Sophie Witts

The launch of a meal kit delivery business helped Rick Stein’s hospitality empire post a pre-tax profit of almost £1m in the first year of the pandemic.

Churchill Catering has secured a 10-year extension to its contract with Forestry England’s High Lodge cafe in Thetford Forest, worth £13m.

Gleneagles hotel in Perthshire has repaid a £5m government coronavirus loan early, despite racking up losses of almost £9m last year.

Elliot Hill has taken over as executive chef at the Chester Grosvenor hotel following the departure of Simon Radley last year.