Hawksmoor, a £140m project starts and a luxury hotel opens - BusinessLive North West

Latest news from BusinessLive Read in browser by Jon Robinson 🔹 Wed Dec 14, 2022 BusinessLive North West Editor New openings help sales surge at steak restaurant chain Hawksmoor Steak restaurant chain Hawksmoor enjoyed a surge in sales during its latest financial year thanks to the lifting of Covid

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by Jon Robinson 🔹 Wed Dec 14, 2022 BusinessLive North West Editor

New openings help sales surge at steak restaurant chain Hawksmoor Steak restaurant chain Hawksmoor enjoyed a surge in sales during its latest financial year thanks to the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions and opening new sites. The business, which has a restaurant in Manchester and recently expanded into Liverpool, has also cut its pre-tax losses. Hawksmoor was founded in 2006 by school friends Will Beckett and Huw Gott and has previously been named the best steak restaurant in the world. It hit the headlines in 2019 after accidentally serving someone a £4,500 bottle of wine. The company is backed by private equity firm Graphite Capital, which has previously invested in the likes of Game, Paperchase and Wagamama, and is expected to launch a new restaurant in Dublin in the second quarter of 2023. Read the full story here

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Factory that helped make Kellogg's Rice Krispies to be transformed into flats with underground spa as £140m project starts Work has officially started to transform a Liverpool city centre landmark into luxury apartments, complete with an underground spa, in a £140m project. Legacie Developments is leading the Heap's Rice Mill scheme which will also include commercial space. A total of 620 one and two-bedroom flats will be created on the site while a 16-storey apartment block will also be constructed. Previously used by Joseph Heap & Sons Ltd, which once ground rice for Kellogg's Rice Krispies, the Pownall Street site is one of the last surviving warehouse complexes in the area. The grade II-listed building on the edge of the Baltic Triangle has been empty since 2005, and has had planning permission since 2014. Read the full story here

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First TransPennine Express and Northern Trains bosses to be questioned by MPs today The bosses of First TransPennine Express and Northern Trains are to be questioned by MPs over the current state of their services. Matthew Golton, the managing director of First TransPennine Express, and his Northern Trains counterpart Nick Donovan, will give evidence to the House of Commons Transport Select Committee today. They will be joined by Richard Scott, director of corporate affairs at The West Coast Partnership. In the first of the two evidence sessions Lord McLoughlin, chairman of Transport for the North, and chief executive Martin Tugwell will also face MPs. Also appearing in front of MPs will be Transport Focus chief executive Anthony Smith and Jennifer Williams, northern correspondent at the Financial Times. Read the full story here

Delayed Radisson RED hotel opens in Liverpool after £30m regeneration A new hotel has opened in Liverpool city centre after months of delay and a £30m transformation project. Radisson RED Liverpool is the first hotel of its brand in the North of England and has taken over the grade II-listed former Northern Western Hall next to Lime Street train station. The building was first opened as one of the original British railway hotels in the 1800s. The hotel had been originally set to open its doors this summer but delays forced it to be pushed back to September and then yesterday. The 10-storey hotel includes 201 guest rooms and suites, some overlooking St George's Hall. It also features barbecue and robata grill restaurant, Stoke. Read the full story here

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