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Pressure mounted today for a ban on smoking in workplaces, restaurants and bars as researchers revealed that the health risks of second-hand smoke were twice as bad as previously thought.
(30 June 2004 16:21:00)
The consortium seeking to buy Ireland’s Gresham Hotels group has again extended the deadline for shareholders to accept its offer after failing to win the level of support it needs.
(30 June 2004 12:39:00)
Budget hotel chain Travelodge is seeking more hotels in central London after its acquisition of two former Thistle properties last week.
(29 June 2004 17:39:00)
A round-up of the latest news from the contract catering sector...
(29 June 2004 14:18:00)
Harry Ramsden's branded meals are to be withdrawn from 40 Little Chef roadside restaurants from 6 July.
(29 June 2004 12:40:00)
Blackpool's Old Coach House, Taunton's Sally Edwards Café, Devonguesthouse, Snowdonia...
(29 June 2004 9:55:00)
Restaurant group Paramount, owner of Groupe Chez G‚rard, is in talks over a £28m management buyout.
(28 June 2004 16:14:00)
Hotel group BDL is to open two Express by Holiday Inns at a cost of nearly £13m.
(28 June 2004 16:08:00)
Porter's - the Earl of Bradford celebrated 25 glorious years in London's Covent Garden, Bono - ticked off for smoking a cigarette in his own hotel, the Clarence in Dublin...
(28 June 2004 16:08:00)
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(28 June 2004 16:05:58)
People 1st, the new Sector Skills Council charged with recommending changes in hospitality training to the Government, has given the clearest indication yet that the NVQ qualification could be scrapped.
(28 June 2004 15:27:00)
Three members of staff, including the general manager, quit their positions at Stapleford Park country house hotel in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, last week.
(28 June 2004 15:25:00)
Europe's most highly regarded food guide, Michelin, has confirmed that it is considering taking its Red book to the USA.
(28 June 2004 15:22:00)
The team behind Room restaurant in Leeds is to take over the site of Amaryllis, the former Gordon Ramsay restaurant at Glasgow’s One Devonshire Gardens hotel.
(28 June 2004 15:04:00)
The 460-bedroom City Inn Westminster hotel has won one of the country’s top architecture awards.
(28 June 2004 12:45:00)
Demand from staff has prompted the owners of the 33-bedroom Newbury Manor Hotel to turn the Berkshire property into a no-smoking hotel.
(28 June 2004 12:19:00)
Pub company Enterprise Inns has been given clearance by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to take control of the Unique Pub Company.
(28 June 2004 11:56:00)
England may have crashed out of Euro 2004 last week, but the football tournament has been substantially helping the pub trade, operator Honeycombe Leisure said today.
(28 June 2004 10:39:00)
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry...
(28 June 2004 9:58:00)
Fans of films like Scarface, Goodfellas and The Godfather might be interested to know that this year's theme for the Acorn Club Summer Ball is gangsters and molls. So for one night only gentlemen are allowed to play the hard man and pretend to be Al Pacino or Robert De Niro, while women can dress up as flappers with an "f".
(25 June 2004 17:24:00)
Giles Coren goes for a graze at 1880 at the Bentley hotel, London...
(25 June 2004 16:45:00)
Mayfair private members club Home House is understood to be close to a sale worth £25m.
(25 June 2004 16:21:00)
Proposals from the Government to ban vending machines in schools are unlikely to go ahead, following pressure from head teachers.
(25 June 2004 16:19:00)
Ladies who lunch... While Tim Henman is bidding for British glory at this year's Wimbledon tennis championships, outside the courts visitors will be doing their fair share of eating and drinking.
(25 June 2004 16:17:00)
Guinness Peat Group's (GPG) partial offer for hotel company De Vere Group has lapsed.
(25 June 2004 16:12:00)
The Government has hailed the pilot of the fast-food code of practice as a huge success after it led to a 20% reduction in fast-food street litter.
(25 June 2004 16:03:00)
Four hospitality high-flyers were named in this year's City & Guilds Vocational Rich List, down from six last year.
(25 June 2004 15:53:00)
Gourmet Holdings, formerly Madisons Coffee, has underlined its shift away from coffee bars and into the restaurant market with the acquisition of three Bel and the Dragon pub-restaurants for up to £6.28m.
(25 June 2004 11:35:00)
Richard Norman, director of Indepth Hygiene Services, warns that many hotels and restaurants may be unwittingly invalidating their fire insurance cover
(25 June 2004 10:43:00)
Fast-food giant McDonald's last week opened its doors to the public, but only 1,200 customers pre-booked a behind-the-scenes guided tour at 500 restaurants around the country.
(25 June 2004 10:39:00)
Eight out of 10 schoolchildren who took part in a cookery academy sponsored by contract caterer Compass have been inspired to join full-time hospitality courses.
(25 June 2004 10:33:00)
Japanese-style noodle bar chain Wagamama is in advanced talks with an investment banking firm over a possible £60m buyout.
(24 June 2004 17:45:00)
Expanding Ipswich-based hotel chain Elizabeth Hotels has bought three properties costing more than £10m in total over the past month and is looking at four other sites.
(24 June 2004 17:27:00)
Former TGI Friday’s managing director Guy Parsons is joining budget hotel chain Travelodge as its sales and marketing director.
(24 June 2004 15:40:00)
Most of Britain’s 64,000 publicans are in for a “horrible shock” when changes to how licensed premises are run come into force from September next year, business information group Croner has warned.
(24 June 2004 15:13:00)
I'm 23 and have worked in restaurants, bars and hotels - both front of house and in the kitchen. I'd like to join the marketing sector of the industry. Where do I begin?
(24 June 2004 15:02:00)
All the latest appointments and promotions...
(24 June 2004 14:35:00)
The food industry has again been lambasted by the Government for not doing enough to reduce the level of salt in its products.
(24 June 2004 14:29:00)
The Disability Discrimination Act is not just for the disabled Gordon Ramsay Holdings training manager John Dunning spells out its implications
(24 June 2004 14:11:00)
After wading through the huge response to our "worst job ever" competition we have chosen a winner. Congratulations Amy Shantil Carney, front-of-house manager at Mezzo in London...
(24 June 2004 14:11:00)
Ireland’s takeover board has confirmed it is to investigate the 10.3% stake built up in hotel chain Gresham by Hong Kong businessman Balram Chanrai.
(24 June 2004 14:05:00)
All Leisure, the sport and leisure division of contract catering giant Compass, has won a £10m contract to provide catering and hospitality services at this year’s Henley Royal Regatta.
(24 June 2004 12:30:00)
The Government's proposals to introduce Property Investment Funds (PIFs) that may exclude hotel and leisure facilities have been slammed by the industry.
(24 June 2004 12:28:00)
Providers of corporate hospitality know that today's guests will be satisfied only if their expectations are exceeded. Karl Cushing finds out how they do it
(24 June 2004 12:22:00)
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