James Russell

Restaurant News is Sponsored by Currys Business The Institute of Hospitality’s prestigious Restaurant Manager of the Year (RMOY) 2025 competition, sponsored by The Hari London and the Hotel Café Royal has been launched, with applications closing at midnight (GMT) on 10 January 2025. Open to Restaurant Managers from across the globe, entrants will compete […]

Meiko is unveiling its sustainable lifetime training initiative for caterers, plus there is a new potwasher, extra-large dishwasher and value options at HRC 2025. Meiko provides its customers with training support for the lifetime of their dishwasher. This commitment ensures our customers’ dishwashing teams have the knowledge needed to run their machines sustainably. “For groups […]

Hotel News is Sponsored by Currys Business Carol Dodds is leaving her longstanding role with Aimbridge EMEA to spend more time with her family. Dodds has worked as Senior Vice President – Commercial at Aimbridge EMEA – formerly Interstate Hotels & Resorts – for almost 20 years and has held numerous other industry roles […]

Restaurant News is Sponsored by Currys Business CEO and Co-Founder of D&D London, David Loewi will transition from his role as CEO and Board Director on Dec 31st, 2024. Loewi will serve as advisor to the board with a particular emphasis on international expansion while a new CEO is appointed. A company spokesperson said: “It […]

New analysis from UKHospitality Scotland reveals that Scottish hospitality businesses will be significantly worse off than their English counterparts, if the Scottish Government doesn’t act to introduce business rates relief in its Budget. Compared to hospitality businesses in England receiving 40% relief, Scottish businesses would be at a significant disadvantage if they were denied business […]

Penn State football defense end Abdul Carter was named one of four finalists for the 2024 Bronko Nagurski Trophy, the Football Writers Association of America and the Charlotte Touchdown Club announced Friday. The honor recognizes the best defensive player in college football.

As the weather cools and the Christmas business heats up, at Merlin Consultancy we want to do what we can to support our clients and colleagues in the industry. We are conscious of the pressure on leaders at all levels, and particularly those who may be relatively new in the position, or for whom this […]

Catering News is sponsored by Two Services Compass Group UK & Ireland is continuing to invest in accelerating knowledge and training in sustainability – recognising the need to equip job functions in all sectors to support the business in its transition to a climate resilient, nature positive and healthy future. Examples of recent progress include: […]

Restaurant News is Sponsored by Currys Business Following the launch of Good Measure earlier this year, Mr Bao Group are formalising their restaurant group for the first time. The new group, ‘6 of 1’, is set to be a collection of individual, hospitality focussed concepts, with plans to expand further beyond Taiwanese restaurants. Since first […]

As energy companies measure profits in billions, and their senior execs enjoy bonuses of millions, government stands idly by enabling OFGEM to further increase energy prices by 1.2%, paid for by joe public and businesses already struggling with cost crises. This absurd situation would seem at odds with any attempts to ease the cost of […]