New openings: TGI, JDW , Nando's plot more

As Peach Report reported earlier in the week, the TGI Friday’s openings will include a site at Leeds’ new Trinity retail development, with a launch at Glasgow Fort slated for August and four more unspecified openings to follow over the course of the year.

J D Wetherspoon is continuing its strategy of targeting smaller towns with an opening in Crook in County Durham, which has around 9,000 residents. The Ye Olde Horse Shoe Inn opens next Monday (11 February). It has also completed on a site in Bideford in Devon.

Nando’s has opened in Teddington near Twickenham. A launch event last week was attended by several England rugby players.

David Beckham and Gordon Ramsay have unveiled details of their much-anticipated joint foray into restaurants. Their Union Street Café concept will open near Borough Market in September.

Kurt Zdesar, founder of the dim sum chain Ping Pong, will open a new Japanese-Peruvian concept on Frith Street in Soho in September. The Chotto Matte will pick up on two substantial recent cuisine trends in the capital.