Consumers are increasingly buying breakfast out of the home but restaurants are missing out as the public opts for grab and go items instead, new research has found.

Business and industry (B&I) caterer ISS Eaton has acquired northern firm the Catering People, for an undisclosed sum.

Fast food chain McDonald’s has been praised by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) in its annual Good Business Awards.

Restaurant group Gordon Ramsay Holdings was among the many UK companies and local councils that invested their money in Icelandic bank accounts.

Restaurateur and TV chef Mike Robinson and the Ledbury’s head chef Brett Graham have gone in to business with publican Edwin Vaux.

The hospitality industry is in the middle of its biggest hotel construction period in history, the British Hospitality Association revealed today.

The Holiday Inn Express in Hull, Yorkshire has risked the ire of locals by including an English-to-Hull translation document to its welcome pack to help visitors understand the local tongue.

Peel Hotels has blamed “abnormal increases” in energy costs for a sharp fall in pre-tax profits.

A team of directors made a preliminary approach seeking permission to explore a possible offer for the company in May this year.

Bloomberg’s Richard Vines visits Gordon Ramsay Holdings’ latest York & Albany and suggests the basement is the best place to sit for dinner. He says the set lunch, at £15, “is London’s greatest dining bargain”.

Premium Bars and Restaurants (PBR) has seen full-year losses rocket as the economic downturn continues to bite, the bar, restaurant and nightclub operator announced today

London hotels saw revenue per available room (revpar) rise marginally by 0.45% in the week ending 5 October, according to figures from hospitality research company STR Global.

A Conservative MP has tabled an Early Day Motion (EDM) calling on the Government to ban supermarkets from selling alcohol at rock bottom prices.

The collapse into administration of GuestInvest, the pioneer of the buy-to-let hotel model, is "bad news" for the future of the concept, according to experts, but other operators in the field have insisted it can still work.

Organic food sales are starting to drop in the hospitality sector as operators tighten their belts because of the economic downturn, experts have revealed.

Mitchells & Butlers has confirmed that Robert Tchenguiz, its largest shareholder, has sold his 25% stake in the pub group to billionaire investor Joe Lewis.

Hotel group Rezidor has unveiled plans to open its 40th Park Inn in the UK and Ireland, with a property in Southend-on-Sea set to launch in the second quarter of 2009.

The Cuban bar and restaurant Latin Square in London’s Farringdon has been sold to make way for a Tesco Express.

Robert Tchenguiz, Mitchells & Butlers’ (M&B) largest shareholder, has sold his 25% stake in the pub group to billionaire investor Joe Lewis, according to reports this morning.

South London restaurant Le Bouchon Bordelais is launching a sister operation in the City of London today.