Category: The Caterer

London-based private equity firm Zetland Capital Partners has snapped up two properties in Manchester and Edinburgh from Macdonald Hotels & Resorts.

A 17-year-old college student has been awarded more than £18,000 in compensation by an employment tribunal after suffering sexual harassment while working at a hotel in the Rhondda Valley.

The Welsh government has confirmed there are “no immediate plans” to force Covid passports onto more parts of hospitality, however a delay on the decision from the Scottish government was criticised as “a stay of execution” for the sector.

Caterer Lexington has launched a delivery service for businesses across London called LexUnboxed, to service internal, external and virtual meetings and events.

Thomas Franks has launched a dedicated London business headed by Paul Hurren to service corporate contracts in the capital.

An expansion of facilities and stringent cost savings helped the 91-bedroom Headland hotel in Cornwall achieve a 19.3% increase in pre-tax profit in 2020 despite Covid closing the hotel for five months.

Nico Simeone’s Simeone Group, behind Six by Nico restaurants, is set to open new concept Chateau-X in Glasgow next month, serving only Chateaubriand.

Adam White (pictured, left) is set to open another Riding House restaurant in Bloomsbury’s Brunswick Centre in London next spring, 10 years after the first opened in Fitzrovia.

Hospitality Rocks, a post-Christmas party for hospitality workers, will return next year with an après ski-themed evening at Evolution London.

Workplace food service operator Eurest has promoted two of its most senior directors to joint managing directors.