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Bosses warned against exploiting youngsters to cope with hours curb

Hospitality employers have been warned not to exploit young people working cheaply or for free to fill gaps caused by a proposed ban on UK staff working more than 48 hours a week

Credit crunch won’t stop people eating out, says research

Consumers are still likely to continue eating out in the run up to Christmas despite the economic downturn, research has found.

Hospitality wins court fight over music fee hike

The hospitality industry could save millions of pounds after the High Court agreed that massively increased charges for playing background music, introduced in 2005, were disproportionate and unreasonable.

Fuller’s “well placed” to deal with UK recession

Fuller Smith & Turner has said it is well prepared to deal with a UK recession, as it revealed sales at its pubs had ground to a halt in the first six months of the year.

Still time to sign up for Caterer's business campaign

Time is running out for hospitality businesses to get involved in Caterer’s new campaign for 2009 aimed at helping operators to operate better in these difficult economic times.

Two pairs of tickets to Taste of Christmas up for grabs

Caterersearch has two pairs of tickets to Taste of Christmas with Gordon Ramsay to give away.

Hilwood seeking £10m-plus for Bath hotel

Hilwood Resorts and Hotels has placed Bailbrook House hotel near Bath on the market with an asking price of more than £10m, Caterersearch can reveal.

TripAdvisor to let firms publish its consumer reviews

TripAdvisor has launched a free service allowing hoteliers and restaurateurs to publish user-generated comments from the peer-to-peer review website on their own websites.

Post-fire River Café continues to impress the critics

The River Café has gained more praise from London’s food critics, with the Metro’s Marina O’Loughlin admiring the restaurant’s “attention to detail that sets it apart from its pretenders”.

Pub openings worth more to Treasury than closures, says ALMR

Taking positive steps to encourage new openings would generate the same amount of revenue for the Chancellor as next year’s planned hike in the alcohol duty escalator.

Dolce Hotels and Resorts appoints new chief executive

Wyndham Hotel Group chief executive Steven Rudnitsky is to join US-based hotel group Dolce Hotels and Resorts as president and chief executive next month.

Hilton opens first London Doubletree hotel

Hilton has opened its first Doubletree hotel in central London and unveiled plans to open a property under the brand in Chester early next year.

CAMRA warns of ‘bloodbath of pub closures’

As many as 7,500 pubs will be forced to close by the end of 2012 due to a “tidal wave” of beer tax hikes, unfair supermarket competition and the economic downturn, the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) warned today.

Foliage chef Chris Staines to create menus for Lufthansa

Two-Michelin-starred chef Chris Staines, head chef at London restaurant Foliage, has been appointed by Lufthansa as the German airline’s first British star chef.

IHG to cut jobs and hours to keep costs down

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) will be cutting jobs in order to combat the economic slowdown, top executives admitted yesterday.

Food drives sales at Young’s

London pub company Young & Co has seen food sales continue to climb as cash-strapped consumers increasingly look for alternatives to dining out in restaurants.

FSA signs up six fast-food chains for healthier meals programme

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) will today announce that six leading fast-food chains have signed up to its commitment to providing healthier meals outside...

Aramark loses out to Booker and DHL on prison contract

Contract caterer Aramark has lost a lucrative prison shop contract worth an estimated £40m in annual turnover to a consortium involving wholesaler Booker, Caterer has learnt.

Three hoteliers make the British Asian Rich List

Hoteliers Surinder Arora, Jasminder Singh and Firoz Kassam all feature on the newly-published British Asian Rich List.

Oliver to open first Jamie’s Italian in London

Jamie Oliver is to launch his first Jamie’s Italian restaurant in central London, with the opening of an outlet in Canary Wharf.