The Clink Charity and Her Majesty’s Prison Service (HMPS) have confirmed there will be a fourth prisoner training restaurant, The Clink Restaurant at HMP Styal in Cheshire. It will open its doors in 2015. Following the opening of The Clink Restaurant at HMP Brixton in February this year and the recent launch of The Clink Gardens at HMP Send, the charity is halfway to … [Read more...]
Leon grasps lunch! Business Grab & Go Awards 2014
Leon, the naturally fast food chain, has won the ‘Special Achievement Award’ at the Lunch Business Awards 2014. In 2004 Leon set out to make it possible for everyone to eat good food. The industry’s recognition of their 10th birthday comes at a time when this mission looks set to continue, with no less than four new Leons opening by the end of the year. Leon’s food is … [Read more...]
Families fork out more: leisure spend up 2%
The latest Greene King Leisure Spend Tracker reports a 2% year-on-year rise in the amount British households spent on leisure during August. Household spend was up £5 to £247 on Total Leisure last month, driven by Eating Out. The average household spent 11% more on Eating Out compared to the same month last year, which was led by households with kids, indicating the … [Read more...]
Could YOU be the future of the hospitality industry?
Are you 18-25 and working in hospitality? Then this is your chance to make a name for yourself with some of the most respected names in the industry by entering for the Acorn Scholarship. Past winners have gone on to be entrepreneurs, hotel general managers, directors of business and Acorn ’30 under 30’ winners. Do you, or someone you know, have the potential to impress … [Read more...]
Sunday roast: still the nation’s favourite
The Sunday roast is still the number one meal for people dining out in pubs, according to research commissioned by Unilever Food Solutions. Of 1,000 consumers surveyed by OnePoll, just over a quarter (27%) said they choose it above any other dish, and almost half (4 out of 10) said they’d like to see it on the menu every day of the week. Favourite pub food When asked … [Read more...]