Final results for the 53 weeks ended 1st January 2017 Strategic highlights We have completed the strategic reviews of our brands. While there is much work to do, we are confident in our plan to turnaround the business which has four key elements: Re-establish the competitiveness of our Leisure brands. Serve our customers better and more efficiently. Grow our Pubs … [Read more...]
Flat Iron, from pop up to four London sites, now Piper investment fuels further growth
Piper, a specialist investor in consumer brands including the hospitality sector, has made a significant minority investment in Flat Iron, the steak restaurant group. Founded by Charlie Carroll in 2012 Flat Iron developed from a pop up above a London pub. It proved such a success that a permanent site was opened later that year in Beak Street in Soho. Carroll was … [Read more...]
Ole & Steen, soon to open at Canary Wharf
Having expanded their popular chain of 60 Lagkagehuset bakeries across Denmark, leading bakers Ole Kristoffersen and Steen Skallebaek will open their third artisan bakery and restaurant in London, at the award-winning Crossrail Place in Canary Wharf. Crossrail Place is the most recent leisure development on the Estate and already houses a diverse range of dining options such as … [Read more...]
Apprentices step up to the plate for Manchester Pizza Hut Restaurants’ takeover
Pizza Hut Restaurants is letting its apprentices take over the reins at its Manchester Trafford Centre Hut on 7th March as part of a bold move to celebrate National Apprenticeship Week. Through the ‘apprentice takeover’, learners will take on all of the restaurant roles, giving them full control of the Hut for the day. In a show of confidence in its apprenticeship programme, … [Read more...]
A new dual purpose restaurant at Chewton Glen, The Kitchen
Chewton Glen, one of the UK’s finest country house hotels, will later this month officially launch The Kitchen. The new-build space in the grounds of Chewton Glen will have a dual purpose, a cookery school overseen by James Martin which will launch on 1st April, and a 42-seat informal restaurant will open its doors on the 14th March. Offering a menu of casual comfort food … [Read more...]