BEFORE

Monday, 26 October 2026

Career

Career story, 26 October

Inflation adds an estimated £129m to hospitality's rates bill in England next April

September's 3.5% CPI sets the uprating of the multipliers, and tax firm Ryan says only the Budget on 28 October can change the figure.

Career

Career story, 26 October

Public House Group takes on the Walmer Castle in Notting Hill, its eighth pub

The 1845 pub on Ledbury Road keeps its team, menu and drinks list after its sale to BNF Hospitality.

Career

Career story, 26 October

A first head chef job at 23, and a GM at 22: inside Mr Thomas's Chop House

Manchester's 1867 dining room has had a £300,000 restoration, and the people running it came up young.

Career

Career story, 26 October

Just Eat pauses its AI menu photos after some very strange results

The tool was meant to save small restaurants the cost of a photographer. Instead it served up sausages floating in cola.

Career

Career story, 26 October

The Bay Horse in Whickham shuts for a refit, and is hiring for when it reopens

The Front Street pub closes from Monday 26 October and is due back in November with a new function room called The Hayloft.

Casual

Casual story, 26 October

WYLD brings live-fire cooking and late-night cocktails to Freight Island

Nick Grieves, of The Patricia and Ophelia, is executive chef at the new restaurant, bar and stage with views over the city centre.

Casual

Casual story, 26 October

Manchester's Forbici opens its first London pizzeria on Tooley Street

The Neapolitan pizza spot, which has been named among the world's best pizzerias, is due to open near London Bridge on 27 October.