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29th January 2019 Indian street food restaurant Mowgli has opened its second Manchester site. Founder Nisha Katona has opened the 100-cover, 3,294 square foot venue at the new University Green development in Oxford Road. “Mowgli is all about the smash and grab of fresh, light Indian food. This makes it perfect brain food for the […]

28th January 2019   Thai restaurant group Rosa’s Thai Cafe is to open its first site outside London, in Liverpool.   The venue will be the brand’s 16th site in total when it launches at Liverpool’s Albert Docks. Housed in a grade I-listed former warehouse, the 88-cover split-level restaurant, with a dedicated Liverpool menu to

27th January 2019   Vietnamese street food restaurant group Pho has reopened its Oxford Circus restaurant in London, after six-months’ closure refurbishments. The restaurant in Great Titchfield Street was the group’s second restaurant when it opened in 2008.   The site was closed in the summer to undergo landlord works and a refurbishment. The new design

26th January 2019   A previously jailed Lincolnshire restaurant owner has received a nine-year directorship ban after submitting false tax returns. Jilan Moore, 68, from Silsby in Lincolnshire has been convicted of deliberately submitted false tax returns. Moore was the director of Beijing Dragon Catering, which operated three The Beijing Dragon restaurants in Lincolnshire. Beijing

25th January 2019   Birmingham-based wrap and noodle brand Chop and Wok is planning four new openings  this year, including its first venues outside the city.   The company just opened in York Road, Erdington, its seventh venue in Birmingham.   Chop and Wok opened its first site in 2009.

24th January 2019     Crowne Plaza Hotels and Resorts, which operates over 400 restaurants across the globe has opened Mezemiso.   Set on the 15th floor of the Crowne Plaza London on Albert Embankment, with panoramic views over the River Thames and the Houses of Parliament, Mezemiso unites two distinct global flavours to offering “a

23rd January 2019   Asha’s international restaurant group, is to launch a third UK site, in Solihull this spring.   The company will open on the venue on the top floor of the Touchwood leisure complex in Solihull Shopping Centre, Birmingham. The 120-cover restaurant will be on the upper terrace adjacent to Nando’s and offer a bespoke

23rd January 2019   Farzi Café, the fine dining brand that launched near New Delhi in 2014 and now operates nine restaurants in India and one in Dubai, has made its UK debut, in London’s Haymarket.   The concept combines “traditional Indian and global dishes transformed by molecular techniques”.  Farzi Café is led by award-winning

22nd January 2019   London’s Royal China Club has introduced premium Japanese Wagyu beef to its menu.  Guests can sample a range of dishes featuring the succulent beef at Royal China’s flagship restaurant on Baker Street.   Wagyu offers the highest grade of any beef and is recognised for its tenderness and quality. With its

16th January 2018   John Auckland, founder, TribeFirst     Crowdfunding specialist and founder of TribeFirst,  John Auckland, has issued a six-point plan to successful crowdfunding. TribeFirst claims to have raised in excess of £14m for over 45 companies on platforms such as Crowdcube, Seedrs, and Seedinvest – with a greater than 90% success rate.