Award-winning restaurant group Ed’s Easy Diner has launched a GF accredited gluten-free menu – meaning people with coeliac disease can now get their 1950’s diner fix at their 35 Diners across the UK. Thrilled to be the first burger chain to be accredited by Coeliac UK, the national charity for people with coeliac disease, the new menu offers a mega 85% of the dishes from the … [Read more...]
Michael Fallon nominates Armourcoat for exporting campaign
The Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP, UK Government Secretary of State for Defence, has nominated Armourcoat as part of the All-Party Parliamentary Manufacturing Group (APMG) 'Exported By Britain' campaign. The campaign aims to widen public awareness of the scale, variety of and support for contemporary exporting from the UK, particularly in the manufacturing and creative … [Read more...]
VisitEngland to become stand-alone body for English tourism
VisitEngland will formally separate from VisitBritain, creating a truly independent body for England which puts the UK’s biggest tourism market on a par with other UK nations. This is one of the main recommendations in the Government’s Triennial Review of tourism bodies VisitEngland and VisitBritain, which was laid before Parliament by Helen Grant MP, the Parliamentary Under … [Read more...]
Kona Restaurant launches at Taj 51, Buckingham Gate
Taj’s Chef Tom Cruise, under the direction of Executive Chef David Tilly, has launched Kona at the five star Taj 51 Buckingham Gate Suites and Residences in London. The 46-cover Kona offers an innovative interpretation of the colours, flavours and vibrancy of Southern European cuisine, marrying traditional cooking techniques from the Côte d'Azur and the coast of Liguria in … [Read more...]
UK Attractions grow 6.5% in visitor numbers in 2014
The Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) has announced its members' visitor figures for 2014, revealing an average increase of 6.5% on 2013 visitor numbers. Scottish attractions had the greatest increase of almost 10% increase, followed by London with an increase of 7.11%. ALVA's 57 members are the UK's most popular, iconic and important museums, galleries, … [Read more...]