Reading
Coverage highlights foodservice and hospitality activity in this key South East town, with reporting focused on the Oracle Riverside, Broad Street, Caversham, and Station Hill areas. Topics include restaurant and bar openings, commuter-led weekday trade, independent operator growth, and regional investment linked to Reading’s tech and business hub status. Insight is geared toward operators monitoring footfall dynamics, high street recovery, and scalable dining formats in affluent commuter markets.
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Jan- 2020 -2 JanuaryBusiness Bites
The internet need not be the scourge of every sector – just ask the CEO of Mountain Warehouse
The last decade in business was arguably characterised by one word: disruption. While the internet behemoths had already begun building serious fortunes in the 2000s, most would agree it was after 2010 that things really started motoring. Heralded as the great democratiser of information and services, the effects of a…
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Oct- 2019 -30 OctoberRestaurants
Chick-fil-a facing fresh LGBT backlash over second UK restaurant
Chick-fil-a is facing fresh criticism from the LGBT community after its “quiet” opening of a second UK restaurant at the Macdonald Aviemore Resort in Scotland. The Highland LGBT Forum said in a Facebook post that it is “disappointed” to see that the hotel has allowed a business with an “atrocious…
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28 OctoberRestaurants
Chick-fil-a opens second UK restaurant in Scotland
Chick-fil-a has opened a second site in Scotland, despite announcing that it would be closing its first UK restaurant following backlash from the LGBT+ community. A Chick-fil-a spokespeson said the chain is always “evaluating potential new locations”. They added: “The Aviemore Macdonald Hotel location gives us an opportunity to build…
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21 OctoberRestaurants
First UK Chick-fil-a restaurant set to close following LGBT backlash
Chick-fil-a’s first UK restaurant is set to close following backlash from the LGBT+ community. It comes after LGBT+ groups boycotted the opening of the restaurant, over comments made by the American fast food chain’s CEO about the LGBT+ community. A spokesperson for the chain told the BBC that “the right…
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16 OctoberRestaurants
LGBT+ groups boycott Chic-fil-a’s UK debut
LGBT+ groups are boycotting the opening of Chic-fil-a’s first UK restaurant, over comments made by the American fast food chain’s CEO about the LGBT+ community. In 2012 CEO Dan Cathy reportedly said on US radio programme, The Ken Coleman Show, that “defining marriage differently to the bible was akin to…
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Sep- 2019 -6 SeptemberAdvice
How the catering industry can reduce costs by being more sustainable
As a thriving industry with revenues of £1.4bn, the UK catering industry is no stranger to ambition. Traditionally, labour management, inventory and ambience were top priorities for the industry due to the importance of preserving product quality and customer loyalty. However, times are changing and sustainability is now joining those…
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Aug- 2019 -23 AugustPeople
Dalmahoy Hotel appoints Bruce Price as its executive head chef
Bruce Price has joined the newly-refurbished Dalmahoy Hotel and Country Club on the outskirts of Edinburgh as its new executive head chef. Price has cooked all over the world from Australia to Switzerland, China and Taiwan, since his early days in his native New Zealand. During his time in Scotland…
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2 AugustRestaurants
Whitbread to launch Bar + Block Steakhouse in Reading
Whitbread is set to launch a new Bar + Block Steakhouse in reading following a “successful” roll-out in Wimbledon, Belfast and Bristol in 2019. The new steak-focussed all-day casual dining restaurant will open on Reading Road in Winnersh on the 16 August. Bar + Block Winnersh will be a 418…
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Jul- 2019 -24 JulyCatering Companies
Orderswift and Stuart increase direct delivery coverage to 34 UK cities
Online ordering platform Orderswift and on-demand logistics specialist Stuart have expanded their direct delivery partnership to cover 34 cities and towns around the UK. The move comes after a successful two-year collaboration between the two companies in London. With direct delivery, customer orders are placed through a restaurant’s own website…
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May- 2019 -14 MayRestaurants
Restaurant owner used stolen VAT money to pay school fees
The owner of a Surrey restaurant who used stolen VAT money to pay her children’s school fees has been jailed. Huey Jun Khoo, along with her business partner Jing Fu, used an off-the-record card machine at the Bon East Chinese restaurant in Farnham to pocket £180,000 in VAT over four…
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