Renowned Lancashire country-house hotel and Michelin-starred restaurant Northcote is launching Northcote Cookery School this April. Northcote Cookery School will offer a bookable schedule of half- and full-day courses for all skillsets – whether foundation, intermediate or advanced – and students can choose from several culinary categories: from honing knife skills and baking … [Read more...]
Corney & Barrow transforms Old Broad Street site as it invests in its estate
Corney & Barrow Bars, the group of sophisticated London City bars, has carried out a substantial refurbishment to its Old Broad Street site, as part of an on-going investment programme across its estate. The Old Broad Street site has been transformed by Nelson Design, bringing it in line with current design trends and making use of vibrant colours and patterns. Materials … [Read more...]
Positive budget reactions despite unchanged business rates
The Chancellor announced the scrapping of the alcohol duty escalator, extension of reliefs for businesses, and efforts to deal with the cost of living in the measures in today’s Budget statement. It also signalled an increase in the personal allowance to £10,500, a doubling of the Annual Investment Allowance to £500,000, extension of Capital Allowances for three years, and an … [Read more...]
Honorary awards for leaders in food and hospitality
Some of the biggest names from the hospitality and tourism industries received honorary awards at the London School of Hospitality and Tourism annual awards ceremony on Friday 14 March. Those Honoured included TV chef Heston Blumenthal OBE; Jeremy King OBE and Christopher Corbin OBE, owners of some of London’s finest restaurants including The Wolseley; Thomas Kochs, Claridge’s … [Read more...]
SSP, Roadchef, Gondola…next it’s Just Eat and Tragus!
Every day another new story emerges about acquisitions, floats, fundraising in the hospitality sector. It seems that the emergence of the UK from recession is unleashing a backlog of deals that were waiting to be done, ambitions that had been held in check, or – no surtprise - debt that needed to be re-financed. Tragus in talks with its banks? Tragus, the owner of high … [Read more...]