adds two more sites to growing portfolio
Las Iguanas has announced it has added two more sites to its growing portfolio in Canterbury and Peterborough. The new 284-cover restaurant and bar on Longmarket in Canterbury will be spread over 7,000sq ft. It is set to open to the public in September. The 160-cover restaurant, bar and terrace…
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Jun- 2022 -8 JuneRestaurants
Franco Manca owner to open 11 sites amid strong trading
The Fulham Shore, owner of Franco Manca and Real Greek, has unveiled plans to open 11 new sites this year following a period of strong trading for the group. The group said it has continued to trade well and in line with expectations during April and May 2022, serving over…
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Dec- 2020 -18 DecemberCoronavirus
UKH: Tier 3 expansion will bring hospitality ‘further heartbreak’
UKHospitality has warned the recently announced expansion of Tier 3 will “bring further despair” to struggling businesses across the hospitality sector. It comes as UK government officials yesterday (17 December) announced that the majority of the South East and East of England would enter Tier 3 this weekend, as coronavirus…
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