Aquum, one of South London’s most popular bars, will be re-launching as a late night drinking, dining and dancing destination on Friday 7th October, following a complete and extensive refurbishment. Moving on from its previous incarnation, the venue will feature a dedicated restaurant offering with an exciting and sophisticated menu of contemporary Greek dishes and … [Read more...]
Rocco Forte Hotels Launches ‘Map My Future’, Career Development App
Rocco Forte Hotels developed the concept of the ‘Map My Future’ app as part of a competition set up by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES), inviting hospitality and retail companies to present ideas for company projects and to apply for funding. The funding was awarded to the projects that best demonstrated how their idea would benefit employees by supporting … [Read more...]
Hotels & Tax – Wetherspoons Insights
The performance of Wetherspoons is well documented across the financial and hospitality press. It is a great business, even if they go on a little too much about BREXIT, nonetheless the Chairman speaks in a very common sense way and so does the offer in their outlets - it just seems to make sense. As does the way they seem to go about things. The press conference held for … [Read more...]
Summer of exploration and research for new LIMA menu
Since it opened its doors in 2012, LIMA Fitzrovia has been at the forefront of London’s initiation into Peruvian cuisine, becoming the first restaurant of its kind to earn a Michelin star the following year. Now, four years on, and after a comprehensive refurbishment, the thriving restaurant will launch a new menu on 6th October, following a summer of exploration and research … [Read more...]
Early Brexit hangover as wine prices set to rise
For those of you kind enough to read these legends in the last few weeks then hopefully one or two of you will remember that we discussed price increases for wine post BREXIT vote. Well I’m sorry to report, that I told you so. According to www.ft.com two companies are publicly increasing prices and, according to what I hear deep in the wine cellars of power then so are … [Read more...]