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The Folly Inn in Adstock, Buckinghamshire, has been sold for close to £130,000 for the leasehold. The pub has a 32-seat restaurant, 12 letting bedrooms and three-bedroom owner’s accommodation. This is a first-time pub purchase for Robert and Joanne Gingell, a local couple from Wolverton in nearby Milton Keynes. Christie & Co was the agent.
(30 May 2003 16:47:50)
The UK hotel industry will see a very gradual recovery over the next two years, according to the latest forecast from TRI Hospitality.
(30 May 2003 16:23:02)
InnSpired, the tenanted pubs company, has bought a further 14 properties for more than £4m, bringing its overall estate to nearly 1,100.
(30 May 2003 15:32:10)
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(30 May 2003 14:59:08)
The search is on for this year's Young Chef and Young Waiter. Professional chefs and waiters aged 25 and under and working full-time in the hospitality industry are invited to take part in this prestigious competition. The winners each receive £2,000 and the opportunity to visit Rioja in Spain, a region known for its fine wines.
(30 May 2003 14:46:51)
Tessa Osborn, a property solicitor at Lewis Silkin solicitors, looks at the best ways to deal with local planning authorities
(30 May 2003 12:21:34)
The innovations at Nottingham City Hospital just don't stop. As well as launching an in-house branded coffee chain, the hospital also runs a fully serviced budget hotel
(30 May 2003 12:19:30)
The Pavilion restaurant in Guernsey was this year's winner of The Experience, a competition to find the island's best restaurant. Chef-proprietor Tony Leck talks us through his day
(30 May 2003 12:16:27)
The city that in 1896 hosted the first Modern Olympic Games is gearing up to receive more than five million visitors for next year's games - but will it be ready in time?
(30 May 2003 12:09:33)
A passion for fresh, local produce shines through on chef Nick Coiley's menus at his restaurant, Agaric, in Devon
(30 May 2003 11:33:31)
He's an army-trainedchef who once ran off to join the French Foreign Legion and now cooks for high-powered directors in the City. Steve Johnson tells us his story
(30 May 2003 11:29:54)
Fuller Smith & Turner has reported increases in both sales and profits in its pubs and hotels division during the year to 29 March, despite a fall in like-for-like sales in its managed pubs.
(30 May 2003 11:25:56)
Caterer sets off on a quest to find the ultimate kebab wine. Fiona Sims leads the posse of tasters
(30 May 2003 11:25:10)
Chef Tom Aikens is the talk of the town - does his wine list match up? Caterer meets the man behind it
(30 May 2003 11:18:12)
The recently opened Osia is taking London, and the critics, by storm. Fiona Sims meets the men behind the restaurant - owners Raymond de Fazio and chef Scott Webster - to see what all the fuss is about
(30 May 2003 11:13:54)
Sean Gavin is the manager of London's ButlersWharf Chop House. He talks about his job and what attracted him to a career in management
(30 May 2003 10:03:17)
Nick Halliday, regional manager of Malmaison North-east England and Scotland, talks about his career
(30 May 2003 10:01:09)
Jana Zschieschang is an executive trainee with contract caterer Avenance. She talks about her role to Julie Aschkenasy
(30 May 2003 9:58:58)
Wayne Munnelly is area business manager for the town and city bars and branded pub section of Scottish & Newcastle
(30 May 2003 9:56:18)
So what special qualities does it take to be a manager in hospitality? Julie Aschkenasy finds out
(30 May 2003 9:54:17)
Dry heat used to rule the roost in food-transport trolleys, but new developments in cook-chill technology have brought major improvements, as Bob Gledhill finds out
(30 May 2003 9:51:09)
It's nearly eight months since the first major wave of screwcap wines hit our shores, so what reception have they had in the on-trade? Fiona Sims investigates
(30 May 2003 9:39:58)
London-based wine supplier the Wine Treasury has added Jonathan Brooks to its sales team, as sales director. He was sales and marketing manager at WG Whites, also a London wine supplier.
(30 May 2003 9:36:27)
A New Zealander and a South African have announced their intention to muscle in on the UK recruitment market with the opening of 1st Contact Job Link in Victoria, London.
(30 May 2003 9:30:35)
Restaurant group Prezzo has raised £6m to continue its expansion.
(29 May 2003 17:17:05)
A Scots hotelier today pleaded guilty to evading more than £120,000 in VAT payments.
(29 May 2003 15:37:52)
Marks & Spencer has outsourced its head office foodservice operation to contract caterer BaxterSmith.
(29 May 2003 13:25:53)
Catering company Leith's has won the £3m-a-year-turnover contract to provide catering services at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC) in Glasgow.
(29 May 2003 12:58:12)
Takeaways could replace meals-on-wheels for many old people under proposals floated yesterday by former transport secretary Stephen Byers.
(29 May 2003 12:34:17)
Peter Eyles, executive chairman of hotel group Hanover International, has attacked the heavy discounts on room rates being offered by some of the major chains.
(29 May 2003 11:41:36)
Sweet meets savoury with two new desserts from the Authentic Food Company - 30g exotic spring rolls and 50g exotic fruit samosas.
(28 May 2003 16:23:59)
Aimed at coupling a speciality ingredient with the functionality that chefs require, Imaginative Cuisine has developed a derivative of balsamic vinegar.
(28 May 2003 16:22:36)
Top choccie manufacturer Bendicks is offering some of its leading brands to food service operators in a new catering range.
(28 May 2003 16:21:19)
Emma Baker is an event organiser who also does a funky line in tray design for canapés.
(28 May 2003 16:19:57)
Five thaw-and-serve desserts have been added to Woodward Foodservice's pudding range.
(28 May 2003 16:18:19)
Valera claims its new Masterfrost ice-maker has an output range from 25kg to 280kg per 24-hour period in cooler temperatures, thanks to its unique operating system that keeps the compressor - which usually generates heat during ice production - cool.
(28 May 2003 15:53:59)
MangaJo has launched a lemon green tea, a non-carbonated blend of lemon juice and green tea, in 240ml bottles.
(28 May 2003 15:50:42)
Sydney's Japanese restaurateurs have raised the ire of the city health department by using naked waitresses as plates.
(28 May 2003 15:38:34)
The Eton Group launches its first hotel in Scotland next week when it opens the 65-bedroom Glasshouse in Edinburgh, but it's not without controversy.
(28 May 2003 15:36:03)
Orb Estates is believed to be on the verge of selling its 37 Thistle-branded hotels to property entrepreneur Andy Ruhan in a £652m deal that would involve Ruhan settling some of Orb's debts.
(28 May 2003 15:34:45)
Simon Hulstone, who won the prestigious 2003 Roux Scholarship in April, is off to the Basque country of northern Spain for three months to work at the three-Michelin-starred Restaurant Martin Berasategui in Lasarte.
(28 May 2003 15:33:02)
Aramark has won a new contract to supply catering services to BetterCare.
(28 May 2003 15:29:17)
Increased airport security and the success of budget airlines contributed to good first-half results for Compass.
(28 May 2003 15:27:57)
The past two decades have seen an 18% decline in the number of hotels in Scotland, while more than 500 new restaurants have opened in the same period.
(28 May 2003 15:26:27)
Despite a difficult trading environment, we are still a nation of pub-lovers, if recent results of two of the UK's biggest pub companies are anything to go by.
(28 May 2003 15:25:34)
Two of the Savoy hotel's best-loved characters are set to leave the hotel by the end of the year.
(28 May 2003 15:24:21)
Macdonald Hotels is continuing to expand its portfolio, spending more than £15m on refurbishment, new builds and acquisitions, despite revealing mediocre interim results this week.
(28 May 2003 15:23:09)
Hotels in London recorded their worst performance in April for more than 20 years, according to consultancy PKF.
(28 May 2003 15:21:38)
Fifty years ago today, on 29 May 1953, at about 11am, probably the same time as you are reading this article, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Mount Everest.
(28 May 2003 15:11:44)
Late-night workers in London nightclubs, restaurants and hotels could be severely hit by plans being considered by Westminster Council to introduce metered charging to park in the West End on Sundays and between 1am and 6am on weekdays.
(28 May 2003 15:09:45)
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