With the deadline now only days away, Cyrus Todiwala, OBE is urging colleges across the UK to submit their entries to Zest Quest Asia 2019, the student competition is in its sixth year recognising and celebrate excellence in Asian cookery and cuisine. The 2019 competition was launch in the spring and to date has seen expressions of interest from some 50 colleges. Because … [Read more...]
Tattu Birmingham launch to create eighty new jobs
Chinese restaurant, Tattu, has announced it will open the doors to its third venue in Birmingham city centre in January 2019. The opening creates 80 new jobs at the 150-cover, split-level restaurant located within the historic Grand development. The restaurant will serve Chinese-inspired cuisine, taking traditional ingredients and classic flavours, combined with new ideas … [Read more...]
Over 3,700 pubs could close unless the Chancellor extends business rates relief, states new BBPA report
Substantial risk of closure threatens almost 4,000 pubs if the Chancellor does not extend the £1,000 sector relief rate for pubs, according to a new report commissioned by the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA). Even if just one fifth of those pubs at risk were to close, it would equate to an additional 750 pubs closing on top of the current three pubs a day … [Read more...]
New dual-branded London Heathrow T4 hotels launched by Arora Group
Arora Group marked the official opening of its new Heathrow Terminal 4 hotels, ‘Crowne Plaza London – Heathrow Terminal 4’, and ‘Holiday Inn Express London – Heathrow Terminal 4’, with a launch event at the new Crowne Plaza. This dual-branded property is the largest hotel opening in the UK in 2018 and the largest hotel complex directly connected to a British airport … [Read more...]
Street food giants to open their first permanent restaurant
This winter, burger favourites Burger & Beyond are opening doors to their first restaurant on Shoreditch High Street that will bring their signature buns to a permanent site for the very first time, as well as a new expanded menu. In keeping with their current residencies at KERB, Street Feast and Camden Assembly, the brand’sburgers and sides, honed after three and a … [Read more...]