Category: The Caterer

The current parlous performance of London hotels cannot be underestimated. For a city that for years has consistently achieved the highest room rates in the country, it has been shocking to witness its dramatic decline as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Gusto Italian has completed a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) process which has secured more than 600 jobs but will see four sites close.

Robin Hutson has called for hotel residents dining in hotel restaurants to be exempt from the 10pm curfew in a letter to the prime minister.

Food sales dipped by more than 60% week-on-week on Monday 7 September following the end of the government’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme at the end of August.

A challenge to prove cases of Covid-19 are being spread in hospitality venues has been issued to health secretary Matt Hancock as the industry faces threats of further curfews and even a second lockdown.

This weekend’s Picnic in the Park in Marlow has been cancelled, Tom Kerridge and the Pub in the Park team have announced.

Creditors of Thai Leisure Group have approved the group’s second Company Voluntary Arrangement in a year.

Operators desperate to avoid a second lockdown have issued pleas for the public and wider sector to abide by government restrictions and the ‘rule of six’, in a bid to prevent hospitality being penalised.

New restrictions will come into force in four local authority areas of South Wales at 6pm tomorrow to control the spread of Covid-19.

The Times’ Giles Coren loves the spicy beef tartare at Sollip in Southwark, London