Professional Comment

By Daniel Stander, employment lawyer and certified mental health first aider at Vedder Price LLP (www.vedderprice.com)

This week’s news that England and Scotland were to join the rest of the United Kingdom

By Jurgen Ketel, MD EMEA, Givex (www.givex.com)

With the recent vaccine news, many are hoping to put an end to one of the toughest years the sector has seen.

By Cecily Batten, Head of Innovation at Selecta (www.selecta.co.uk)

The workplace is changing. In addition to the demand for more flexible working arrangements, the global coronavirus pandemic

By Craig Wareham, UK CEO of Outdooractive (www.outdooractive.com)

During the first lockdown when initially travel was constricted, the use of navigation apps increased as people looked for new places

By John Perry, managing director of SCALA (www.scalagroup.co.uk), provider of management services for the supply chain and logistics sector. 2020 has been an extremely turbulent…

By Tina Chander, Partner – Head of Employment Law at Wright Hassall (www.wrighthassall.co.uk)

It might be the strangest festive period for many years, with few organisations considering a Christmas Party, but even a virtual meet-up

By Simon Hughes, partner at Taylor Watson (www.taylorwalton.com)

Just as dire predictions about the UK economic recovery and news of stalled Brexit negotiations are driving a pessimistic out-look amongst business owners

By Kelly Brierley and Tom Capper, regional sales managers at Robert Scott (www.robert-scott.co.uk)

The hospitality sector has had to adapt at pace in the wake of Covid-19. From introducing one-way systems for customers and staff

By Danilo Mangano, General Manager Europe SevenRooms (www.sevenrooms.com)

The Christmas season always requires significant planning and preparation on behalf of hospitality operators so they can maximise success at the busiest time of the

By Paul Sleath, CEO at PEO Worldwide (www.peoworldwide.com)

Since lockdown was announced in March and the pandemic began to cripple the global economy

By Kunal Sawhney, CEO of Kalkine (www.kalkine.co.uk)

The recent demand of two major trade bodies — UKHospitality and the British Institute of Innkeeping

By Scott Muncaster, Managing Director of Adactus, hospitality technology specialists (www.adactus.co.uk)

2020 has been a tough year for hospitality for reasons that need no explanation. Many reports have appeared of how the industry has been

By Alan Hamblett, partner at debt recovery and asset finance solicitors, Corclaim (https://www.corclaimdebt.co.uk/people/alan-hamblett)

Back in the day, when the second wave was only being talked about as if it were a remote but unlikely possibility and when everything was going to be

By Clive Greenwood, partner at law firm Lewis Silkin (www.lewissilkin.com)

The second English lockdown has come as a body blow for many businesses in the hospitality sector.The Government-enforced restrictions mean many

By Robert Cohen, barrister at 5 Essex Court (www.5essexcourt.co.uk)

As if COVID-19 had not already made life hard enough for the hospitality industry, recent news stories have high- lighted that businesses may also be