Britvic has appointed Tom Fiennes as commercial sustainability director for Great Britain.
Qbic Manchester to open next year
Modular budget hotel concept Qbic is opening its Manchester site and second UK hotel next year, having launched in London seven years ago.
Heinz Click & Chips campaign generates £80,000 in revenue for British chippies
Heinz’s Click & Chips campaign has so far helped British chip shops to take more than 6,000 orders, generating £80,000 worth of revenue.
World’s top chefs head to Wales next year to compete in global competition
The Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Gwent, is to be the focus for the gathering of some of the world’s leading chefs in October 2021.
Real living wage increases to £9.50 in UK and £10.85 in London
The real living wage rates for 2020/21 have been announced as £9.50 in the UK, rising by 20p, and £10.85 in London, an increase of 10p.
Tender opportunity: Catering services at the University of Greenwich
University of Greenwich is undertaking an informal approach to market, engaging with interested experienced and successful potential catering partners.
Fife Arms owners take on London site
Iwan and Manuela Wirth’s hospitality company Artfarm has taken on the lease for the Audley pub in London’s Mayfair with plans to transform the site and relaunch it in 2022.
Harbour Hotels announces second property to launch in Salcombe in 2021
Harbour Hotels is set to open its second property in Salcombe, Devon, in spring 2021, six years after it kick started the redevelopment of the Tides Reach hotel.
Automatic takeaway permissions set to be extended to 2022
Restaurants, pubs and cafés will get automatic freedoms to provide takeaway services for another year until 23 March 2022, communities secretary Robert Jenrick is set to announce this week.
MeatLiquor to open restaurant in Bloomsbury’s Brunswick Centre
MeatLiquor co-founder and managing director Scott Collins has said he is “delighted” to be opening a new restaurant in the Brunswick Centre in London’s Bloomsbury at the end of the month.

