H&C News meets with suppliers regularly to keep up to date with the latest product and service innovations, aiming to get the inside track on what companies offer to the market and how it is delivered. This week, we met with Wendy Baird, founder of ‘Just Add Strawberries’ at their offices in Nottingham to gain a better understanding of the business. It was a revelation as … [Read more...]
New restaurants for John Lewis flagship store
Ham Holy Burger (above), an Italian burger restaurant, and its sister company, traditional Neapolitan pizza restaurant Rossopomodoro (below), have opened their first concessions at John Lewis’s flagship store on Oxford Street, London. Ham Holy Burger at John Lewis is the first UK restaurant for the cult Italian burger outlet, which has restaurants in Milan and … [Read more...]
TROOPER scoops its first award
Premium British Beer TROOPER, created by Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson and handcrafted at Robinsons Brewery in Cheshire, has won gold in the British Bottlers’ Institute Competition 2014 (BBI). Rocker-cum-brewer, Bruce Dickinson, has every music accolade under his belt worth having, but this is his first in the brewing industry and the fact that it was awarded in a … [Read more...]
TripAdvisor to display VisitEngland star ratings
In a new partnership with TripAdvisor, VisitEngland’s official star ratings will now be displayed on the TripAdvisor property pages of participating accommodation providers in England. VisitEngland now joins organisations such as the AA as providers of official star ratings for TripAdvisor, and this partnership forms part of a raft of projects by VisitEngland aimed at … [Read more...]
BOBO Social for the Bourgeois Bohemian
A new high-end Burger and Small Plates dining concept will launch mid-August on one of London’s foodie destinations: Charlotte Street. BOBO Social will offer innovative dishes made with local British and seasonal ingredients in a bijou setting. BOBO Social is the first solo project from talented operators Michael Benson and Jacinta Maddison. Michael has over twenty years … [Read more...]