Sessions
Coverage explores the growth and strategy of the food brand platform founded by former Deliveroo exec Dan Warne, known for developing and scaling chef-led concepts via digital channels and physical venues like Shelter Hall in Brighton. Reporting includes virtual brand rollouts through host kitchens, partnerships with high-footfall operators, funding rounds, and data-led menu development. Insight is tailored for operators and founders tracking digital-first hospitality models, virtual brand licensing, and multi-channel expansion strategy.
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Apr- 2019 -18 AprilEducation
Ei Group joins HIT Training to launch management programme
Ei Group has enhanced its internal Management Development Programme, which is designed to bolster the skillset of its senior managers. The pub company has joined forces with HIT Training – apprenticeship provider in the hospitality industry – to offer the Level 5 Apprenticeship in Operational Management. The qualification is focused…
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Feb- 2019 -19 FebruaryBusiness
Suffolk coffee start-up expands to the Middle East
A Bury St Edmunds coffee start-up is tapping into growing demand for British artisanal coffee in the Middle East by opening its first distribution hub in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), with support from the Department for International Trade (DIT). Launched in 2007 from managing director Scott Russell’s car boot,…
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Oct- 2018 -24 OctoberBeverages
Errant Brewery in Newcastle to open despite fears it would put drinkers ‘in danger’
Errant Brewery is to open in Newcastle despite National Rail fears that drinkers would be “putting themselves in danger”. The brewery will open under a railway arch at the city’s Forth Goods Yard, inviting drinkers to “high quality” tasting sessions on Saturdays. The tasting sessions led to National Rail issuing…
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19 OctoberEducation
HIT Training launches new suite of training courses
HIT Training has launched a wide range of closed short courses, workshops and bespoke training programmes for hospitality businesses. With an aim to help businesses strengthen the skills of their staff and further enhance their service offer, the new programme is said to be “ideal” for national or multi-site hospitality…
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Jul- 2018 -13 JulyFeatures
Is coffee cupping the new wine tasting?
Whilst millennials have been branded as the typical target market for speciality coffee, there is a growing need to focus on the younger Generation Z and what makes them tick. With Gen Z consumers drinking less alcohol than their older generations, wine tasting events could become a thing of the…
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Jun- 2018 -15 JuneEducation
Sixteen unemployed Londoners graduate from Hospitality Futures programme
Sixteen unemployed Londoners have been offered the chance of a career in the hospitality industry, due to an initiative funded by Solidarity AccorHotels, an endowment fund set up by the hotel group. The fund aims to help fight economic and social exclusion of people at risk of poverty by improving…
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14 JuneBeverages
Banksy bar to open under Waterloo station
A Banksy themed bar is due to open under London’s Waterloo station, and will exhibit an unseen piece of his work. The graffiti, entitled ‘Giant Rat’ will be the feature piece of the bar along with many other items of street art. The bar will be located at 26 Leake…
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May- 2018 -1 MayPubs and Bars
New bar and music venue opening in Ayr
Independent restaurant and bar operators Buzzworks Holdings has announced it is opening its first pub, hosting live music and offering beer, cocktails and food. With the opening of the pub, named T-Bar, Buzzworks Holdings has invested over £750,000 in its Ayr venues over the past six months. The pub will…
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