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Whitbread shuts all Beefeater and Brewers Fayre sites
Premier Inn's owner has closed its last standalone restaurants, ending six brands and around 3,800 jobs as it bets everything on hotel rooms.
Michael Wignall cookbook collects 70 dishes from The Angel
The Yorkshire Dales chef's 420-page debut, priced at £65, separates plating photography from working methods in a format aimed at fellow cooks.
Bulbul restaurant Blackfriars opens with regional India menu
Chef Rohan D'Souza and restaurateur Twinkle Keswani have turned a 130-year-old printing press into a micro-regional Indian dining room in London.
Juno restaurant Olympia to open with 300 pizzas an hour
Incipio Group's 265-cover Italian restaurant opens on 16 October inside London's Grade II-listed National Hall, with a dedicated pizza counter.
Chester Grosvenor to close as new operator takes over
The five-AA-red-star hotel shuts on 30 September after safety concerns, with Martin Property Group planning a two-year refurbishment.
Mark Sargeant returns to cooking at a Surrey pub
The former Gordon Ramsay chef takes over The Victoria in Oxshott for four days in September, the first stop in a four-month residency at the Surrey gastropub.
Mental health in hospitality: 65% of managers cite work
Hospitality Action's annual survey, run this summer with Agilysys, also reports that 61% of managers were asked to support a colleague in the past year.
Alcohol-free drinks are not a gateway, says new report
Club Soda's Gateway? No Way pulls together survey work and academic studies to test a claim the drinks industry has been arguing about for a decade.
Borough Market will not renew its lease, says Bread Ahead
The bakery started at Borough with a stall and three products in 2013. It now trades in Dubai, Bangkok and Saudi Arabia, and opens in New York in November.
Sustainable Seafood September champions British seafood
James Strawbridge's five-dish collection backs Scottish herring, Irish and Scottish mussels and Cornish sardines, with Waitrose, Aldi and five other retailers behind the blue MSC label.
Tom Sellers to run five restaurants at Stoke Park
The chef patron of Restaurant Story takes on the whole food and drink offer of a 300-acre Buckinghamshire estate, opening in October with a 48-cover flagship.
Juno at Olympia opens with 265 covers on 16 October
Incipio Group is putting 11,500 sq ft of Italian restaurant into Olympia's listed National Hall, with a pizza counter rated at 300 pizzas an hour.
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