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James Stagg

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Nightcap acquires Piano Works as it warns of soft start to 2024

20 February 2024 by

Nightcap, which operates the Cocktail Club and Dirty Martini brands, is to acquire Piano Works venues in London’s Farringdon and Covent Garden for £200,000.

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Valor to operate Dunluce Lodge at 2025 Open venue Portrush Golf Club

20 February 2024 by

Links Collection, the hotel's owner, will also open Seaton House in St Andrews this year, with chef Roy Brett overseeing the restaurant

William Drabble to open restaurant based on 1846 cookbook The Modern Cook News

William Drabble to open restaurant based on 1846 cookbook The Modern Cook

16 February 2024 by
Robert Thompson to open RTCaféGrill and relocate Thompson's News

Robert Thompson to open RTCaféGrill and relocate Thompson's

16 February 2024 by
Gaucho and M owner reports sales of £75m as menu changes drive footfall News

Gaucho and M owner reports sales of £75m as menu changes drive footfall

09 February 2024 by
The AA and VisitEngland overhaul star ratings with new entry-level assessment News

The AA and VisitEngland overhaul star ratings with new entry-level assessment

08 February 2024 by

Menuwatch: Brooklands, Belgravia Chef

Menuwatch: Brooklands, Belgravia

06 February 2024 by

The Peninsula hotel in Belgravia, London, has partnered with a big-name chef to climb straight to[...]

Scott Crowe wins 2024 Gold Service Scholarship News

Scott Crowe wins 2024 Gold Service Scholarship

05 February 2024 by

Scott Crowe from the Balmoral Hotel has been named the winner of the 2024 Gold Service[...]

Le Gavroche to auction its rare wines and art collection News

Le Gavroche to auction its rare wines and art collection

05 February 2024 by

Rare wine, works of art and silver from Le Gavroche are to be auctioned in an[...]

Clover Club to open in Cornwall News

Clover Club to open in Cornwall

02 February 2024 by

Charlie Hester and Callum Philp are to open the Clover Club in Newquay, Cornwall, this month.

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Mark Derry appointed Wright Brothers chair

Mark Derry has been appointed chairman of restaurant group and seafood wholesaler Wright Brothers."

26 January 2024 by
Operators urge Companies House to remove suspicious restaurant listings News

Operators urge Companies House to remove suspicious restaurant listings

25 January 2024
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Restaurant operators are urging Companies House to make thorough checks on registered businesses after a spate of entries appropriating existing operations and their addresses.

Compass Group to acquire CH&Co in £475m deal News

Compass Group to acquire CH&Co in £475m deal

22 January 2024
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Compass Group has confirmed it has agreed to acquire CH&Co in a £475m deal.

Spirit of Hospitality team complete world’s toughest row finishing first in the pairs News

Spirit of Hospitality team complete world’s toughest row finishing first in the pairs

22 January 2024 by

Chris Mitchell and Robbie Laidlaw have completed their row across the Atlantic, arriving at Antigua after[...]

'People see the value in it': Tomas Maunier explains Fazenda's secret to success Business

'People see the value in it': Tomas Maunier explains Fazenda's secret to success

22 January 2024 by

The co-founder and managing director of South American restaurant group Fazenda explains why a fixed-cost rodizio[...]

The Pig group acquires Barnsley House hotel News

The Pig group acquires Barnsley House hotel

18 January 2024 by

The Pig group has acquired the Barnsley House hotel and the Boot pub in the same[...]

JD Wetherspoon to open Euston pub after £2.3m investment News

JD Wetherspoon to open Euston pub after £2.3m investment

08 January 2024 by

JD Wetherspoon is to open the Captain Flinders pub near Euston station in London this week[...]

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Investment in UK hotels at lowest level since 2012

Investment levels in UK hotels were at their lowest since 2012 last year as the rising cost of debt and elevated operating costs hit investor confidence."

08 January 2024 by
Sustainability-focused restaurant Kindle in Cardiff the latest to close due to 'industry struggles' News

Sustainability-focused restaurant Kindle in Cardiff the latest to close due to 'industry struggles'

05 January 2024
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Sustainability-focused restaurant Kindle in Cardiff is to close having succumbed to the pressure of “the current industry struggles”.

National and Junior Chef of Wales finalists announced News

National and Junior Chef of Wales finalists announced

29 December 2023
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The finalists for the National and Junior Chef of Wales contests have been announced, with the country’s top chefs set to compete in January for the title.

Jacobs Media is honoured to be the recipient of the 2020 Queen's Award for Enterprise.

The highest official awards for UK businesses since being established by royal warrant in 1965. Read more.

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