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Staff crisis threat to Gulf hotels

Hospitality 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.
Posted: 11 May 2006 | 00:00

Ways to help women work

I 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.
Posted: 06 April 2006 | 00:00

People 1st launches new website

People1st webpagePeople 1st, the Sector Skills Council for the hospitality and leisure sector, has launched a new website, www.people1st.co.uk, for employers and employees.
Posted: 05 April 2006 | 15:18

Nail in the coffin of the curry restaurant

Enam AliThe Government’s new points-based immigration scheme could sound the death knell for many of the UK’s curry restaurants, warns Enam Ali.
Posted: 30 March 2006 | 15:07

Cheffing's high profile a double edged sword for industry

Cheffing’s high profile on television is a double edged sword when it comes to attracting staff, according to senior chefs.
Posted: 28 February 2006 | 12:40

Give EHOs a fair reward

Your 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).
Posted: 09 February 2006 | 00:00

Employers slow to grab initiative over skills gap

Chef schoolHospitality companies are failing to tackle the skills crisis despite recognising the threat it poses to their future prosperity, according to a new report.
Posted: 10 January 2006 | 15:11

The benefits of craft training

James BrownChief executive of the Academy of Food & Wine Service James Brown says the industry ignores the teaching of basic skills at its peril
Posted: 10 November 2005 | 00:00

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.
Posted: 03 November 2005 | 00:00

NVQ training is disastrous for chefs

Chefs studyingChefs’ training under the National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) system is disastrously inadequate, according to David Nicholls, executive head chef at London’s Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park hotel.
Posted: 20 October 2005 | 17:09

Poor management costs the industry nearly £1b a year

kitchenBadly trained managers and poor human resources practices are costing the hospitality and tourism sector £900m a year because the industry can't hold on to its staff, according to new research.
Posted: 20 October 2005 | 09:58

Let's start training for the Olympics

On 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.
Posted: 20 October 2005 | 00:00

Tourism skills gap made key target

James PurnellTourism minister James Purnell has made the hospitality industry’s skills gap one of his key targets in office.
Posted: 12 October 2005 | 09:57

SSC must find skills solution to ease 1.4 million jobs 'hole'

Brian WisdomAfter months of corporate governance, consolidation and refocusing, the Sector Skills Council for hospitality and tourism is ready to get to grips with the industry's skills crisis. But it needs a little help, as Mark Lewis reports
Posted: 30 June 2005 | 00:00

Employment

Staffing 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?
Posted: 01 May 2005 | 00:00

About the sponsor

In association with Lister Charles (logo)As a recruitment specialist for the hospitality industry, Lister Charles has a constant insight into the HR departments of some of the key players in the industry...
Posted: 26 April 2005 | 20:12

About the judges

An expert and fully independent judging panel has been selected for The Caterer Group Best Places to Work in Hospitality Awards, 2006.
Posted: 26 April 2005 | 20:00

Hospitality faces big staffing challenge

Recruiting bright, enthusiastic staff to fill vacancies in the hospitality industry will be hugely challenging during the next decade, according to a leading business strategist.
Posted: 15 March 2005 | 15:33

College offers new scholarship for trainees

A London college has announced a new scholarship in the wake of criticism from the industry about the quality of hospitality training.
Posted: 15 March 2005 | 15:25

Take-away association wants quota system for unskilled workers

The 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
Posted: 09 March 2005 | 00:00

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