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It's hard to believe that it's five years this month since IOC president Jacques Rogge awarded the 2012 Olympic Games to London. Back then, the run-in to the London Games felt like a marathon. This week, with the opening ceremony just two years away, it feels more like a sprint.
Posted: 02 August 2010 | 16:04
When Ian Sarson took over from Ian 'Elmo' El-Mokadem as group managing director of Compass UK and Ireland, many viewed his appointment as a sign of changing times at the company. As his first 100 days in office draw to a close, Janie Stamford asks him about his plans for the future.
Posted: 08 July 2010 | 15:38
Warmth and hospitality is key to customer loyalty, but the UK’s hotels and caterers are better at dealing handling processes and systems, claims the National Skills Academy for Hospitality. Nevertheless, the 1,000-plus hospitality firms that have been surveyed by its new Mystery Shopper...
Posted: 30 June 2010 | 09:00
Topics covered in our weekly Infozone briefing include: Public wants DRA scrapped; and skills shortage persists.
Posted: 25 June 2010 | 14:53
After a tough year of recession, freezing weather and volcano ash, Brian Wisdom, chief executive of hospitality Sector Skills Council People 1st, reports on the state of the hospitality industry as the State of the Nation 2010 report is published.
Posted: 28 May 2010 | 16:13
When an industry sector comprises some 150,000 businesses, employs almost two million people and accounts for nearly 5% of the UK's economic output, it deserves to walk with a swagger in its step.
Posted: 28 May 2010 | 16:12
Topics covered in our weekly Infozone briefing include: jobs saved by flexible working: lack of skills remains a big concern for UK companies; and firms wasting 8% of payroll costs on inefficient pay policies.
Posted: 26 March 2010 | 14:38
Picture the scene. You’re in the hot seat on Who Wants to be a Millionaire and Chris Tarrant has just handed you the cheque for £500,000 your last correct answer has won you - but he doesn’t want to give you that! After a few moments of agonising indecision, you throw caution to the wind and opt...
Posted: 23 March 2010 | 13:00
Tory party leader David Cameron praised Britain’s £3.5b curry restaurant industry for its promotion of community cohesion at the British Curry Awards, now into its fifth year. Speaking at the event on 3 November at London’s Battersea Evolution venue, the politician said ...
Posted: 06 November 2009 | 10:00
Donald Sloan, head of the Department of Hospitality, Leisure and Tourism Management at Oxford Brookes University, and chair of Oxford Gastronomica, believes further education should be more flexible to help students develop the skills they need for today.
Posted: 10 September 2009 | 07:00
PPub group JD Wetherspoon has signed up to the government’s skills pledge initiative to help improve the training and education of its 21,000 staff members.
The government initiative follows a report showing that UK workers lack basic skills and encourages companies to pledge to commit ...
Posted: 01 September 2009 | 11:21
The hospitality sector continues to suffer as the rate of decline in permanent staff appointments gathered pace in July, but the rate of contraction in temporary/contract billings continues to ease. The Report on Jobs by consultancy KPMG found that although the drop in permanent appointments ...
Posted: 07 August 2009 | 14:25
The employment minister today urged hospitality employers to take advantage of the multitude of available Government schemes to stimulate the jobs market. Speaking at the Hospitality, Leisure and Tourism Breakfast, hosted by sector skills council People 1st and Jobcentre ...
Posted: 24 June 2009 | 16:24
People 1st, the sector skills council for the hospitality industry, has retained its licence after an assessment on behalf of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES). The skills council was given an overall rating of “good”, as part of the relicensing ...
Posted: 12 May 2009 | 11:30
The Government today launched a new service designed to make it easier for employers in England to take on apprentices.
Posted: 28 April 2009 | 14:44
The first four catering colleges to be accredited by the National Skills Academy (NSA) for delivery of the Professional Cookery Diploma were revealed at a dinner in Northamptonshire last night.
Posted: 03 April 2009 | 16:21
The first colleges to be accredited to deliver the new Professional Cookery Diploma are to be revealed tonight at an event in Northamptonshire.
Posted: 02 April 2009 | 12:03
Campaign group London Citizens has expressed outrage at the lack of response from industry bodies to its calls to implement a London Living Wage at hotels in the capital ahead of the Olympics.
Posted: 02 April 2009 | 08:30
A hospitality and catering centre in London, which offers students the chance to work in a new restaurant while studying for a qualification, has opened in a bid to help bridge the skills gap in the run-up to the Olympics.
Posted: 31 March 2009 | 15:28
Hotel group Jurys Inns has revealed it is receiving as many as 100 job applications for some vacancies as candidates from a variety of sectors such as banking, recruitment, retail and even the army look to switch to hospitality.
Posted: 30 March 2009 | 13:24
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