Tasty plc, operator of the DimT, Wildwood and Wildwood Kitchen Restaurants, has issued its Preliminary results for the 52 weeks ended 28 December 2014 showing that the group delivered a strong performance in 2014, with an improvement in operating profit margin, a 46% increase in pre-tax profits, and adding seven outlets. Highlights Revenue up 28% to £29,734,000 (2013 - … [Read more...]
Mayor of London approves revised plans for Television Centre
The Mayor of London has approved Stanhope and Mitsui Fudosan’s revised plans for the redevelopment of the iconic Television Centre in west London. Previously, the plans received a resolution to grant planning permission from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham planning committee on 10 December 2014. Includes Soho House Club, hotel, restaurants, leisure uses The … [Read more...]
Fulham Shore to acquire Franco Manca pizza business
The Board of Fulham Shore has conditionally agreed to acquire 99 per cent of the issued share capital of Rocca Limited, the owner of the Franco Manca restaurant group .Franco Manca specialises in Neapolitan sourdough pizza and currently has ten restaurants in London. One of these restaurants, on Tottenham Court Road, is currently operated by the Company under a franchise … [Read more...]
Manslaughter charge over peanut allergy death
The CPS (Crown Prosecution Service) has announced that Mohammed Khalique Zaman, owner of the Indian Garden takeaway restaurant in Easingwold, North Yorkshire, has been charged with manslaughter by gross negligence, perverting the course of justice, and an employment offence under the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006. The charges arise following the death of Paul … [Read more...]
Short on time? Social and Reviews in under 30 minutes each week
The internet is a big, big ocean when you’re a small hospitality business. There are so many questions to answer and random advice being thrown your way from all angles. Will you have your own website? Should you be advertising somewhere? How do you get your business in front of online customers? All of these questions make it hard to know where to start when thinking of a … [Read more...]