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18th May 2023 London-based Korean barbecue brand Yori is to increase its presence in the capital, with an opening in Shoreditch. The business, which made its regional debut at the start of last year in Cambridge, will replace the recently closed Hache site in Curtain Road. Earlier this year, it opened on the ex-Café Rouge […]

17th May 2023 Hospitality vacancies fell by almost a quarter over 12 months but “remain stubbornly high”, said UKHospitality. Latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show vacancies in the sector fell by 22% over the last year, and by 9% in the last quarter. But they remain at 132,000, which is still 48%

15th May Britain’s delivery and takeaway businesses sat sales drop 1% year-on-year according to new Hospitality at Home Tracker research from CGA by NIQ. Year-on-year trading has now been negative for 17 months consecutively in a row, following a boom during the covid-19 lockdowns of 2020 and 2021. But while this would suggest the return

2nd April 2023 Thai operator Eddie Lim is to open a new dim sum restaurant in Harrods. Lim, owner of Thai concept Mango Tree, which has restaurants at Harrods and Belgravia, has also previously launched Asian street food concept Bao Kitchen within the posh department store. He will open The Dim Sum Terrace on the

12th March 2023 My Makin Malaysian restaurant has opened its second site within a month of the first. My Makan is the brainchild of Matthew Wilcox, from Norwich, and business partners Imran Abidin and Turki Bin Afif, who are based in Saudi Arabia. The trio met while working in food manufacturing in the Middle East.

4th March 2023 Rishi Sunak’s flagship scheme during lockdown to rescue restaurants was ridiculed by Matt Hancock, who called it “eat out to help the virus get about”. Hancock’s files leaked to the Daily Telegraph, show the then health secretary’s disdain for the initiative and his private concerns that it was spreading Covid. The messages

3rd March 2023 The Government is considering allowing more hospitality staff from overseas to work in the UK to help cope with staff shortages. Ministers have asked the Migration Advisory Committee for advice on whether the hospitality, construction and retail industries should be on the list of sectors where there is a shortage of workers,

28th February 2023 Busaba, the Thai chain founded by Alan Yau, is to open in Essex later with a second site outside of London. The new venue in the Lakeside Shopping Centre in Thurrock will offer a secluded terrace for alfresco dining “while enjoying the heady and vibrant flavours of Thailand”. The menu will feature

20th February 2023 Chinese food supplier Leo Jin, who supplies most of London’s Chinese restaurants as well as many across the UK, China and Singapore, has opened his second restaurant. Lin, who operates Charco Charco Yakiniku in Holborn, has launched Charco Charco Hot Pot in Covent Garden. Whereas his first venue serves Japanese yakiniku, sukiyaki,