InterContinental Hotels Group has announced the signing of Hotel Indigo Bath. The hotel will operate under a franchise agreement with St James’ Hotels Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Somerston Group, a longstanding IHG partner. This will be Somerston’s first Hotel Indigo property and forms part of a larger portfolio of Hotel Indigo hotels being developed by the group … [Read more...]
Brocket Hall in Administration presents business opportunity
As a result of a protracted period of poor trading leading to financial difficulties, and culminating in HMRC issuing a winding-up petition, Peter Holder, Nick Cropper and Anne O’Keefe, of leading global business-advisory firm AlixPartners Services UK LLP (AlixPartners), were appointed Joint Administrators over Brocket Hall International Limited (the Company) on 31 March … [Read more...]
Gordon Ramsay opens maze Grill Park Walk – and Chelsea
Gordon Ramsay Group is about to return to the restaurant where the chef’s career first took off more than 20 years ago. 11 Park Walk, originally the site of Ramsay’s Aubergine restaurant, will open as a maze Grill on 22 April. Inspired by the grill rooms of Manhattan, the vibrant new 60-cover restaurant will offer the concept’s signature rare breed steaks, fish and poultry from … [Read more...]
Keeping the bugs at bay when drying hands
New research by the University of Westminster, commissioned by ETS, the European Tissue Symposium, suggests that single use towels are the most hygienic way to dry hands after visiting the washroom. Despite a trend for sophisticated drying machines in recent years it appears that traditional single use towels offer an unsurpassed level of hygiene when drying hands after … [Read more...]
Whitbread to create 6000 apprenticeships
Whitbread PLC, owner of Premier Inn and Costa, has committed to creating more than 6,000 apprenticeships by 2020 as well as the launch of a brand new apprenticeship scheme for Costa, the nation's favourite coffee shop. To deliver this pledge Whitbread plans to take on around 1,200 apprentices across its Premier Inn, Costa and restaurant brands each year. The Premier Inn … [Read more...]