Wendy Bartlett is executive chairman of catering company Bartlett Mitchell, which she founded with her business partner Ian Mitchell in 2000. The business currently employs more than 800 people across 90 sites in London and the South East and continues to grow while firmly retaining its independence. Wendy, who has worked in contract catering for 37 years, also sits on the … [Read more...]
Hollywood Bowl opens new centre in Dagenham, following £500,000 investment
The UK’s largest tenpin bowling operator, Hollywood Bowl Group, has invested half a million pounds in the development of a new Hollywood Bowl in Dagenham. Work began on the site that was formally a Namco Funscape in mid-September and completed in early October, with the centre remaining open for the duration of the project. Steve Burns, CEO, Hollywood Bowl Group said: … [Read more...]
City Corporation approves hotel application giving new life to City Temple
The City of London Corporation has recently granted planning permission to Eric Parry Architects to build a 10-storey, 191-room hotel on Holborn Viaduct at the current site of Morley House. The planning application was approved at the Corporation’s Planning and Transportation Committee and is the second hotel approved in the City this year. There are now 35 hotels in the … [Read more...]
Drake & Morgan and Maggie’s celebrate kindness across November
November has been earmarked as Random Acts of Kindness month at Drake & Morgan. The independent bar and restaurant group, with venues in London, Manchester and Edinburgh, is supporting cancer charity Maggie’s this month. And with World Kindness Day falling on 13th November, it couldn’t be more timely. Throughout November, Drake & Morgan bars will be serving a … [Read more...]
The people behind Alcotraz plan new show
Inventive Definition: Having the ability to create and design new experiences and think originally. Having launched onto the scene this year with London’s first immersive theatrical cocktail bar Alcotraz, Inventive Productions is promising to continue to innovate and challenge traditional cocktail bar environments in 2018 with ambitions to re-open Alcotraz in the new year and … [Read more...]