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A Treasury minister has suggested further business rates support might be offered to hospitality businesses. We don’t know for sure, but it would be a huge boost for pubs and restaurants. For now, we can only hope the Chancellor Rishi Sunak comes good in his Budget next month. If what the financial secretary to the […]
Here is our weekly round-up of what the national and local restaurant critics are writing about, for the week ending 31 January 2021; the first few round-ups of the year are often short due to reviews being replaced by articles on Veganuary and Dry January, but reviews are especially thin this year with so many […]
The government currently has “no plans” to extend the VAT cut for hospitality, tourism and leisure businesses, despite industry calls for the tax break to continue while coronavirus restrictions are still in place. The Chancellor Rishi Sunak last year reduced VAT for hospitality from 20 per cent to five per cent as part of emergency […]
There is speculative talk operators be given a “halfway house” reopening over Easter. That is restrictions will still be in place, in part, and the hospitality industry will not be allowed to fully get going until May or beyond. The industry has understandably mixed feelings at the prospect of a slow and gradual reemergence. Many […]
Hospitality trade bodies have demanded the government produces a roadmap to better identify when and how the sector can reopen. UKHospitality CEO Kate Nicholls said it is imperative the Chancellor Rishi Sunak set out formal plans for businesses to “get us over the final hurde” after the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed a scourge […]
StarChefs, a new food platform founded by chef-turned-businessman David Swann, has launched “to connect people across the country with their favourite chefs”. It is another food box enterprise, partnering with chefs to produce ready meals, meal kits, and to provide specialist ingredients across the UK. StarChefs’ first product comes courtesy of Andrew Wong and has […]
Rosa’s Thai will continue its rapid UK expansion with a site in Birmingham. The new 80 cover restaurant is scheduled for spring and will launch at Two Chamberlain Square in the Paradise development in the city centre, following Dishoom and Vinoteca, two other London groups making waves outside the M25. Rosa’s Thai Cafe, which was […]
Endo Kazutoshi – you know, the chef behind Endo at Rotunda, “a sensational sushi experience” – has opened a new restaurant in Westbourne Grove. His new spot is Sumi, a classic upmarket Japaneses restaurant. Plans were originally in place for December, but restrictions put an end to the launch proper until post-lockdown. For now, there’s […]
Core by Clare Smyth and Hélène Darroze at the Connaught have been awarded three Michelin stars apiece. It’s always good to see Michelin catch up with Harden’s. It only took the famous French tyre company three years in this instance. In 2018 the restaurant was named Harden’s Diner’s ‘Top Gastronomic Experience’ in our own annual […]
Here is our weekly round-up of what the national and local restaurant critics are writing about, for the week ending 24 January 2021; the first few round-ups of the year are often short due to reviews being replaced by articles on Veganuary and Dry January, but reviews are especially thin this year with so many […]
