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Coffee shops still bucking economic trend
Posted by: admin in Uncategorized on May 11th, 2009
The UK coffee bar market is on track to reach £2b in consumer spend by 2012 despite the recession, according to a new report.
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Hereford Road restaurant to stay open despite co-owner Mosley’s death
Posted by: admin in Uncategorized on May 11th, 2009
Hereford Road, the neighbourhood restaurant in London’s Notting Hill, is to remain open despite the sudden death of its co-owner Alexander Mosley.The 39-year-old, son of Formula 1 chief Max Mosley, was confirmed dead after police were called to …
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Heartstone Inns buys fifth site
Posted by: admin in Uncategorized on May 11th, 2009
Heartstone Inns, the pub company that launched in 2007, has picked up its fifth site, taking the freehold on the Bun Penny in Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire from Punch Taverns.
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Second Pub du Vin launches in Birmingham
Posted by: admin in Uncategorized on May 11th, 2009
Hotel du Vin has opened its second Pub du Vin, in Birmingham.Pub du Vin Birmingham is located in the former Cellar Bar of the Hotel du Vin in the city and is similar in style to the first Pub du Vin style launched in Brighton.
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Dolada almost “staggeringly good” but dear, says critic
Posted by: admin in Uncategorized on May 11th, 2009
Italian restaurant Dolada in Mayfair serves great food but at ridiculously high prices, according to the Metro’s food critic. “The food just misses being staggeringly good, though some dishes actually get there,” says Marina O’Loughlin…
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Gender balance is good news
Posted by: admin in Uncategorized on May 11th, 2009
As the Government unveils legislation forcing employers to address gender discrimination, Barry Cole, managing director of the Riviera International Conference Centre in Torquay and Master Innholder, says a fairer split is good for business
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Charles Wells buys 17 tenanted pubs from Punch
Posted by: admin in Uncategorized on May 11th, 2009
Punch Taverns has sold 17 tenanted pubs to Charles Wells, taking the number of pubs it has disposed this week past the 40 mark. The freeholds of the 17 pubs have been bought for an undisclosed sum, with completion expected on 18 May.
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Friday Wrap: A round-up of the week’s hospitality news
Posted by: admin in Uncategorized on May 11th, 2009
Tips was one of the issues that dominated the headlines this week, namely the practice of using non-cash tips to subsidise staff wages, which will be outlawed from October. First the Government rejected the British Hospitality Association’s claim that …
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Blanc’s The Restaurant winners to launch Marlow pub
Posted by: admin in Uncategorized on May 11th, 2009
The winners of Raymond Blanc’s BBC2 television series The Restaurant are to launch their own venture in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, in the summer. Michele English and Russell Clement, who won the second series of the show last October…
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