Welcome Skills Achieves Craft Guild of Chefs Accreditation
The Craft Guild of Chefs has announced that Welcome Skills, the international training provider has successfully passed all the standards required to receive accreditation to…
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Hospitality
All the latest hospitality news for pubs, bars, clubs, restaurants and hotels in the UK hospitality sector and licensed on-trade industry.
Hospitality Salaries Jump by as Much as 12% with 100s of Jobs Over £50k
A new report from Caterer.com reveals that salaries for hospitality jobs have risen over the last year, increasing by up to 12% for some roles with a record number of hospitality jobs offering a salary of more than £50k.
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Online Reviews Can Predict the Failure of 7 out of 10 Businesses, Even Months Ahead
By analysing online customer ratings, researchers from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) have developed an AI model which can predict a restaurant’s likelihood of failure, 70% of the time.
Read more...72% of Retail, Catering & Leisure Workers Surveyed now Suffer From ‘Pleasanteeism’
‘Pleasanteeism’ – the pressure to put on a brave face – is on the rise across the UK, as 72% of retail, catering & leisure workers surveyed admit to feeling like they have to put on a brave face in front of their colleagues
Read more...Hospitality Industry Launches £5m Campaign for Talent
The grass-roots campaign Hospitality Rising has won official support from the Hospitality & Tourism Sector Skills Board (HTSB) to be the strategic face of the industry’s biggest ever recruitment campaign
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Vibrancy of Britain’s 10 Biggest Cities Revealed as the Sector Builds Back from COVID
Exclusive report measuring the out-of-home social activity of consumers shows the scale of COVID damage in London, but more positive trends in Leeds and other cities
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Over 250 Hospitality Business Leaders Urge Chancellor to Hold VAT at 12.5% to Protect jobs, Firms, Pricing & Inflation
More than 250 business leaders from hospitality and leisure have written to the Chancellor Rishi Sunak urging the Government to keep VAT at 12.5% beyond…
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Alchemy Partners Acquires Brasserie Bar Co in £40 Deal
Brasserie Bar Co, the operator of Brasserie Blanc and the White Brasserie Company, has been acquired by Alchemy Partners in a deal that is thought to be valued at just over £40m.
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UK Charity Springboard Awarded Vital Grant from Hilton Effect Foundation
UK hospitality charity Springboard has been named as a 2021 Grant recipient of the Hilton Effect Foundation.
Read more...Consumer Spending Slows in January as Restrictions and Rising Living Costs Hampers Hospitality and Travel
Consumer card spending rose 7.4 per cent in January compared to the same period in 2020 – the smallest uplift since April 2021 – as several sectors were hampered by Plan B restrictions, inflation, and rising energy costs.
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Price Rises for Consumers Now ‘Inevitable’ New Figures from Industry Body UKHospitality Suggest
In a UKHospitality survey of over 340 hospitality businesses representing 8,200 venues employing 190,000 people, nearly half of operators (47%) are reporting that they will be forced to increase consumer
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Buzzworks to Sail into Inverclyde
One of Scotland’s largest hospitality groups, Buzzworks Holdings, has today, Friday 4th February, announced it will bring its flagship restaurant Scotts to Greenock, creating over 70 jobs for the town.
Read more...Chancellor of the Exchequer Thanks UK Hospitality Charity Springboard for their Support Towards the Sector’s Recovery
Two young Springboard trainees played host to Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, in a meeting this week where they discussed their own experiences trying to find a job in the hospitality sector
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Top 10 UK Casual Dining Brands Set to Grow Outlets by +1.1% in 2022
According to the latest data from the Lumina Intelligence Operator Data Index, the top 10 UK casual dining brands are forecast to grow its combined outlet count by +1.1% to 5,566.
Read more...UKHospitality Urges Government to Enhance Duty Reforms to Boost Sector’s Recovery
In response to the alcohol duty review, the industry body is calling for levels of relief to rise to at least 20%, for it to apply it to more products, and for it to be introduced earlier.
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