Pub and restaurant groups have reported a solid start to 2016, with collective like-for-like sales in January up 1.9% on the same month last year, according to latest figures from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker.
Three restaurant concepts have been shortlisted for the Design Award run by the Hotelympia show.
TGI Friday’s is to open its 74th restaurant at Newcastle’s Metrocentre at the end of March—its third site in the city.
Casual Dining Group is continuing a wave of expansion for its Bella Italia brand with four launches this month—and plans for 20 by the end of May.
Mid-Western US barbecue concept Bodeans is to open its seventh London restaurant in Covent Garden on 1 April.
Pret a Manger is to open its first ever university branch on the campus at Exeter University—a move that could herald an interesting new expansion for the brand.
Costa Coffee has hit the milestone of 5,000 locations for its Costa Express self-serve machine concessions around the world.
Brands including Las Iguanas, Cabana, Miller & Carter, Harry Ramsden’s, Turtle Bay, Geronimo Inns and Beefeater are among those with expansion plans this week, as new casual dining restaurant and pub openings continue apace into 2016.
The Restaurant Bar & Design Awards are holding a talk about the acclaimed design of the Cabana restaurant brand.
Shop vacancy rates are at their lowest levels for six years, new figures from the Local Data Company reveals—but long-term vacancies remain stubbornly high.
Industry charity Springboard is making a call for entries to its sponsored 10km run ahead of the Hotelympia show on 28 February.
Macclesfield is to get a new £15m restaurant and leisure scheme on the site of a big car-park.
The Tapas Revolution concept is continuing its push to become a national brand with the opening of a fifth site at the Meadowhall centre in Sheffield.
Consumer spending nudged up on the back of heavy discounting, new figures from Barclaycard show – but many people remain very cautious with their money.
Whitbread has teed up a new Beefeater Bar + Block high street all-day restaurant concept, with the first branch to open in Birmingham next month.
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