New research on Social Local Mobile (SoLoMo) marketing by customer insight company GI Insight reveals that 70% of UK consumers are only happy to receive location-based commercial messages via their mobile phone if they have given prior permission for the company sending the communications to contact them. Consumers want a relationship before receiving messages The study, … [Read more...]
VAT Club attracts wine support
Three wine companies have joined the VAT Club JB - backing the campaign for a reduction on the level of VAT in the hospitality sector to five per cent on drink and food. The companies are all connected via Hatch Mansfield the importer, Villa Maria Estate and Grant Burges Wines being key suppliers to Hatch Mansfield. It takes the number of companies aligned to the campaign … [Read more...]
Ten days of Gastronomic Excellence comes to an end
The ten day annual event held at Northcote, Lancashire from Monday 20th to Wednesday 29th January was a gastronomic celebration showcasing some of the UK and Europe’s most talented chefs. With over six hundred bottles of wine consumed, over 5,000 dishes served and over 900 satisfied customers Northcote’s Food and Wine Festival, ‘Obsession’ has come to an end. Nigel Haworth, … [Read more...]
Loungers: local start, regional strength, national potential
Loungers is an organisation that has confounded expectations: its modest start as a suburban cafe bar back in 2002 gave no hint of what was to come, but its progress since has been attracting increasing attention, and looks set to attract a lot more. From a single outlet in 2007, it opened 12 more sites and reached a total of 41 in 2013, and has 15 openings planned for 2014 – … [Read more...]
Ambrette’s ‘Food for Life’ menu proves big hit with Seniors
A special ‘Food for Life’ menu, introduced by the award-winning Ambrette restaurants in Margate and Rye, designed to promote good health and boost the immune system, is proving a big hit, especially with the towns’ senior citizens. This is not the first initiative for senior citizens that H&C News has recorded, but it’s certainly one that is very effective in combining … [Read more...]