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Do someone else's job for a good causeI will be spending 24 March 2006 working in the post room. I am doing this because my staff have pooled together and are sponsoring me to spend the day sorting through their letters and packages in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care's brand new initiative, Back to the Shop Floor. Date set for Scotland’s second Emerging Talent Conference
The week in brief Sodexho cuts 10 jobs Sodexho has made 10 people redundant from its UK business and industry division. The job losses, which are from senior and junior positions, are part of what the company has called a "strategic review". A Sodexho spokeswoman denied that the measures were designed to cut costs and said: "We have made some changes to the structure of our business and industry division. The new structure will operate through four regions." Jurys Doyle to open in Brighton Irish hotel group Jurys Doyle is investing £25m to operate a new three-star hotel in Brighton's New England Quarter. The five-storey, 243-bedroom hotel will be part of a 15-acre mixed-use development. The hotel is due to open in the autumn. Morgan joins AB Hotels Charles Morgan, former operations director at Hotel du Vin, has been appointed group operations director of AB Hotels. He will now oversee the creation of an 85-bedroom luxury hotel Runners wanted for charity 10K
Roupell joins QESTTim Roupell, founder of sandwich maker Daily Bread, has become a trustee of the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST).
Celebrity chefs help raise charity awareness
BHA boss to chair Hospitality Action
ALMR does its bit for charity
David's missionCatey Chef Award winner David Nicholls is best known for his work at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park. But two years ago, his son Dan was left paralysed following a swimming accident while on his gap year in Australia. In an effort to raise funds to help his son and others like him, this year David launched The Nicholls Spinal Injury Foundation. Amanda Afiya went to meet him Scotland's big HIT for charityHospitality Industry Trust Scotland's annual Christmas bash raised £14,000 to pay for its charitable activities. Charities take smoking protest to Parliament
A minute on the clock: Mark WoollardEx-chef and funeral director Mark Woollard has been a London volunteer at homeless charity Crisis at Christmas for the past nine years. Each year the charity serves 16,000 meals to people living on the streets over the Christmas period. Here, he tells Emily Manson why he helps out every year Ember Inns and Macmillan to raise £50k over Christmas
Truffle auction raises record sumAn international truffle auction on Sunday (13 November) raised a record-breaking £123,107 for charity. London restaurateur donates truffle to BBC's Children in NeedLondon restaurateur Claudio Pulze has donated his truffle from last weekend’s international charity auction to UK charity Children in Need as part of a dinner package. Truffle charity auction scores bigAn international truffle auction held in London on Sunday (13 November) has raised a record breaking £123,107 for charity. London restaurant to host International Truffle auctionA London restaurant will this weekend host an international truffle auction to raise money for charity. Restaurants curry favour to boost charityCharity Scope wants restaurants that sell curry to serve up some good karma with their kormas in October and help raise at least 500,000 for disabled children and their families. Restaurants gear up for big UNICHEF pushChefs and restaurateurs from around the country will unite on Monday night (7 February) to take part in UNICHEF, a massive fundraising effort which should see the industry raise a six-figure sum for victims of the Asian tsunami. The appeal has touched all parts of the sector's workforce, with staff and waiters agreeing to forego wages, suppliers donating food, and restaurateurs contributing a percentage of the night's takings. On top of this, UNICEF has devised a simple method to encourage customers to give extra donations on the night. Every participating restaurant will be sent up to 50 water bottle jackets, which can be slipped over the neck of water bottles served on the night. On each collar, there's an explanation of how customers can donate money to UNICEF's children's emergency appeal. A UNICEF spokeswoman said the idea was to encourage customers to make further donations - but in a low-key way, since many had already given generously to the tsunami relief Pages 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Previous | Next |
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