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We're off on our Christmas break now until 5 January, when our daily news service will resume.
(23 December 2003 11:40:14)
Swearing, Sars and war in Iraq...
(23 December 2003 11:33:00)
Takeover mania: Thistle, PizzaExpress, Petit Blanc...
(23 December 2003 11:32:00)
Smoking bans, hotel sales, crisis at Le Méridien...
(23 December 2003 11:30:00)
S&N flogs its pubs, Claridge's for sale, City Centre and Ask to merge...
(23 December 2003 11:29:00)
Changes to working hours legislation next year will help to make hospitality a more attractive industry to work in, Scottish hoteliers and restaurateurs have said.
(22 December 2003 16:51:42)
The future of Irish hotel group Gresham is again clouded in uncertainty after it indicated a takeover approach by a consortium of investors may be foundering.
(22 December 2003 16:16:12)
Coffee Republic will start expanding its new Republic Deli format from the spring, the coffee bar operator said today, as it posted its half-year results.
(22 December 2003 14:43:09)
Travelodge has extended its “catnap and coffee” initiative, which offers dozy drivers short stopovers to help recharge their batteries, to all its 170 roadside and motorway hotels.
(22 December 2003 14:36:34)
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry...
(22 December 2003 10:01:04)
A round-up of the latest news from the contract catering sector...
(22 December 2003 9:59:05)
Punch Taverns has exchanged contracts to sell 252 pubs for £57m in cash.
(19 December 2003 11:23:55)
Clapham House Group, the company set up by former PizzaExpress chief executive David Page, has completed its first acquisition, buying the Real Greek Food Company for up to £9.1m.
(19 December 2003 10:44:55)
All the latest appointments and promotions...
(19 December 2003 10:00:13)
Immigration services raided the Hilton London Metropole hotel last month, arresting 14 staff members working illegally at the hotel, it has been revealed.
(19 December 2003 9:54:39)
The charity operates Crisis Open Christmas shelters in London over Christmas, between December 23 and 30, and last year they were used by more than 1,200 homeless people.
(18 December 2003 17:12:20)
City Centre Restaurants (CCR) has today made a formal offer for Ask Central as part of its proposed merging of the two businesses.
(18 December 2003 14:30:37)
Kent-based brewer Shepherd Neame is testing a scheme to bring cheap wireless broadband internet services to small rural communities via its village pubs.
(18 December 2003 12:21:03)
Two contract catering companies have been rated among the top 100 fastest-growing companies in the UK in a new report.
(18 December 2003 12:05:27)
Brewer Fuller Smith & Turner has agreed a deal to allow supermarket chain Tesco to buy its Master Brewer Hotel site in Hillingdon, west London, for £18.5m.
(18 December 2003 12:02:25)
Winterdream is a new seasonal tea infusion from German company Ronnefeldt, for those curl-up-in-front-of-the-log-fire festive moments.
(18 December 2003 12:01:25)
Royal Warrant holder Daily Bread supplies upmarket sandwiches to the BBC, the Royal Opera House and Buckingham Palace as well as to several airlines.
(18 December 2003 12:00:54)
Heinz has added two new soups to its Soupe … la Carte range: Scotch broth, and broccoli and Stilton.
(18 December 2003 12:00:23)
By this time you'll already have sorted your Christmas turkey, so it's time to look ahead to the next festive bird: duck for Chinese New Year.
(18 December 2003 11:59:53)
The Natural Coffee Company has a new range of certified organic ground coffees, including new medium and dark roast coffees, a Fairtrade Swiss Water decaffeinated coffee (a special process that decaffeinates coffee without chemicals), as well as coffees from Ethiopia, Colombia, Sumatra and Papua New Guinea.
(18 December 2003 11:59:05)
Willie Pike has left his job as executive chef at contract catering giant Sodexho after nine years.
(18 December 2003 11:34:02)
Lancashire brewer Moorhouses has announced ambitious plans to have a pub in every major town within a 150-mile radius of its base in Burnley.
(17 December 2003 15:08:02)
Fast-food and soft drinks companies have been banned from sponsoring London's bid to stage the 2012 Olympics because of concerns their involvement would undermine the Government's campaign to reduce obesity.
(17 December 2003 13:23:58)
Jacqie Carr Taylor, a solicitor in the employment department at Blandy & Blandy, looks at the implications for employers of recent revisions in anti-discrimination law
(17 December 2003 13:18:38)
Ask Central and City Centre Restaurants (CCR) took another step closer together last week with the announcement that terms for the proposed merger are now substantially agreed.
(17 December 2003 13:08:19)
Pub operator JD Wetherspoon has won three awards for the quality of its toilets in the national Loo of the Year competition 2003.
(17 December 2003 13:05:04)
The four-star Best Western Beardmore Conference Hotel in Clydebank, Glasgow, has become the first consortium member in Scotland and the second in the UK to achieve Premier status.
(17 December 2003 13:03:57)
Simon Rhatigan, former managing director at hotel and restaurant group Tom's Companies, which owns the 19-bedroom Seaham Hall in County Durham, has bought a hotel in Helmsley, North Yorkshire.
(17 December 2003 13:02:52)
It has reached that time of the year when we start reviewing the past 12 months. We can't help it. Whatever we do, wherever we do it, we all find ourselves taking a backward glance and asking the question: what was it like? Was it good for you? (The year, I mean.)
(17 December 2003 13:01:56)
The world's greatest curry chefs will pit their skills against each other at the 13th annual International Indian Chef of the Year Competition 2003/2004.
(17 December 2003 13:00:17)
Talk about caught with your pants down. Mortons Fork Catering at Kent County Cricket Club practise playing a straight bat in the kitchen.
(17 December 2003 12:59:22)
Six of the UK's top bartenders have gone through to the final of the Havana Club Cuban Challenge Cocktail Competition after the semifinal at Sosho, London, on 30 November.
(17 December 2003 12:53:21)
A new 20,000sq ft, £5m nightclub and restaurant are to open in London's Mayfair next spring with plans to roll out the brand to Madrid, Berlin and Moscow.
(17 December 2003 12:52:02)
Five hospitality companies have triumphed in the Government's National Training Awards, against a multisector field of 1,000 entries.
(17 December 2003 12:51:05)
Local yogurts and vending machines selling healthy food and drink surprisingly came out on top when children voted for their favourite food at a fair for schoolkids in Wales.
(17 December 2003 12:49:30)
Handmade giant ravioli has been a favourite dish for chefs in this country for some years now, but Italian food supplier Bri-Tal believes it has a first with its mass-produced version from Italy.
(17 December 2003 12:39:03)
Peace on earth and goodwill to all menus with this week's new products, ranging from ethical organic coffee to royal sandwiches - and don't forget, it's Chinese New Year soon
(17 December 2003 12:37:34)
The UK hotels sector is set for "increased acquisition activity" during the course of 2004 as investors look to get in before the anticipated recovery starts to take effect, according to consultancy PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC).
(17 December 2003 12:29:03)
The use of online auctions to bid for catering contracts is on the rise. Like the popular internet site eBay, online auctions are used mainly for buying products rather than services.
(17 December 2003 12:23:57)
Restaurant classrooms could be the key to giving schoolchildren an introduction to cookery, according to a survey.
(17 December 2003 12:19:56)
Von Essen Hotels has bought the legendary Sharrow Bay hotel on Ullswater in the Lake District for more than the £5m asking price.
(17 December 2003 12:15:33)
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