Wayne Phillips is a catering industry leader with 32 years’ product design experience and is currently managing director at catering supplies manufacturer, rexmartins – www.rexmartins.com UK consumers are spending an increasing amount of time outdoors, with relaxation, dining and spending ...

With hospitality operators under increased pressure due to rises in the living wage, rent, business rates and food prices, there is an ever-increasing opportunity for technology and integration to drive greater efficiencies and elevate customer service within the sector. Here ...

  Beacon, Britain’s leading purchasing company, is urging operators to consider their healthy food offering, following consumer demand for a lower calorie option for the New Year and the rise in veganism. According to Classic Fresh Foods, foods that are most ...

By Paul Connelly, Managing Director at Beacon Digital influences are shaping and changing nearly every industry in our society, and with this comes changing expectations from consumers. This has become increasingly apparent within the hospitality industry as we see a rise ...

Last June JD Wetherspoon deleted its entire email database. Why? They weren’t explicit other than stating: “We felt, on balance, that we would rather not hold even email addresses for customers. The less customer information we have, which now is ...

Miko Coffee Scotland, a division of the multi award winning Belgian coffee specialist Miko Coffee has launched ‘Hand Roasted in Scotland’, the first range of artisan speciality blends to be produced in house at the company’s new purpose built roastery ...

Independent hospitality organisations can often face a particular struggle to stand out and be noticed in what is a very competitive market. Without huge budgets or the support of corporate teams, marketing for standalone hospitality businesses often comes down to ...

The idea of discrimination claims immediately conjures up an image of the corporate world, with employees filing complaints against large organisations. It is relatively rare to hear of cases in the hospitality and leisure industry being brought against individual members ...

One of the world’s leading competitions for young chefs, the S.Pellegrino Young Chef, a global competition recognising leading young culinary talent from across the world has recently picked it UK & Ireland winner Killian Crowley, Chef de Partie at 1 ...

The month of December is one of the busiest times of year for the hospitality industry, with people traveling near and far to share the holidays with loved ones – or to take much-needed vacations. Which means this is also ...