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The hospitality industry is continuing to face a shortage of skilled chefs, threatening its success in the run-up to the London Olympics, research has warned. According to a recruitment survey, head chef positions make up 40% of advertised restaurant vacancies.
Posted: 11 January 2012 | 17:16
The migration cap is making life tough for London businesses, particularly in the restaurant sector. A survey of 123 firms by the London Chamber of Commerce found that 23% had found it difficult to fill vacancies as a result of the cap, introduced in April this year...
Posted: 08 December 2011 | 12:21
The British Hospitality Association (BHA) has welcomed the Government's £1b plan to provide subsidised work and training placements for young people. Deputy...
Posted: 25 November 2011 | 12:07
Communities secretary Eric Pickles is to launch a "curry college" to teach British workers how to perfect the art of Asian and Oriental cooking, as part of the Government's new strategy on integration, to be published soon...
Posted: 21 November 2011 | 10:40
The UK's high rate of VAT is one of several barriers to the growth of the hospitality industry, a new report from the British Hospitality Association (BHA) has warned. The report, entitled Hospitality: Driving Local Economies, is aimed at highlighting the critical role the sector plays in the economic and social life...
Posted: 13 October 2011 | 09:46
Luxury hotel group Fairmont Hotels and Resorts has teamed up with Preston College to offer trainee chefs the chance to complete work placements at the Savoy...
Posted: 30 September 2011 | 10:36
The Clink Charity, which is behind the training restaurant for inmates at Her Majesty's Prison High Down in Sutton, Surrey, has teamed up with hospitality education charity Springboard...
Posted: 16 September 2011 | 16:43
The Government's new annual limit on non-EU workers, which some fear could create even more problems recruiting specialist chefs, comes into force today. The British Hospitality Association (BHA) has previously warned that the cap on migration could result in closures in the £3b ethnic restaurants sector.
Posted: 06 April 2011 | 00:01
Jason Atherton is to demonstrate Pollen Street Social dishes with a team of apprentices to celebrate National Apprenticeship Week, which starts today. Atherton, who last year joined forces with Compass Group's executive dining division...
Posted: 07 February 2011 | 16:38
Hospitality businesses are being urged to introduce apprenticeships to help fill more than one million vacancies expected in the industry over the next six years.
Posted: 04 February 2011 | 14:51
The Sodexo Foundation has donated £17,000 to support a hospitality training scheme delivered by The Prince's Trust. The two-week learning and development programme for...
Posted: 19 January 2011 | 09:14
Prime Minister David Cameron has pushed ahead with plans to cut non-EU migrant worker numbers by almost 25%, threatening to fuel a skills crisis within the £3b ethnic restaurant sector...
Posted: 26 November 2010 | 10:18
People 1st, the sector skills council for hospitality, leisure, tourism and travel (HLTT), has launched a campaign to train 200,000 hospitality and tourism staff ahead of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games...
Posted: 15 November 2010 | 12:01
The most anticipated restaurant of 2010, Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, is set to open at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Knightsbridge, London, on 1 December. But can the biggest launch of the year circumnavigate hospitality's principal problem - a lack of skilled staff? Tom Vaughan asks the questions,
Posted: 16 September 2010 | 11:29
Topics covered in our weekly Infozone briefing include: Training breaks are under review; skills gaps grow wider; and iIdentity security takes a knock.
Posted: 19 August 2010 | 14:35
Demand for hospitality staff slowed to an almost complete standstill in July, part of a wider trend that saw job vacancies increasing at the slowest pace...
Posted: 06 August 2010 | 12:13
Topics covered in our weekly Infozone briefing include: employers angered by speedy introduction of retirement change; poor skills in workforce "will harm UK economy"; and men are unhappier than women with their holiday entitlement
Posted: 06 August 2010 | 10:28
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
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