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Caterer´s Hotelier of the Year Michael Gray has praised the Government's new diplomas for 14-19 year olds, heralding them as the potential solution to the industry's staffing crisis.
Posted: 04 March 2008 | 10:25
The UK faces a curry house staffing crisis if the Government does not ease restrictions on Bangladeshi migrant workers, experts have warned.
Posted: 13 February 2008 | 14:00
The hospitality industry's largest employers have hit back at the chief executive of the British Hospitality Association after he claimed that UK workers were "unemployable".
Posted: 17 January 2008 | 08:00
Growing Parlimentary support for additional rights for temporary workers could create an "administrative nightmare" for hotel companies hiring agency staff, the British Hospitality Association (BHA) has warned.
Posted: 20 December 2007 | 10:00
Hospitality employers should follow Travelodge's lead and look to fill skills gaps with the long-term unemployed, argues Grant Hearn, chief executive of the budget hotel chain
Posted: 12 November 2007 | 11:39
Changes to work permit policy for non-EU nationals looking to work in the UK could lead to chronic staff shortages for the hospitality industry, experts have warned.
Posted: 02 November 2007 | 08:00
The Government's new points-based immigration system could damage industries suffering from acute skills shortages such as hospitality, an expert has warned.
Posted: 19 October 2007 | 10:59
Travelodge today signed an agreement with the Government committing to guaranteed job interviews for long-term unemployed registered at JobCentre Plus.
Posted: 09 October 2007 | 10:57
The Government has unveiled plans to deliver 200 new apprenticeships in hospitality and customer service in London as part of new £5m investment to improve training ahead of the 2012 Olympics.
Posted: 04 October 2007 | 14:00
Hospitality operators have been urged to contribute to new research on qualifications reform being spearheaded by sector skills council People 1st.
Posted: 02 October 2007 | 07:00
Demand for jobs in hospitality has fallen over the last month, according to the Monster Employment Index for Europe.
Posted: 11 September 2007 | 13:15
The chief executive of Travelodge has criticised People 1st for using the Fawlty Towers character Manuel to represent the hospitality workforce in a new report on skills.
Posted: 06 September 2007 | 10:00
The Government was today urged to give highly skilled chefs the same immigration fast-track as top footballers.
Posted: 14 August 2007 | 15:55
Pressure is growing on People 1st to deliver more substance behind its ideas, after the industry's leading employer threatened to stop working with the Sector Skills Council for hospitality.
Posted: 09 August 2007 | 18:04
David Field, managing director, Nestlé FoodServices, asks "Who will tackle the increasing skills gaps in the hospitality industry?"
Posted: 18 July 2007 | 08:00
Mayor of London Ken Livingstone has officially unveiled a skills strategy designed to boost opportunities in hospitality and tourism in the capital ahead of the 2012 Olympic Games.
Posted: 11 July 2007 | 13:00
Just five hospitality industry employers have signed up to the Government’s long awaited skills pledge, which commits them to offer Level 2 training to all their staff by 2010.
Posted: 19 June 2007 | 17:21
Hospitality operators face a worsening skills crisis as eastern European workers start returning home, a recruitment expert has warned.
Posted: 07 June 2007 | 08:30
Immigration continues to make headlines and with the UK hospitality industry as reliant on foreign workers to mitigate the ongoing skills crisis as it has ever been it’s an issue that remains pertinent. Below is a collection of news, opinions and advice to help you stay on the right side of immigration law.
Posted: 06 June 2007 | 17:53
David Hunter, director of Matfen Hall hotel in Northumberland, believes paying for foreign staff’s English lessons is ethical and good business sense.
Posted: 21 March 2007 | 10:26
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