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Two Michelin-starred Texas pitmasters to host Ned residency
ao link This is Hospitality The Caterer’s campaign celebrating our amazing hospitality industry Subscribe Start a subscription today from just £5.99 x You are viewing 1 of your 2 articles To continue reading register for free, or if you’re already a member login Two Michelin-starred Texas pitmasters to host Ned residency John Bates from InterStellar BBQ and Ali Clem from la Barbecue, both in Austin, Texas, are to join foces at London’s Ned hotel bookmark_borderSave to Library The Ned hotel is...
‘We move quickly and we execute quickly’: Butcombe Group on a record-breaking year
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Unilever Food Solutions CEO: Future menus will be driven by social feedback
ao link This is Hospitality The Caterer’s campaign celebrating our amazing hospitality industry Subscribe Start a subscription today from just £5.99 x You are viewing 1 of your 2 articles To continue reading register for free, or if you’re already a member login The chief executive of Unilever Food Solutions explains how the company is looking at the data behind menus to create new products for chefs bookmark_borderSave to Library Nuria Hernàndez Crespo joined Unilever in 1997, starting her...
Punch Pubs revenue up 9% as it acquires an additional 24 pubs
ao link This is Hospitality The Caterer’s campaign celebrating our amazing hospitality industry Subscribe Start a subscription today from just £5.99 x You are viewing 1 of your 2 articles To continue reading register for free, or if you’re already a member login The pub company has acquired 50 pubs in the year to date, including 30 from McMullen’s bookmark_borderSave to Library Punch Pubs has reported a 9% revenue boost for the year to date and confirmed that it had agreed to buy a 24 pubs...
Annual Awards of Excellence 2026 winners announced
ao link This is Hospitality The Caterer’s campaign celebrating our amazing hospitality industry Subscribe Start a subscription today from just £5.99 x You are viewing 1 of your 2 articles To continue reading register for free, or if you’re already a member login The Royal Academy of Culinary Arts has recognised 24 young individuals who excel in the kitchen, pastry and service bookmark_borderSave to Library The Royal Academy of Culinary Arts has announced its Annual Awards of Excellence...
Annual Awards of Excellence 2026 winners announced
ao link This is Hospitality The Caterer’s campaign celebrating our amazing hospitality industry Subscribe Start a subscription today from just £5.99 x You are viewing 1 of your 2 articles To continue reading register for free, or if you’re already a member login The Royal Academy of Culinary Arts has recognised 24 young individuals who excel in the kitchen, pastry and service The Royal Academy of Culinary Arts has announced its Annual Awards of Excellence winners, acknowledging young chefs,...
Sodexo sets out growth plan including £850m tech investment
ao link This is Hospitality The Caterer’s campaign celebrating our amazing hospitality industry Subscribe Start a subscription today from just £5.99 x You are viewing 1 of your 2 articles To continue reading register for free, or if you’re already a member login Sodexo has set out a plan to significantly improve its performance by 2030 as it announces huge Meta contract win bookmark_borderSave to Library Jean Renton and the Sodexo team Sodexo has announced a 2030 growth acceleration plan to...
BrewDog founder James Watt makes bid to buy back business
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Elior’s seven ways to a sustainable catering offer
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Streets Ahead Live entrepreneur series: Cleaver’s Kitchen
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VAT campaign updates operator shop as it hits 250,000 signatures
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Arsenal FC signs Legends Global as Emirates Stadium caterer
ao link This is Hospitality The Caterer’s campaign celebrating our amazing hospitality industry Subscribe Start a subscription today from just £5.99 x You are viewing 1 of your 2 articles To continue reading register for free, or if you’re already a member login Legends Global is to take over from Delaware North at the Emirates Stadium in a multi-year deal bookmark_borderSave to Library Arsenal Football Club has confirmed that Legends Global will take over from Delaware North as the official...
Accessibility forum: Promote accessible provision to access £274b ‘purple pound’
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Dominus sells Marriott Oxford for £74m
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Andreas Antona made MBE in King's Birthday Honours
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Hotel booking stable across summer driven by domestic travel
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Editor’s comment: VAT’s the Problem is a real chance to make a difference
ao link This is Hospitality The Caterer’s campaign celebrating our amazing hospitality industry Subscribe Start a subscription today from just £5.99 x You are viewing 1 of your 2 articles To continue reading register for free, or if you’re already a member login Let’s get behind Tom Kerridge and his campaign and make the longed-for reduction in VAT in hospitality a reality bookmark_borderSave to Library We repeatedly hear from politicians about how hospitality is vital for the economic and...
‘I was ready for a bigger stage’: Charlie Mellor brings the drama at Soho’s Osteria Vibrato
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Contract caterers report double digit sales growth
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Catering titan Sir Garry Hawkes dies
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John Vincent to inject £2.5m into Leon to save the business
ao link This is Hospitality The Caterer’s campaign celebrating our amazing hospitality industry Subscribe Start a subscription today from just £4.99 Menu x You are viewing 1 of your 2 articles To continue reading register for free, or if you’re already a member login The loan means the quick-service restaurant group can exit administration bookmark_borderSave to Library Leon will exit administration having been supported by a £2.5m cash injection from founder and owner John Vincent.
Alex Kristall joins Houston & Hawkes as commercial director
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Former Wilson Vale ops manager launches independent catering business with first win
ao link This is Hospitality The Caterer’s campaign celebrating our amazing hospitality industry Subscribe Start a subscription today from just £4.99 Menu The Caterer People Summit 2026 Thu May 14, 2026 The Line, London The Caterer is bringing together HR hospitality leaders to learn, debate and collaborate on topics including artificial intelligence, burnout and how to effectively engage the board, to help protect your people, strengthen your teams and prove why HR is central to business...
Hilton’s Esther Brittan, the Savoy and Dishoom recognised at Springboard’s Awards for Excellence
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Young’s reports 4.7% like-for-like sales increase
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Richard Caring sells Ivy Collection, Annabel’s and Scott’s for £1.4b
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Young’s buys Cubitt House pubs for £30m
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Best Western boss: Wage increases will cost us £40k per hotel
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‘We wanted something like nothing else’: Simon Drake on how the Store is standing out in Oxford
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Just Eat under investigation for fake reviews
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Compass launches new brand as it bids to hit £350m turnover for sports and events
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Compass launches new brand as it bids to hit £350m turnover for sports and events
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Genuine Dining commits to regenerative beef as London site makes three-star SRA status
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Genuine Dining commits to regenerative beef as London site makes three-star SRA status
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UKHospitality calls on operators to complete survey to inform energy support
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UKHospitality calls on operators to complete survey to inform energy support
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Kate Skinner named 2026 FutureChef champion
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Bennett Hay achieves B Corp accreditation as turnover hits £20m
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Compass wins 20 year Jockey Club contract having committed to £100m racecourse investment
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Plans approved for 95-suite extension of Stock Exchange hotel
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Caterer Pinch starts year with £3m worth of business wins
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Northcote’s Obsession raises £85,000 for charity
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Newly formed Coppa Collective acquires four pubs with rooms for £11.25m
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Sodexo secures £4m Leyland Truck contract extension
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Editor’s comment: No more restaurants? How about protecting the ones we already have
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Solid performance from UK hotels boost revenue for PPHE
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Julian George launches Future Plate at Somerset House
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Miller Prada joins Evolv as group culinary consultant
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From Manchester to the Middle East: How San Carlo is finding fans around the world
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Leon lost £60m in five years
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