Monthly Archives: September 2012

UK Restaurant Manager of the Year: Gala Dinner tickets now on-sale

The Academy of Food & Wine Service is now taking bookings for its UK Restaurant Manager of the Year 2012 Gala Dinner, being held at The Westbury, London, on 22 October. Members of the industry are invited to attend the dinner, where the winner of this year’s UK Restaurant Manager of the Year competition, sponsored […]

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European hotel investment drops 16%

London tops this year’s European hotel investment league, as single asset transactions along with the sale of hotel development sites in the UK’s capital have boosted what is otherwise a depressed hotel investment market.

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Host announces second deal with acquisition of Juice for Life

Host Management has announced its second acquisition in two months with the purchase of Juice for Life (trading as OJ’s), operator of retail catering contracts in the leisure sector. Juice for Life was set up in 1994 by Julian and Caroline Davis Smith and, under the OJ’s brand, manages and operates coffee bars, juice bars, […]

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UK Restaurant Manager of the Year: 2012 finalists announced

Following an extremely tough semi-final testing a range of practical and management skills, four restaurant managers are through to the final of the 2012 UK Restaurant Manager of the Year competition. They are: Tobias Barfoot, restaurant manager, The Ambrette Restaurant, Margate Clement Joseph, restaurant manager, RAC, London Peter McAlister, Culloden Estate and Spa, Belfast Paul […]

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UK eating out growth in anywhere, anytime gourmet food-on-the-go, says Horizons’ Ones to Watch

Quality food-on-the-go has become the key growth area in the UK’s eating out market with new concepts consistently emerging in transport hubs and shopping centres as well as high streets locations, as consumers increasingly eat when they want, where they want. This is one of the key findings in the latest Ones to Watch report, […]

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