Joe Fattorini: Is your wine list upside down?

Not only is your wine list upside down, but you haven’t dropped your anchor. Joe Fattorini shares more wacky wisdom on the psychology of sales

Tale of two halves at Heads & Tails

HEADS & TAILS

Rock Spice kicks starts expansion plan in Manchester

ROCK SPICE

Rigging the game

Less is often more when it comes to turning a profit says consultant Sean Finter, a master at optimising returns from on-trade businesses. Harpers tuned in to his message at Bar Convent in Berlin. 

Pied à Terre leads petition for business rates to be abolished

Philip Hammond is being urged to abolish ‘debilitating’ business by some of the UK’s leading restaurateurs.

Tipping point

The government has revealed plans to help ensure hospitality workers get all the tips left for them, but reactions to the news were mixed, reports Michelle Perrett.

Chef Henry Harris breathes new life into former Carvosso site

THE HARLOT

Soho welcomes Greek eaterie and enoteca, Pittabun

PITTABUN

Flavour comes first at Milk Beach

MILK BEACH

Hart brothers drop new restaurant in Kings Cross

DROP

Bid to save Gaucho heats up as former The Ivy owner enters the fray

Prominent foodservice investor Luke Johnson has become the latest person to enter into talks to buy ailing steak restaurant, Gaucho, it has been reported.

Milestone eyes Spanish and Italian wines

Milestone Wines is looking to add two further agencies to the business, its new director of agency sales has said.

Q&A: Laure Patry, Pollen Street Social Group

Brexit may be a big headache, but London is still one of the best places in the world to be a sommelier, group head sommelier Laure Patry tells Harpers

Lady Of The Grapes to celebrate female winemakers in Covent Garden

16 Maiden Lane, London WC2E 2JS

Two restaurants closing a week, but UK dining scene shows reverse North-South divide

The number of licenced restaurant in the UK has fallen by -1.3% in the twelve months to March 2018, with the total number dining outlets also falling by 0.4%, according to the recent Market Growth Monitor report from CGA.

Hedonism-backed Hide launches in Piccadilly

HIDE

London's largest Aussie wine selection set to touch down in Soho

Scarlett Green

Sake is not just for sushi. Master of Sake John Gauntner talks pairing possibilities from cheese to calamari

The next time you order oysters in a restaurant, why not ask for a glass of sake?

Borough Wines teams up with Burmese resturant Lahpet

UK restaurants feeling the heat

Wine is struggling for attention in a UK restaurant sector experiencing a “perfect storm” of adverse trading conditions, according to a new report.