Janet Harmer

Janet Harmer

Observer of the hospitality industry for 33 years. Always on the look out for genuine hotel and restaurant experiences.

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Megan’s to hire 100 new staff and open three further restaurants

23 September 2021 by

Neighbourhood restaurant group Megan’s will have more than doubled the size of its portfolio since the start of the pandemic by the end of the year.

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Former Adams' head chef Keiron Stevens to join JM Socials

23 September 2021 by

Keiron Stevens, the former head chef at one-Michelin-starred restaurant Adams in Birmingham, is to return to his home-town of Cheltenham to join JM Socials restaurant group.

The Londoner, the 'cruise ship' of hotels, opens its doors on Leicester Square Hotel

The Londoner, the 'cruise ship' of hotels, opens its doors on Leicester Square

22 September 2021 by

The largest in a spate of luxury hotel openings in the capital, the Londoner in Leicester[...]

MasterChef: The Professionals winner Stuart Deeley overseeing new Hampton Manor restaurant News

MasterChef: The Professionals winner Stuart Deeley overseeing new Hampton Manor restaurant

21 September 2021 by

MasterChef: The Professionals 2019 champion Stuart Deeley has headed up the launch of a second restaurant[...]

New investment company snaps up Hampton by Hilton Waterloo and Doubletree by Hilton York News

New investment company snaps up Hampton by Hilton Waterloo and Doubletree by Hilton York

21 September 2021 by

Hotel management company Michels & Taylor (M&T) has taken over the operation of two Hilton-branded properties[...]

Supercity Aparthotels to expand into Leeds News

Supercity Aparthotels to expand into Leeds

21 September 2021 by

Luxury serviced apartment operator Supercity Aparthotels is to open a new site in Leeds.

Bain Capital Credit heads investment in Gail's Bakery News

Bain Capital Credit heads investment in Gail's Bakery

16 September 2021

Global credit company Bain Capital Credit and financial food fund EBITDA Investments have acquired a substantial stake in Bread Holdings, the parent company of Gail’s Bakery and the Bread Factory.

Zak Jones to head launch of new restaurant at Crimple Hall News

Zak Jones to head launch of new restaurant at Crimple Hall

15 September 2021

Zak Jones, the former owner of the Chancery and the Clerkenwell Dining Room in London, has been appointed to oversee the opening of a new restaurant at Crimple Hall, near Harrogate, North Yorkshire.

Rising food prices drive inflation rate up to 3.2% News

Rising food prices drive inflation rate up to 3.2%

15 September 2021 by

Rising food prices have bumped the annual rate up by 3.2%, following the largest monthly increase[...]

Interstate announces Nicholas Northam’s retirement News

Interstate announces Nicholas Northam’s retirement

15 September 2021 by

Nicholas Northam is to retire as executive vice president of Interstate Hotels & Resorts at the[...]

Pan Pacific's Anne Golden on bringing Singaporean service and flavour to London with its first UK property Hotel

Pan Pacific's Anne Golden on bringing Singaporean service and flavour to London with its first UK property

15 September 2021 by

The opening of the Pan Pacific London hotel in the City presented general manager Anne Golden[...]

Krzysztof Dudkowski moves from the Fife Arms to the Three Chimneys as general manager News

Krzysztof Dudkowski moves from the Fife Arms to the Three Chimneys as general manager

14 September 2021 by

The Three Chimneys on the Isle of Skye has appointed Krzysztof Dudkowski as general manager.

Levy UK + Ireland confirms three-year extension to Chelsea FC contract News

Levy UK + Ireland confirms three-year extension to Chelsea FC contract

14 September 2021

Foodservice caterers Levy UK + Ireland has confirmed a three-year extension to its contract as the official catering partner of Chelsea FC.

Support from government and landlords limits decline in turnover at Rosa's Thai Cafe News

Support from government and landlords limits decline in turnover at Rosa's Thai Cafe

14 September 2021

Government support measures and a reduction in rents helped to minimise the fall in turnover across the 28-strong Rosa’s Thai Café group during the pandemic.

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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