Hospitality boss wants collaboration in islands

The managing director of a Jersey restaurant group has said he wants to see more collaboration within the hospitality industry in the Channel Islands.

Guernsey-based investors CI Hospitality Limited acquired Jersey's JPRestaurants, which runs Jersey Crab Shack, Oyster Box and Banjo, for an undisclosed sum.

Managing director Robert Jones said he would keep a "significant" stake in the company, and was "excited" about the new structure.

He hoped businesses across the islands would work together more, because they have faced similar challenges.

Jones hoped the new investors would help the business be more successful and said the industry has had a challenging time since the Covid pandemic.

"I'd love to see more collaboration between the islands," he said.

"We are very small jurisdictions, we have a lot of the same issues that we need to try and get on top of."

Jones added his team was passionate about hospitality and it was "wonderful" to have the investment so the business could evolve.

He said the customer experience would not change much, though a statement from JPRestaurants said "enhancements" to its sites would also be introduced.