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The Academy of Food & Wine Service has announced that nine restaurant managers have made it through to the semi-finals of this year’s UK Restaurant Manager of the Year. Amie Duncan, The Butchershop Bar & Grill, Glasgow Daniel Harrison, De Vere Village Urban Resorts, Wirral Dace Lace, Bat Globe House, London WC2 Karen Lee, The […]

Leading serviced apartment operator Staycity has today announced the signing of a 35-year lease on a site in London’s prestigious Covent Garden, giving the company 106 studio apartments. Staycity Covent Garden will open for business in December 2015 featuring a contemporary, luxury interior. The design will spearhead what will be the first of a deluxe […]

Foodservice looks set to play an important role in Scotland’s economy if the referendum next week returns a yes for independence and could stimulate growth in the sector. Figures from foodservice consultancy Horizons estimate that Scotland’s foodservice market to be worth £3.1bn, some 6.8% of the UK foodservice sector. There is also potential for further […]

Hotels in eight out of 12 UK cities in the latest quarterly Hotel Bulletin for Q2 2014 recorded RevPAR (rooms revenue per available room) beyond pre-downturn levels with the remaining four cities almost reaching these levels. The Hotel Bulletin, compiled by HVS, Zolfo Cooper and AM:PM, reports that hotel performance in London and the regions […]

Entries are invited for this year’s Sake Sommelier of the Year competition with the top prize of a fantastic five-day, fully funded trip to Japan, worth around £5,000. The trip includes the opportunity to take the Sake Sommelier Association’s Advance Sake Sommelier Course, visiting and working in sake breweries. The Sake Sommelier of the Year […]

Eating out operators are continuing to adapt to the changing demands of consumers with menus featuring more hand-held, easy-to-eat foods as Briton’s plump for casual dining over formal occasions. The latest research, undertaken by foodservice consultancy Horizons in June 2014, shows while burgers are still the nation’s number one main course dish, their popularity has […]

12 August 2014, London: Hotels in the Seychelles have the highest value per room across Africa, according to the first annual African Hotel Valuation Index (HVI) compiled by hotel valuation specialist HVS London. The survey of internationally branded properties covers 14 African markets including Nigeria, Ghana, Egypt, South Africa, Morocco, Angola and Zambia. The HVI […]

Consumers are eating out more often this summer, than they did this time last year, with 71% of respondents to a new Horizons’ survey saying they had eaten out in the past two weeks, a clear sign that confidence is returning to the sector. The Eating Out-Look survey, conducted online by YouGov amongst 2,366 respondents, […]

With the entry closing date looming, restaurant managers are urged to get online to enter this year’s Academy of Food & Wine Service’s 2014 UK Restaurant Manager of the Year. UK Restaurant Manager of the Year, now in its sixth year, is open to restaurant managers, or those working in similar roles in any sector […]

Demand for serviced apartments is growing faster than new supply in many European markets, as an increasingly mobile workforce drives business travel and relocation activity. In addition, leisure travellers are also now more actively seeking the additional space and amenity which serviced apartments provide as opposed to conventional hotels. A new report on the growth […]