Q&A: Owen Morgan, Bar 44 Restaurant Group

Complementing our seasonal online Bouncing Back series, passionate Hispanophile operator Owen Morgan gives Harpers the lowdown on how his business navigated 2021, his exciting new ventures and what 2022 might otherwise hold.

Chantelle Nicholson's Apricity heads to Mayfair

Apricity

St Pancras' Booking Office given a Victoriana refurb

Booking Office 1869

Singapore bar culture comes to London

Ginger Lily at Pan Pacific London

The London Gin Club bounces back

The London Gin Club

Idris Elba turns restauranteur with David Farber and Porte Noir

Porte Noire Bar and Shop

Six by Nico launches new flagship

Six by Nico Canary Wharf

Gordon Ramsay duo head to the 'burbs

The Victoria Oxshott

Deliveries and takeaways to maintain significant share of restaurant and pub sales

Deliveries and takeaways are set to maintain a “significant share” of restaurant and pub groups’ operations despite restrictions on indoor service lifting following Freedom Day, the latest CGA & Slerp Hospitality at Home Tracker has predicted.

Customers return to on-trade quicker than last summer

A total of 56% of consumers visited a hospitality venue in the first 10 days following July’s Freedom Day, according to a new UK Hospitality (UKH) survey, supported by data from CGA, released today.

'Experience-first' reopening: How hospitality came back with a bang

Since July’s fuller reopening of the on-trade, UK venues are determined to come back with a bang in order to coax punters away from well-stocked home bars. Jo Gilbert takes flight into the new world of ‘experience first’ hospitality

On-trade reopening: Limited freedom

Bouncing Back Q&A: Jay Wright, Virgin Wines

Bar trend for cocktails spills into nightclubs

Nightclub visitors have, in line with trends seen after the restart of restaurants, pubs and bars from April, been celebrating reopening of the sector with cocktails, according to CGA research.

Bouncing Back Q&A: Des Gunewardena, D&D London

C&C Group appoints Harriet Kininmonth as wine trading director

C&C Group has appointed Harriet Kininmonth to the newly created position of wine trading director.

Investment in hospitality sector halves in Q1

Business investment in the hospitality sector halved in the first quarter of this year on an annual basis, according to the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) data.

Diageo reports 8.3% jump in sales

Diageo has reported an 8.3% jump in sales to £12.7bn with strong organic growth offset by an adverse foreign exchange impact in the year to 30 June 2021.

Nicholls appointed hospitality disability ambassador

UK Hospitality (UKH) CEO Kate Nicholls has been appointed as the hospitality sector’s first disability ambassador to date as part of the government’s new National Disability Strategy.

Hospitality footfall boosted by ‘Freedom day’

The lifting of all Covid-19 trading restrictions in England on 19 July saw a significant boost in footfall, according to the latest Presence data from Wireless Social, with the UK reaching 80% pre-Covid levels.