Category: The Caterer

The Best Western Hotel Bristol in Newquay, Cornwall, has been sold for the first time in 94 years for over £5m.

Thai restaurant group Busaba is making a fresh bid to expand outside London after securing its first site in Wales.

Chef Lisa Goodwin-Allen’s remit has been expanded to include overseeing the Stafford London’s Game Bird restaurant while continuing her role as executive chef at the Michelin-starred Northcote in Langho, Lancashire, another property within the Stafford Collection.

JD Wetherspoon is experiencing shortages of some beer brands as supply chain issues continue to impact hospitality.

Chef Alex Shaw is creating French-inspired small plates with a focus on vegan inclusivity from a tiny kitchen in the centre of Manchester.

Customers booking tables and then not turning up is costing the hospitality industry an estimated £17.6b a year, according to data from Zonal and CGA.

Sponsored article: Harri, an enterprise employee experience platform built for service-driven industries, has announced that it has received a significant round of growth financing from Golub Capital as part of a broader funding round totalling $30m (£21.8m).

Hotel developer, owner and operator PPHE Hotel Group has said it is encouraged by the amount of meeting and event enquiries across its UK portfolio, which are at the highest level since the start of the pandemic, albeit still some way behind 2019.

London Fire Brigade investigators have said they believe a fire that broke out at the Dorchester hotel in London’s Mayfair yesterday started due to hot particles from a circular saw entering the extraction system, which ignited debris in the ducting.

Jonathan Davies has been appointed deputy chief executive officer at travel caterer SSP alongside his current role of chief financial officer, with immediate effect.