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13th August 2019   Having renovated of 108 bedrooms across its two London hotels – the 313-bedroom St James’ Court, a Taj hotel, and adjacent 85-bedroom Taj 51 Buckingham Gate Suites and Residences in SW!. Victoria/Westminster – the India Hotel Company Ltd (IHCL) is now focusing on its F&B offering.   IHCL will replace its Bank […]

12th August 2019     DUSK Restaurant in Brentwood, Essex, has scooped a prestigious LUXlife Magazine Global Hospitality Award for fine dining.   Since opening in June, the restaurant and shisha lounge as quickly established itself as one of Essex’s top destination venues, and is busy throughout the week and fully booked every weekend.  

5th August 2019   The Asian Locals online business directory which claims to be creating a community bringing together families and friends before business, which it sees as the strength of the Asian way of life.  Asian Locals promises entrepreneurs a way to grow their businesses without incurring steep marketing costs. The directory runs on a well-designed website

1st August 2019   Just Eat, the market place for takeaway food delivery, been trialling dynamic pricing in three UK cities.   Speaking after the company reported its half-year results, Peter Duffy, interim chief executive, said: “Dynamic pricing means we can change the delivery fee based on what we call lived-demand signals, these are the

28th July 2019   Wirral-based Silk Rd, the restaurant concept inspired by the Silk Road trail, is planning to build a seven-strong estate as it prepares to open a fourth site. Silk Rd has doubled its presence in Liverpool city by launching a in Hope Street on Wednesday to join its Beetham Plaza outlet. Founders Chris Williams and Javier

27th July 2019 A jailed restaurateur has been banned from running companies for 12 years, after he was found to owe more than £1m in tax. Lam Chin Seong from Barnet in north London, was the sole director of Novari and Novari (at the O2). Incorporated in 2012, the two companies traded as the Water

26th July 2019   An upmarket high-end Indian restaurant based in the French Alps has opened in the capital.  Tsaretta Spice has opened in Church Street, Twickenham.  The head chef is Yousuf Mohammed, previously has worked at London restaurants such as Dishoom and Tamarind. Tsaretta Spice’s lunchtime and afternoon menu features “Indian tapas” such as pepper-fried squid

 25th July 2019 Cantonese roast meat concept Three Uncles is to open its first restaurant, in London’s Liverpool Street, in August.  Three Uncles will open at the site in Devonshire Row formerly occupied by Mexican restaurant chain Poncho 8. Three Uncles’ menu will include chopped-to-order siu mei alongside pak choi and steamed jasmine rice. As

24th July 2019   The UK food-to-go market is forecast to increase by more than a quarter (26.4%) to reach £23.4bn by 2024, up from £18.5bn in 2019, according to research from retail analysis company IGD.   The channel is to undergo double the growth of the wider UK food and grocery retail market (12.5%)

22nd July 2019   Karam, Jyotin and Sunaina Sethi, the family behind JKS Restaurants and London venues including as Gymkhana, Trishna and Brigadiers, is set to make a move into the pub sector.   The family has plans to take over The George in Great Portland Street for a gastro-pub concept with James Knappett, chef patron of Sethi-backed,