Independent Hotels Close in On Chain Hotels as UK Event Planners’ Preferred Choice of Venue Whilst large chain hotels continue to top the league as UK planners’ first choice of venue, the competitive gap between independent venues and well-known hotel ...

EU citizens, who are already resident in the UK or move here before 1st January 2021 have the right to remain and work in the UK. UKHospitality worked closely with the Government to help develop the package of advice and ...

UKHospitality has welcomed the inclusion of the Agent of Change principle in the Government’s revised National Planning Policy Framework, after years of campaigning for such a move. UKHospitality Chief Executive Kate Nicholls said: “UKHospitality, along with its predecessors the ALMR ...

New research* from insurer NFU Mutual has found that nearly half of consumers (47%) have witnessed some form of abuse towards hospitality staff in pubs, restaurants, takeaways and hotels in the past three years, ranging from customers belittling to being ...

The government has been criticised for failing to act on its 2016 consultation when it announced “new plans to end unfair tipping practices and increase transparency for consumers and employees”. The government has still not published a response two years ...

Hotels and hospitality industry has overtaken the food service sector – reclaiming its spot at the top – to be named as the best sector for customer service in the latest customer experience report from service design consultancy, Engine. The ...

Two-thirds of leaders in hospitality think the sector has problems with diversity, according to a new survey from CGA unveiled at UKHospitality’s ‘Shaping the Future’ Conference. The exclusive report is the catalyst for fresh efforts to improve diversity and gender balance at the ...

With the Brexit white paper from the Home Office emphatically stating that free movement of people will end in December 2020, the latest figures from Fourth, the leading global software partner to the hospitality and leisure industries, lay bare the ...

A ‘dream team’ from the North’s finest chefs is to operate the celebrity kitchen for a fundraising dinner at Manchester’s five star Lowry Hotel on Monday October 1st The annual ‘Northern Lights’ event will start with a cocktail and canapé ...

18 aspiring chefs have graduated from Elior’s award-winning Chef School; the nine-month training programme which gives people in non-culinary roles the skills and confidence they need to start their careers as chefs. The 2018 class were awarded their certificates after ...