Ability Group acquires Hampton by Hilton Bristol Airport from CIMC Capital UK-based real estate investor The Ability Group has acquired the Hampton by Hilton Bristol Airport from Chinese group CIMC Capital for a reported £24 million (£114,300 per ro…
Tasting notes: Frederick Monnery, Hatch Mansfield
Frederick Monnery, prestige sales manager for founder producers Hatch Mansfield, reveals his favourite wine and food pairings and explains how the Taittinger UK Sommelier of the Year competition is life-changing
Revelations: Harvey Ayliffe, executive chef, Bluebird Chelsea and Bluebird Café, London
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‘It’s adios for now’ – Chiquito to close majority of sites as group files for administration
The Restaurant Group (TRG) has filed notice to put Chiquito into administration, a move which will permanently close the majority of the 81 Tex-Mex brand’s sites.
Dorchester Collection to keep staff on full pay
The Dorchester Collection has guaranteed the salaries of all employees across its properties and will be topping up wages for furloughed staff.
The soft touch: how to win over guests with alcohol-free drinks
With consumers reportedly turning away from alcohol in droves, the soft drinks market should be booming. But a lack of exciting, premium options is leaving guests dissatisfied. John Porter explains how to create a winning drinks menu
Protect your staff now and that loyalty will be repaid, say HR experts
Protect your employees now as best you can and that loyalty will be repaid later both by staff and customers was the message of participants in a webinar earlier this week run by COREcruitment.
Outsourced workers at two east London hospitals get £5,000 pay rise
Outsourced key workers on minimum wage at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust will get a pay rise of nearly £5,000 following intervention from trade union GMB London.
New products: Duppy Share Spiced, Bermar wine preservation systems and LoveSeitan
Caribbean rum brand the Duppy Share has launched the Duppy Share Spiced
Shetland’s Scalloway hotel falls into administration
The 23-bedroom Scalloway hotel on Shetland has fallen into administration following “a difficult couple of years trading” and in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, with 17 jobs made redundant.