Coal Grill and Bar (t/a Charterhouse Leisure Ltd) has secured additional growth funding from Beringea, which manages the Proven Venture Capital Trusts, and venture capital investors Octopus Investments, along with bank finance, to commence its next phase of expansion. 6 new restaurants per year for next 3 years With six high volume casual dining restaurants already … [Read more...]
Restaurant Associates appoints Business Development Director
Restaurant Associates, the executive dining division of Compass Group UK & Ireland, has appointed James Greetham as Business Development Director. In this new position, James assumes overall responsibility for business development and marketing across the Restaurant Associates business, bringing a wealth of strategic and operational experience to the role. Before … [Read more...]
‘Pop up’ cinema trial with Holiday Inn
Filmbank, a leading supplier of premiere films to hotels, has announced a partnership with Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts® part of the InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) to trial a ‘pop up’ cinema concept across five of its hotels. Available to young audiences Complimentary screenings of The Lego Movie and Hop, an animated film about the Easter Bunny, will be available … [Read more...]
New restaurant riverside destination for Kingston
Following their appointment by Canadian & Portland Estates in 2007, Haworth Tompkins Architects have completed phase one of their revitalisation of Bishops Palace House in Kingston upon Thames, to create an exciting new retail and leisure destination. The second part of the master plan is due to be completed in 2019. Re-oriented building The Bishops Palace House site … [Read more...]
Crowdfunding success Pizza Rossa close to city openings
Pizza Rossa, the latest entrant in the ‘grab-and-go’ market, has announced that it is close to finalising three sites in the City. The first opening, which will be a pop-up, is forecast for May. Crowd funded Born from the creative thinking of Corrado Accardi, a London-based chartered engineer originally from Italy, Pizza Rossa has gone from ‘zero to hero’ in less than … [Read more...]