Southwark
Regional coverage of hospitality and foodservice activity across Southwark, including Borough High Street, Bankside, Bermondsey, and near London Bridge. Tracks new restaurant and pub openings, café launches, riverfront venue refurbishments, and evolving dining formats shaped by commuter flows, cultural tourism, and high street regeneration. Includes reporting on staffing dynamics, licensing applications, and community-led initiatives influencing trade. Built for chefs, operators, pub landlords, and hospitality professionals working across London’s dynamic riverside and cultural district.
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May- 2019 -29 MayRestaurants
Baozi Inn to open new flagship restaurant in Borough
London-based dim sum chain, Baozi Inn has announced it is to launch a new flagship restaurant in the city’s Borough area. The new 120-cover site, which will be located on Southwark Street opposite Flat Iron Square, will join existing premises in Soho and Victoria’s Market Halls. It will serve Baozi…
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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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Apr- 2018 -17 AprilAwards & Events
BII Licensee of the Year announces 2018 semi-finalists
The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) – the professional body representing the UK’s licensees – has announced the twelve semi-finalists for this year’s Licensee of the Year competition. Sponsored by Sky, the Licensee of the Year competition is a longstanding award which has been held annually for over 20 years. Since the launch in January, people…
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