Type: Permanent Salary: £22,000-£24,000 Location(s): Lewes Bill’s Restaurants are the fastest growing restaurant groups of 2014, we are to open a further 20+ restaurants this year across the UK, offering development and progression for all our employees! For full details … [Read more...]
The perfect bar – of beer soap
St Austell Brewery’s Proper Job is used to cleaning up at awards, but now the popular IPA is moving from the bar to the bathroom with the launch of a brand new Cornish soap made from the beer. Beer has been a favourite tipple for centuries, but what people may not know is that beer has also been used for just as long as a skin-conditioner, and was even used by ancient … [Read more...]
Portfolio of 8 Central London freeholds sells for £54m
Davis Coffer Lyons – the leisure specialists – has provided specialist pubs valuation advice to TIAA Henderson Real Estate for its purchase of a portfolio of eight highly desirable Central London public house freeholds, from Cerberus Capital Management for £54 million. The pubs are all let to Spirit Pub Company, and the portfolio includes Shakespeare’s Head on Great … [Read more...]
Hoteliers bask in an Indian summer
A busy month of political and sporting events and the start of the corporate season, coupled with an Indian summer, boosted UK hotels performance in September, according to preliminary figures released by business advisory and accountancy firm, BDO. Occupancy was yet again the star of the show as regional hotels experienced a 4.7% increase in occupancy to 83.7%, while London … [Read more...]
Drake & Morgan appoints Dylan Murray as Operations Director
Drake & Morgan, which currently operates seven large-scale bars and restaurants in London, has named Dylan Murray – currently of Soho House Group UK – as its new Operations Director. Joining Drake & Morgan in January, Dylan – who is the UK Director of Operations for Soho House Group UK – is responsible for the day-to-day running of 17 sites with an expected combined … [Read more...]