OakNorth – the bank for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs – has completed a funding deal worth £19m with LEON, the fast food brand that was launched in 2004 and now has 37 stores across the UK. In the last two years LEON has doubled its number of stores and increased some store sales by up to 50 per cent. Last month LEON opened its first overseas store in Amsterdam, the … [Read more...]
Welcome Break opens new-look Sarn services on the M4
Sarn Park motorway services will be officially opened on Friday August 5 (at 12 noon) by Chris Elmore Labour MP for Ogmore, Council Deputy Mayor Councillor Cherie Jones and Welcome Break Chief Executive Officer Rod McKie. The service area on the M4 (junction 36) has undergone a £6.5 million development project over the past nine months. Thirty new jobs have been … [Read more...]
Absurd Bird to open second London location in Soho
Absurd Bird, the South American inspired chicken restaurant brand from Splendid Restaurants, part of the Splendid Hospitality Group, is opening a second site in Soho this August. The new site is located on Peter Street, opposite Berwick Street Market. Following the highly successful first opening in Spitalfields in March 2016, the 40-cover, two-storey restaurant has an … [Read more...]
New seasonal menu unveiled at top Wearside restaurant
The success of Sunderland’s newest destination restaurant has led to some exciting new seasonal additions to its menu, along with extended opening hours for its food offering. The Karbon Grill at the Hilton Garden Inn, Sunderland, opened its doors in April, offering Pan-American cuisine with a Latin flavour. And now the restaurant has added in a range of new dishes … [Read more...]
Image of the Week – Peach and almond cake with raspberries and cognac ice cream
This new weekly feature is all about simply beautiful and engaging imagery so apart from giving readers the basis of what the image is and where it was taken we will let the images speak for themselves. This week’s image was part of a shoot at the Pure Taste restaurant in Notting Hill, London, which is now closed but the image is one of Majella’s all-time favourites so we ran … [Read more...]