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A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Compass cuts sales decline and buys Canadian firm; Scottish hotelier to launch country’s first home-grown commercial wine; PizzaExpress named as Britain’s most valuable casual dining brand and more...
Posted: 08 February 2010 | 10:07
Topics covered in our weekly briefing include: Police crackdown on 'problem premises' and underage drinking; job candidates scuppered by their online profiles; race and gender pay gap still very much in evidence.
Posted: 05 February 2010 | 14:37
Story of the week: Caterer and Hotelkeeper launched a campaign this week to gain a commitment from the incoming Government to support the school meals service and continue investment in the wellbeing of the nation’s children. In other news, chef and food campaigner Rob Rees ...
Posted: 05 February 2010 | 14:29
The Digital Economy Bill, currently being debated in the House of Lords, will have serious consequences for hotels providing internet services if it is passed in its present form, warns the British Hospitality Association. The bill follows the launch in 2009 of the European Data Retention Directive...
Posted: 04 February 2010 | 15:29
Police have raided 12 pubs in Hull and arrested three people as part of an operation to crack down on pubs using foreign satellite broadcasts. The raids follow complaints from other licensees in the area that pubs were allegedly offering Premiership games illegally.
The operation, which involved around 70 officers...
Posted: 03 February 2010 | 11:15
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Gordon Ramsay angers recruitment firm – and TV viewers; Ducasse laments loss of home cooking skills in France; Suffolk Center Parc beefs up security after crime spree; Jamie Oliver to launch barbecue-based brand and more…
Posted: 25 January 2010 | 10:30
Story of the week: Last Friday saw the rather unexpected release of the results of the 2010 Michelin Guide for Great Britain & Ireland, which were unveiled five days ahead of schedule after online retailer Amazon accidentally shipped copies of the guide ahead of its publication date.
Posted: 22 January 2010 | 15:57
A former general manager at the Michelin-starred Samling hotel on Lake Windermere has been jailed for fraud. Nigel Parkin, 37, from Windemere, had admitted a series of fraud and theft offences when he appeared before Carlisle Crown Court in early December.
Posted: 22 January 2010 | 14:04
Fresh allegations about the role of Hilton executives have been raised by rival Starwood in the ongoing corporate espionage case. An amended complaint filed by Starwood last Thursday claims the alleged misconduct was known to, and condoned by at least five of the 10 members of Hilton’s executive committee...
Posted: 19 January 2010 | 16:03
Pub operator Mitchells and Butlers (M&B) has been fined £20,000 after health inspectors found "grim" conditions hygiene conditions in one of its north London pubs. Two officers discovered fish defrosting in a plastic container in a sink next to dirty washing up, raw food next to cooked items...
Posted: 18 January 2010 | 14:40
A failed asylum seeker has been arrested at Antony Worrall Thompson’s Kew Grill restaurant in south west London. A 33-year-old Algerian man was arrested by UK Border Agency (UKBA) officers at the Kew Green eatery on Tuesday, according to the Richmond Twickenham Times.
Posted: 08 January 2010 | 17:46
The father of missing York University chef Claudia Lawrence has vowed to continue the campaign to find his daughter, despite the emotional toll it is taking.
Claudia Lawrence disappeared on 18 March ast year and police are now considering that she was attacked by a stranger...
Posted: 06 January 2010 | 10:44
The Government has created a team to crack down on employers who continually refuse to pay their workers the National Minimum Wage (NMW). The hospitality industry is a persistent offender when it comes to underpaying staff, with HM Revenue and Customs' (HMRC) recouping more than £640,000...
Posted: 05 January 2010 | 14:11
A chef who trained under Michelin-star holder Gary Rhodes has been ordered to pay £2,400 in costs, fines and compensation after he punched two kebab shop owners in an argument over £2. Bradley Walford, 23, who now works at the exclusive Babylon Roof Gardens in High Street Kensington...
Posted: 05 January 2010 | 10:38
Identity theft has become a serious problem for businesses that accept debit and credit card payments - making it even more important for hospitality operators to be PCI compliant. Yet, as Daniel Thomas reports, many are failing to get on top of it.
Posted: 18 December 2009 | 13:58
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: hospitality staff at high risk of divorce; chef Gino D’Acampo faces charges after killing and eating rat; sale or refinancing on the cards for Chicago Rock Café ; Starbucks launches ‘flat white’ coffees and more...
Posted: 07 December 2009 | 10:18
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Compass’s Lloyds win from Aramark worth £100m; Delia Smith awarded CBE by Prince of Wales; Soho House delivers 19% boost to annual profits; staff stay on to rebuild Mumbai hotel attacked by terrorists...
Posted: 23 November 2009 | 10:25
A conman has been jailed for nearly three years for ripping off several five-star hotels in the West Country including Calcot Manor and Lucknam Park during a five-day crime spree. James Hyett , 27, from Bristol, was jailed for 34 months after admitting charges of false representation ...
Posted: 23 November 2009 | 08:00
The financial controller of a major Midlands catering firm defrauded the company out of £41,000 at a time when it was in financial difficulties, a court heard. Paul Thompson , 49, from Coventry, who worked for Hopkinson Catering of Leamington Spa,
Posted: 16 November 2009 | 09:43
Hospitality operators planning to exhibit at trade shows have been warned to keep an eye out for a scam that attempts to con exhibitors into signing costly advertising agreements. Optimum Events, organiser of the annual Hotel & Catering Show, is “strongly advising” exhibitors ...
Posted: 10 November 2009 | 08:00
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