19th May 2019 Sushi brand Maido has opened on Tottenham Court Road, London. Maido Sushi has partnered with the Planet Organic store to create London’s “first sushi bar that uses only sustainably sourced fish and organic ingredients, free from preservatives, MSG and artificial additives”. All fresh fish comes from organic farms or Marine Stewardship Council-certificated […]
18th May 2019 Durham-based Lebanese restaurant Lebaneat is to expanded outside the city with a fourth site, in Yarm. The company, which specialises in authentic Lebanese cuisine, in a former Lloyds Bank branch in High Street. Lebaneat operates a restaurant in Durham as well as the newly opened Lebaneat Wrap House and an
17th May 2019 Amazon, the mail order company which avoided (for a second year in a row) paying tax on its $11.2bn profit, is investing hundreds of millions in Deliveroo, which will be used to finance a growth in its ‘dark kitchens. Amazon is leading a new $575m (£450m) Series G preferred shared
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16th May 2019 The Golden Dragon restaurant in north London is marketing itself as a summer wedding venue, with ornate Chinese illustrations instead of floral themes, for up to 360 guests. Designed by Stiff + Trevillion, the restaurant’s decor “flashes hints of golden hues and rich reds complemented by intricate black ink detailing.”
15th May 2019 The owner of a Surrey restaurant who used stolen VAT money to pay her children’s school fees has been jailed. Huey Jun Khoo and her business partner Jing Fu, used an off-the-record card machine at the Bon East Chinese restaurant in Farnham to defraud HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) of £180,000
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14th May 2019 Husband and wife pair Pete and Jo Morrison, formerly Giggling Squid operations director and Wildwood managing director respectively, are to launch a new restaurant concept called Jo & Co in Hove, East Sussex, in June. The pair met whilst working at Ask and Zizzi restaurants in 1998. The new restaurant
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13th May 2019 Turkish restaurateur Ercan Yuzey is to in Horsham, his second restaurant offering “authentic Turkish food” at a site in Denne Road formerly occupied by Italian restaurant Carmela. Yuzey, who operates another Turkish restaurant in West Sussex, Zeytin in Haywards Heath, expects to launch in August, opening all day from 7.30am to 11pm
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12th May 2019 Essex businessmen Sharif Uddin and Shakil Islam are to open a Mediterranean and Asian fusion restaurant and shisha lounge, their fifth restaurant, in June. Dusk in Brentwood will occupy two acres and offer shisha flavours from around the world. The restaurant in Ongar Road will have space for 140 diners in the main
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11th May 2019 Mowgli founder Nisha Katona is to open a restaurant in Preston for her Foresight Group-backed Indian street food concept, with another site lined up in Friargate. Mowgli operates two restaurants in both Liverpool and Manchester, and one each in Birmingham, Nottingham, Oxford and Sheffield. It is also due to open sites in
10th May 2019 Sushimania, led by Paul Cheung-led, has the former Busaba Eathai site in St Albans, Hertfordshire. The ten-strong group has secured the site in Verulam Road, which closed last year, for an opening later this summer. Earlier this year, Sushimania opened its first site solely focused on grab and go –
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