National Doughnut Week is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year and cafes and coffee shops need to register before 3rd May to be able to take part with the fun week of fundraising from 7th – 14th May. Last year £37,640 was raised from National Doughnut Week, with all the money going directly to The Children’s Trust, the UK’s leading charity for children with brain … [Read more...]
Re-launch of Searcys’ London bar and restaurant One New Change
Unique and trend driven concept around simple, delicious Italian street dining and drinking Italian-inspired menus, with meatballs signature dish (over 150 million meatballs are sold in the UK every year*) Drinks to suit all: Searcys’ Champagne, classic cocktails and Vermouth specials Unique ‘Vermouteria’ bar with incredible range of ‘on trend’ vermouth and vermouth … [Read more...]
Sound revenue growth in first-quarter 2016 from AccorHotels
First-quarter 2016 demand was strong in the majority of the Group's markets with revenue totaling €1,161 million, up 1.9% at constant scope of consolidation and exchange rates (LFL), and down 5.2% as reported. Sébastien Bazin, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AccorHotels, said: “Overall, we got off to a good start in a majority of our regions in 2016. Only France and … [Read more...]
Punch Announces Interim Results
Interim Results for the 28 weeks to 5 March 2016 Performance in line with management expectations Continued growth from a higher quality pub estate: Average profit per pub across the entire estate up 3.0% Core estate like-for-like net income* growth of 1.6% Total estate (including non-core) in like-for-like outlet EBITDA growth Underlying EBITDA of £94 million … [Read more...]
Revolution launches new food menus targeted to suit different demographics
Revolution Bars Group PLC, the UK’s premium bar and casual dining operator, has launched new food menus at all 52 Revolution sites. This is the biggest menu overhaul that the brand has seen in recent years, with 15 new dishes now available on the menu. These new menus have been created to appeal across Revolution’s broad customer base, and after undertaking considerable … [Read more...]