Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News

Profile: A family affair at JKS

Published: 10 September, 2024

Seamus Sharkey gives Andrew Catchpole a taste of his role at the colourful restaurant group that is JKS.

GBK follows Carluccio’s to Boparan following Covid squeeze

Published: 14 October, 2020

Boparan Restaurant Group (BRG), owner of Carluccio’s, has acquired burger brand Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK), saving 35 trading sites national-wide.

Carluccio's bailout saves under half of its restaurants

Published: 22 May, 2020

Italian restaurant chain Carluccio’s has completed its bailout deal with Boparan Restaurant Group (BRG), saving 30 of its 71 restaurants and costing 1,000 furloughed workers their jobs.

Sales up at Drake & Morgan

Published: 10 December, 2019

Turnover at London-based bar-and-restaurant group Drake & Morgan rose 12% in the year to end of March 2019, according to its latest financial results released yesterday.

Rioja picks its leading lights for night of celebration

Published: 21 November, 2018

Raul Diaz, Bar 44 and Corks Out were some of the big winners at last night’s Rioja Recognises awards, which singles out the top ambassadors flying the flag for Spain’s flagship wine region.

Big interview: Charlie Stein, wine buyer, The Vintner and Rick Stein Restaurants

Published: 24 October, 2018

Straddling both on and off-trade and with a famous family restaurant group behind him, Charlie Stein chats to Andrew Catchpole about life in the wine trade