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The Chancellor Rishi Sunak went some way to supporting the hospitality industry in his Budget. It was mostly as was expected, with an extension to the VAT cut, the business rates holiday, and the furlough scheme. He froze alcohol duty for a second year, and avoided a controversial second Eat Out to Help Out scheme. […]
A new £3m vegan restaurant, bar and roof terrace will open in Leeds this summer. Called the Green Room, the plant-based site is the work of Will Habergham and PJ Gardner, who have a background in nightlife and leisure. The restaurant space will feature a 1,500 sq ft roof terrace for remote working, pop-up markets, […]
Scottish chef Mark Greenaway will open a takeaway pie and mash shop in London on April 12. The Scottish chef has taken on the former Wrap It Up site close to the Embankment. It will be, we predict, an immeasurable improvement. Greenaway’s Pie & Mash will use traditional Scotch pie pastry shells for the base, […]
Here is our weekly round-up of what the national and local restaurant critics are writing about, for the week ending 28 February 2021. England remains in national lockdown, although with a ‘roadmap’ of dates for restaurants and pubs to re-open from 12 April at the earliest, and then only open to serve single households seated […]
Tom Kerridge will open a “mostly vegan” restaurant in Camden in the summer, Big Hospitality first reported. Kerridge is set to launch the plant-based spot, called Bad Vegan, at London’s Buck Street Market alongside brand specialist Mark Emms, with a plans to encourage people to try meat-free food and support sustainable eating. The concept has […]
All eyes are on the Budget. Rishi Sunak has the fate of much of the country’s restaurant industry in his hands, and we need multiple economic mechanisms extended, or implemented, in order to give businesses a chance at survival. The industry needs long-term strategies – cash injections, and supportive measures throughout the year to ensure […]
Gordon Ramsay has said his restaurant empire has lost almost £60m of trade since the start of the pandemic. The chef told The Sun he thought coronavirus would be over “in a couple of weeks”, but has instead caused “utter devastation”. “In December we had £10m-worth of reservations wiped out overnight, and as of 19 […]
The Indian restaurant brand Mowgli will open a site in Cheltenham in the summer, adding to its portfolio of 11. Founder Nisha Katona revealed on Instagram she had taken a unit in the town’s Brewery Quarter shopping centre. Katona said: “Out of the ashes of a decimated 2020 we hope to raise this sweet fledging […]
Westminster City Council will bring back its popular alfresco dining scheme from April. It means restaurants will be provided with extra outdoor space from April, making up for lost space indoors brought about by social distancing measures. The measures increased space and helped boost revenues between July and October last year, in between lockdowns one […]
Bone Daddies is opening a restaurant in Putney. It will take over the space vacated by the SW15 branch of troubled brand Byron. The ramen stop will start with delivery before opening when restrictions allow. Putney will be joined by Kentish Town in seeing a new Bone Daddies, though in a new iteration, Wing Daddies, […]
