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skills shortagesIn this section you will find all articles about skills shortages, giving you an easy route to all the information and news about skills shortages on Caterersearch. For subject overviews take a look at Caterersearch’s expert guides that provide 'everything you need to know' on popular subjects like skills shortages, Gordon Ramsay, Compass or Michelin-starred restaurants. Pages 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Previous | Next Staff crisis threat to Gulf hotelsHospitality operators in the Gulf region are facing a staffing crisis as the market continues to burgeon. In Dubai's five-star market alone, an additional 18,000 rooms are set to come on to the market by 2008. Ways to help women workI refer to your news article on Gordon Brown's Budget (Caterer, 30 March, page 13), in which Martin Couchman commented on how the promise of match-funded cash could help tackle hospitality's skills shortage and attract and train low-skilled women. People 1st launches new website
Nail in the coffin of the curry restaurant
Cheffing's high profile a double edged sword for industryCheffing’s high profile on television is a double edged sword when it comes to attracting staff, according to senior chefs. Give EHOs a fair rewardYour excellent rendition of problems caused by online reports on hygiene shortcomings - and the impossibility, for establishments, to have their response published immediately - underlines two issues (Caterer, 2 February, page 4). Employers slow to grab initiative over skills gap
The benefits of craft training
Hospitality industry 'must help itself'The hospitality industry's skills shortage will only get worse unless the sector improves its working conditions, experts warned this week. NVQ training is disastrous for chefs
Poor management costs the industry nearly £1b a year
Let's start training for the OlympicsOn 6 July, London was named host city for the Olympic Games in 2012. It was a wonderful moment as Sebastian Coe and his team triumphed, apparently against the odds, to win the necessary votes from the IOC. Paris, we had been reliably told, was miles ahead and a clear bookies' favourite. Tourism skills gap made key target
SSC must find skills solution to ease 1.4 million jobs 'hole'
EmploymentStaffing shortages have been a headache for chain restaurants on recent years, but is the pressure getting worse or is there light at the end of the tunnel? About the sponsor
About the judgesAn expert and fully independent judging panel has been selected for The Caterer Group Best Places to Work in Hospitality Awards, 2006. Hospitality faces big staffing challengeRecruiting bright, enthusiastic staff to fill vacancies in the hospitality industry will be hugely challenging during the next decade, according to a leading business strategist. College offers new scholarship for traineesA London college has announced a new scholarship in the wake of criticism from the industry about the quality of hospitality training. Take-away association wants quota system for unskilled workersThe Chinese Takeaway Association UK (CTA) is calling on the Government to introduce a quota system to allow the sector to employ unskilled workers from the Far East. The association believes that a sector-based scheme (SBS) would allow Chinese take-aways to employ unskilled workers and prevent the use of illegal immigrants. CTA chairman Thomas Chan said: "Chinese take-aways are targeted every week by immigration officials. An SBS scheme would help the sector." The association carried out a survey of 75 restaurants and take-aways in Stirling, Scotland, last year and found some employing a mixture of illegal and legal workers. These included asylum seekers, without valid permits to work, and some illegal Chinese immigrants. Meanwhile, two Chinese take-aways in Lancaster have been found employing illegal immigrants by an investigation by immigration officials and Lancashire police force. The raid at Wok Express and Golden Jade led to nine arrests Pages 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Previous | Next |
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