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OPINION
As operators navigate today’s challenging environment, further compounded by the loss of almost 16,000 on-trade sites since March 2020[1], it has never been so important for outlets to use every tool in their armoury to drive sales through the till.
Hospitality and catering training provider HIT Training has introduced a new tailored Level 5 Operations Manager Apprenticeship.
Valiant Pub Company has appointed Andy Parker as its new managing director of operations.
A four-day working week could hugely benefit hospitality workers, according to 4-Day Week Campaign director Joe Ryle.
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Pubs employ more than 350,000 people aged under 25 but may be forced to halt further recruitment or push up prices, the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has warned.
Wage inflation in Q3 2024 demonstrated “pronounced pressure” on margins while a drop in vacancies showed “shoots of recovery”.
Asahi UK, which operates Fuller’s, Meantime and Dark Star brewing, has become the first business to put its entire commercial team through WSET beer training.
The Burnt Chef Project’s Social Impact Report 2023-24 has revealed a surge in people using its services and a plea to help with further funding.
Hospitality-based charity organisation, Hospitality Action has recently introduced a new guide centred around improving wellbeing in the workforce.
Operators have shared their thoughts on staffing after official data found hospitality vacancies fell to below pre-pandemic levels.
The number of job vacancies in the food service and accommodation sector has fallen to below 100,000 for the first time since the pandemic, according to official figures.
The number of job vacancies in the hospitality sector has dropped to 100,000, according to official figures.
More than a fifth of restaurant and bargoers never pay the optional service charge, research has revealed.
Some of the leading universities across the UK are urging the Government to back hospitality to help unlock talent for the future with degree level apprenticeships
The Government announced the launch of Skills England yesterday (Monday 22 July) – a body that aims to being together key partners including central and local Government, businesses, training providers and unions to meet the skills need of the next...
Only A Pavement Away has expanded its reach to cover Scotland and Manchester
Following the recent release of the King Charles III banknotes, the Bank of England has offered advice on how to identify fraudulent notes.
The Lock In Podcast
Customer service is key to making your business a success, in the season finale, the Lock In takes a closer look at a key aspect that can make or break a pub.
Six years after research revealed the UK had the lowest percentage of beer drinkers in the world, new evidence has shown the figure has fallen further.
Pubs need the Government to lower tax burdens on the sector to tackle labour shortages as vacancies remain above pre-pandemic levels.
A number of businesses from the hospitality sector have been named as the best places to work by the Sunday Times.
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OPINION
As National Apprenticeship Week 2024 draws to a close, we once again raise a glass to celebrate integral role of apprentices in the UK’s vibrant and dynamic hospitality industry.
OPINION
The hospitality industry faces a staffing shortage. Post-pandemic, businesses are both struggling to retain their staff, as employees re-evaluate their career, and attract new talent.
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A former landscape gardener, who stopped breathing after a motorcycle accident and was in a coma for six days, has become a licensee at his own pub just two years after the crash.
The Burnt Chef Project has joined forces with social media platform Morale to encourage hospitality businesses and operators to praise their colleagues this Christmas.
About 57% of managers in hospitality are looking for a new job over the next 12 months, according to one of the sector’s leading recruitment specialists.
The Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) is aiming to publish free training for nightclubs on hearing health as part of the ‘Listen for Life’ campaign launched last week.
Nightclub jobs are among the worst for hearing loss, new data from Boots Hearingcare has revealed.
A “surprise increase” in vacancies across the sector demonstrates the “significant challenge” staff shortages still pose for hospitality firms, trade body UKHospitality (UKH) has said.
Ongoing staffing issues are the “biggest thing holding back growth” in the sector and the Government needs to act “much quicker” in addressing labour shortages.
The replacement of A levels and T levels with a new qualification for school leavers has been welcomed by one trade body.
The Morning Advertiser joined a chef masterclass at Billingsgate Fish Market, east London, to see how apprenticeships are driving the industry’s future.
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A number of operators revealed how they aim to boost staff retention within their businesses at The Morning Advertiser’s recent MA Leaders Club conference.
New Government scheme to create the “next generation” of hospitality leaders is a “noble aim” but suitability of candidates is of the utmost importance, Barons managing director Clive Price told The Morning Advertiser (MA).
Workers aged 50 and over prioritise flexibility when looking for a new job, research has revealed.
New industry data has revealed that hospitality firms are offering some of the best candidate experiences during job application processes.
OPINION
The hospitality industry is under tremendous pressure. None more so than this year, with extraordinary cost rises across every single area of the business, including a mandatory increase in the minimum wage of 10% for anyone aged 23 and up.
Molson Coors Beverage Company (MCBC) has announced it will no longer ask jobseekers to provide a CV when applying for certain roles across several of its brands.
Long-established hotelier Murray Lamont, who recently took over as president of the Scottish Licensed Trade Association (SLTA), is campaigning to attract more young people into hospitality and combat the sector’s recruitment crisis.
One of the “biggest threats” to hospitality businesses is the inability to recruit good teams amid “chronic” staff shortages.
Pub and restaurant bosses believe the recruitment problems impacting hospitality could be solved if older people returned to work to consider a late-life career as a chef, bartender or waiter.
The Government has 'named and shamed' more than 200 companies for failing to pay their lowest paid staff the minimum wage – and a number of pubcos have made the list which dates between 2017 and 2019.
More than six in 10 consumers think a hospitality venue’s equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) is important, a new survey has revealed.
Vacancies in the hospitality sector remain “stubbornly high” despite overall year-on-year decline, trade body UKHospitality (UKH) has stated.