Turtle Bay - the Piper Private Equity backed Caribbean restaurant chain - has secured its first site in London, through Davis Coffer Lyons - the leisure specialists. The expanding operator has taken a 4,000 sq ft corner unit at Cleveland Place - a mixed-use development on Walthamstow High Street, which will include a nine screen 1,200 seat Empire cinema, 5-6 retail/restaurant … [Read more...]
Britain’s Best Takeaway: the Top 10
Oline food ordering platform, hungryhouse has revealed the ten best takeaway restaurants in Britain, with an unassuming Lebanese restaurant in London’s Maida Vale, The Cedar (pictured below), taking the top spot. The results use an algorithm developed to analyse data from over 9,000 restaurant partners and millions of customer reviews to rank Britain’s best takeaways. The tool … [Read more...]
Harbour & Jones launches Upfront
Harbour & Jones (H&J) has launched a new company, Upfront, to run its front of house services. Upfront will cover reception, switchboard, helpdesk and meeting room management, customer service training and event management, and is complementary to H&J’s core business of food service and hospitality. Demand from clients H&J already runs the reception … [Read more...]
Welcome to iconic 30 James Street – The Home of the Titanic
One of the most iconic buildings in Liverpool, which has remained unused for the past 10 years, opened its doors once more last weekend (Friday 4 April) after being transformed into a luxury hotel which gives a stylish nod to its famous history. 30 James Street – The Home of the Titanic will welcome its first guests, as it completes the first stage of the £7m development which … [Read more...]
Easter madness at the Ape & Bird
Last month, The Ape & Bird Public House, the 5000 square feet, three-storey pub, restaurant and bar on Cambridge Circus, announced its new Head Chef Alex Windebank. Windebank, previously of The Sportsman near Whitstable and most recently head chef at The Plough Inn, Stalisfield Green, Kent joined as head chef of the 120-cover pub and restaurant in March. Since then, he … [Read more...]