Barbecue street food concept, Smokestak, is to open its first permanent site, in Shoreditch, next month.
The group, led by David Carter, has secured a site in Sclater Street for a 75-covre restaurant launching in October.
The brand was born in 2014 with stints at Street Feast and has quickly become a star of the street food scene.
This month it was shortlisted for the best street food concept in Harden’s London Restaurant Awards.
Shake Shack is to open its latest delivery only kitchen this week in Reading.
Pizza Express will cut 1,300 roles across its estate as it looks to reduce its UK team. With job losses expected at all of its 370 sites, the business has said it has had to make the difficult decision as a result of declining footfall since September and poor city centre trade. The reduction will take place through a combination of voluntary and compulsory redundancies, and it is hoped the newly downsized team will place the business in a better position to prepare for 2021 and beyond.
Pubs and restaurants in areas subject to Scotland’s lower three tiers will be able to serve alcohol indoors again from Monday next week, the first minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced.
Whitbread is to open two further Bar + Block venues, its high street steakhouse business, taking its portfolio to 17 sites.
Megan’s, the neighbourhood restaurant business, is looking to recruit 100 new team members, including a people director and operations director.
Comptoir Group has closed four sites and is due to close a further two as a result of the pandemic.
