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17th February 2018     The future of Goa Premium Beer is in doubt, after the staff and directors in the UK all resigned, claiming to be owed three months’ back pay.  The final straw for UK employees came at Christmas when owner Sachiin Joshi tweeted pictures of himself from his luxury mansion in Goa, formerly known […]

10th February 2018   Asian Restaurant Awards shortlist   Manchester venue for glittering ceremony Busy schedule for Asian Catering Federation European launch House of Lords Dinner The shortlist has been announced for the first Asian Restaurant Awards, which will be held at the Manchester Hilton, on Monday 5th March 2018.   The shortlisted was determined

22nd January 2018   Sushi restaurant chain  Sushimania is to open  in Nottingham – its most northerly site to date.  The location is at a former Azzurri group-owned ASK Italian in Chapel Bar, which closed seven months ago.   Sushimania has more than 150 dishes on the menu, including seven types of tempura, from sea

20th January 2018   London-based street food concept Chapati Man is launching a franchise model as it looks to expand throughout the UK.   The Chapati Man was founded in 2007 by husband-and-wife team Chris and Andrea Rai, based on Chris’s habit of  taking leftover curry to work in a wrap. Having debuted at various street food markets and

13th January 2018   Des McDonald has closed his £3m izakaya-style rooftop restaurant Rofuto at the Park Regis Hotel in Birmingham. The Japanese restaurant, cocktail lounge and sake bar Kurabu, opened in April 2016 on the 16th floor of the hotel offering 360-degree views of the city’s skyline at more than 140 feet.   The

12th January 2017   Manchester-based Ban di Bul has lined up a second site in the city. An application has been made to the city council to launch a Korean barbecue house in the Old Half Moon Chambers building in Chapel Walks.   The new restaurant, Ann Yeong, would occupy the basement, ground and first floors

11th January 2018   Zing Zing, the north London-based Chinese takeaway concept, has closed its campaign on the Crowdcube platform, after raising more than double its original £500,000 target. The company, founded by Josh Magidson, who sold his startup business to Just Eat in 2010, has raised the funds for further expansion in return for an

10th January 2018   YO! Sushi will become one of the first restaurant brands to open at the redeveloped part of London Bridge station when it opens on 29th January. The venue at 49 St Thomas Street will open daily from 11am to 10pm and offer a 50% discount deal for its first three days.

Thai restaurant chain Giggling Squid has been criticised for offering artists in the Bath the chance to paint a wall in its new Bath restaurant – without being paid. The restaurant, which is due to open in the city’s new casino development, set up a competition, for three budding ‘winning’ artists design a wall space

5th January 2017   Booker Group CEO Charles Wilson has been named The Sunday Times’ Business Person of the Year.   Wilson was given the honour – won in previous years by ex-Tesco boss Sir Terry Leahy  – for transforming the wholesaler from a company on the verge of collapse a decade ago ‘into an