For the third year running, EEF Venues has been named ‘No 1 Small Group’ and ‘Best Value for Money Group’ in BDRC Continental’s VenueVerdict Awards 2015 – the only industry awards programme based entirely on the voice of the customer. In addition, Engineers’ House, EEF Venue’s Bristol venue, has been named ‘No 1 Overall Venue’ and ‘No 1 Conference Centre’ for the second year … [Read more...]
Welcome break first MSA to pay national living wage to all employees, regardless of age
Leading independent motorway service operator Welcome Break has today announced (Monday February 1) that it will pay the National Living Wage to all its employees across the UK from April 1. The National Living Wage will be the minimum starting rate for all of the company’s 5,000 plus employees across its 27 sites, irrespective of age. Presently 2,095 employees (42 per … [Read more...]
Good Food and Great Service = Loyal Customers
Wednesday evening some of the H&C News team decided to go for an early dinner, partly motivated by a local pub/restaurant/club offering 50% off in Jan and Feb. So we walked about 500yds down Ascot High Street to Bar 1. On a Wednesday evening at about 6.30 you would expect to walk in and get a table straight away, not so, it was fully booked. While our drinks were being … [Read more...]
Brasserie Blanc Southbank Set For A Major Refurbishment
Brasserie Blanc, the 17-strong French restaurant group led by acclaimed chef Raymond Blanc and CEO Mark Derry, has announced that its flagship restaurant and bar on London’s Southbank will close at the end of January to facilitate a refurbishment before re-opening in early March 2016. Located by the banks of the Thames to the rear of Royal Festival Hall and the Southbank … [Read more...]
Caprice Holdings secure One Tower Bridge for new Ivy brasserie
The first flagship restaurant for Berkeley Homes’ landmark development, One Tower Bridge, has today been confirmed. Caprice Holdings Ltd has secured a premium riverfront-facing restaurant space, totalling almost 8,000 sq. ft, for a new Ivy brasserie, equal in calibre to the Ivy Chelsea Garden on the King’s Road. Located at the foot of Tower Bridge, next to More London, One … [Read more...]