Over forty casual dining pubs and restaurants from across the UK are competing for prestigious design awards at this month’s Casual Dining trade event, taking place at the Business Design Centre, Islington, London, on 25-26 February. Now in their second year, the Casual Dining Design Awards includes three categories – Best Designed Independent Restaurant, Best Designed … [Read more...]
Ajit Madan appointed the UK’s first ITEI Master Tea Sommelier
Ajit Madan, co-founder of Camellia's Tea House, the healthy English tea company which supplies teas to leading hotels and spas of the world, has been appointed the UK’s first ITEI Certified Master Tea Sommelier by the International Tea Education Institute. This exciting news affirms Ajit as a leading expert within the world of tea. Ajit Madan met with the stringent standards … [Read more...]
Michael Helling returns to The Grove as GM
The Grove, the renowned luxury five-star resort in Hertfordshire just thirty minutes from central London, announces the return of Michael Helling as their new General Manager. The Grove first opened in September 2003, at the time Michael was Director of Food & Beverage. A decade on, Michael is warmly welcomed back and he is keen to strengthen The Grove’s position for the … [Read more...]
Punch Taverns’ New Business Team: 250 Partner launches, £32 million invested
Record numbers of people are reported to be applying for a Punch Taverns pub, as news of the success of the company’s Punch Foundation Tenancy model spreads through the pub sector and beyond. Key to this success, Punch Taverns’ New Business Team recently reached an impressive new milestone – supporting their 250th Partner with a new business launch. The Coachmakers … [Read more...]
If it’s Valentine’s Day, it must be…pizza
Brits are set to get ‘extra cheesy’ this weekend, as Domino’s Pizza gears up for one of its busiest nights of the year, with an estimated 4 million slices of freshly-made pizza to be delivered to love nests across the UK on Saturday 14 February 2015. The predicted peak in pizza sales is a 26 per cent increase on a standard Saturday night’s trading for the pizza company. The … [Read more...]