JKS Restaurants announces US debut with two new venues
Published: 06 August, 2025
On-trade heavyweight JKS Restaurants has announced a stateside expansion with two new launches set to open.
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Campanelle
Published: 06 August, 2025
Campanelle is the latest eatery from restaurateur Ninai Zarach. The large, 180-cover venue will play host to Italian cuisine inspired by Zarach’s travel across the peninsular nation. Reflecting the country’s epicurean diversity, the venue will begin the day serving up Italian coffee alongside the likes of eggs benedict with prosciutto di Parma. The day’s later offerings will include the aubergine-filled Parmigiana di Melanzane and the venue’s showstopper, salt-crusted wild seabass. The wine menu will chart a journey across Italy’s heterogeneous wine landscape, alongside a number of classic Italian serves including Sharona, Negroni Bianco and Nutty Velvet.
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Hospitality: Two closures per day in first half of 2025
Published: 05 August, 2025
Fresh data from the Hospitality Market Monitor from CGA by NIQ and AlixPartners can reveal that the UK hospitality sector saw 62 net closures per month in the first half of 2025. This figure equates to approximately two closure per day.
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Charting the challenges facing the British on-trade
Published: 01 August, 2025
The closure of the three M Restaurant sites in London in May is, perhaps, as good a metaphor for the UK’s beleaguered restaurant trade as any. The first venue opened in 2014 as a big steak, big wine bling-fest for flush City workers, expanding with further venues pre and post Covid. It was plush, premium and successful. Now, following a huge rent increase from its landlord, it’s no more.
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Margaret’s
Published: 22 July, 2025
The learned city of Cambridge will have its culinary scene bolstered with the addition of Margaret’s. Touted as the younger sibling of Michelin-starred Restaurant 22, co-founders Alex Olivier and Sam Carter hope to bring a more relaxed vibe to the city’s Chesterton Road. Modern British bistro plates will be served at both lunch and dinner, with highlights ranging from the simple sophistication of roasted lemon sole to hearty Sunday roasts such as an Old Winchester, celeriac and caramelised onion pie served with all the associated trimmings. Wines are curated by Georgia Goddard and sourced from well-loved local indies in the shape of Thorne Wines and Cambridge Wine Merchants. The continually evolving wine list will offer a unique array including a skin contact Gewürztraminer.
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Davy’s announces new automated technical sheet system
Published: 16 July, 2025
Davy’s Wine Merchants has announced a new system allowing for the automated production of technical sheets for wines across its entire trade portfolio.
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Taylor’s David Guimaraens: Reinvigorating Vintage Port’s on-trade promise
Published: 15 July, 2025
At the inaugural Taylor’s Port Vintage Years UK Sommelier Challenge at Berry Bros & Rudd’s Napoleon Cellar, Taylor’s David Guimaraens (pictured, left) impressed the vital role of sommeliers in championing Vintage Port within the on-trade.
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Upward-only rent reviews banned in win for on- and off-trade
Published: 14 July, 2025
The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill includes a ban on upward-only rent review clauses in commercial leases.
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ROAM at Sandridge Barton
Published: 09 July, 2025
Devon’s Sandridge Barton winery will gain a new cellar door restaurant this month with Roam opening on 9 July. Spearheaded by Ian Alexander, the restaurant will adopt a farm-to-fork ethos, making the most of hyper-seasonal and ethically sourced ingredients. This includes meat sourced from the estate as well as vegetables from the kitchen garden. Head chef Sean Blood will channel his love for European bistro and taverna culture to deliver thoughtful, seasonal fare which will evolve throughout the year. The venue is retaining the patina and charm of its former agricultural life, with pale timber and weathered planks highlighting the rural charm of the wine estate. Expect dishes to be served alongside tipples drawn from the estate’s own vines.
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Record nine new Master Sommeliers announced
Published: 09 July, 2025
Nine new Master Sommeliers have joined The Court of Master Sommeliers following a two-day tasting and theory exam at Vienna’s Grand Hotel Wien in June.
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UK Hospitality warns sector faces being taxed out
Published: 07 July, 2025
UK Hospitality has warned the Prime Minister that hospitality is in danger of being taxed out, with the sector having lost 69,000 jobs since the Budget.
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SWA 2025: The Merchant and Producer Awards
Published: 04 July, 2025
The Sommelier Wine Awards 2025 results for the Merchant Awards and Producer Awards categories are now revealed, both online and in this month’s print edition of Harpers.
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On-trade: Finding value in hidden gems
Published: 04 July, 2025
It is not, to paraphrase P. G. Wodehouse, difficult to distinguish between the current world of hospitality and a ray of sunshine. Many businesses have never fully recovered post Covid; inflation (and short vintages) have sent prices skyrocketing, and customers are feeling the pinch. They eat out less, spend less and grumble more.
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France battles on: The latest stats
Published: 26 June, 2025
French wine on-trade sales have taken a hit over the past year, though bright spots are present, with a strong showing in the off-trade for Gallic labels by contrast. Off-trade performance is partly spurred by French sparkling – according to Kantar’s Take Home Purchase Panel the category grew 24% and 4.6% in terms of volume and value respectively over the past five years – the diverging figures potentially illustrating the promise of categories such as Crémant.
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KAM conference: Venues ignore low and no at their peril
Published: 25 June, 2025
At KAM’s Low & No: Drinking Differently conference yesterday (24 June), data from their latest insights report revealed that 37% of people have left on-trade venues early due to poor low and no options.
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April drop in hospitality insolvencies though warning signs remain
Published: 23 June, 2025
Fresh data from the UK Government’s company insolvency statistics can reveal that insolvencies in the accommodation and food services sector were down 12% year on year for April, with 275 going bust during the month.
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UKH: Industrial Strategy a missed opportunity to support hospitality
Published: 23 June, 2025
The government’s announcement of its new Industrial Strategy has been met with frustration from figures inside the hospitality trade. UKHospitality has noted that the sector is among the industries not included in the Strategy’s energy bill reduction plan.
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Birmingham nightlife closures spark fears of troubling trend
Published: 17 June, 2025
Birmingham’s nightlife scene is set to see several high profile venues close their doors in the space of one month in an ominous trend for the UK’s second city.
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Pedalling to Pubs fundraiser exceeds £100K
Published: 16 June, 2025
The 2025 Pedalling to Pubs bike ride has raised a record-breaking total of over £100,000 for hospitality charities the Licensed Trade Charity (LTC) and Only A Pavement Away.
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Boxcar Fire & Wine
Published: 13 June, 2025
A wine-oriented culinary reinvention will always prick the ears of the Harpers team, and news of the relaunch of Boxcar Bar & Grill as Boxcar Fire & Wine did just this. A stone’s throw from Hyde Park, the reinvigorated restaurant, with a revamped interior to boot, is led by head chef Zisis Gkalmpenis. Hailing from Greece, his experience incorporates time at top London restaurants including the Michelin-starred Pied à Terre. Central to the kitchen’s creations is the use of an open grill, with direct, elemental cooking its MO. Expect inventiveness, from Galician blonde beef rib to brill with asparagus and wild garlic. Wine takes centre stage too with an emphasis on small-scale, sustainable producers from the world over. Included in the restaurant’s wine list will be its own-label rosé, Tinted Glasses, created in collaboration with Château Saint-Maur in Provence.
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