Best Places to Work
Having been recognised as one of the best small companies to work for in hospitality, the Cavendish hotel in London has set the standard for operational excellence. Managing director Ciaran Fahy (pictured) tells Janet Harmer how the hotel creates a positive people culture
Posted: 17 June 2011 | 12:10
If you'd like your company to succeed, you could do a lot worse than model it on another successful organisation. It's an approach that has delivered real rewards for the Brookwood Partnership, as Daniel Thomas reports.
Posted: 05 May 2010 | 12:36
The Victory Services Club in London has won numerous employer awards in recent years and has seen its staff turnover plummet from 120% to 14% in five years. Daniel Thomas reports on why it is one of the best places to work in hospitality.
Posted: 20 April 2010 | 14:37
The standard of entries was so high at this year's Best Places to Work in Hospitality awards that judges were unable to choose an outright winner for Excellence in Training, and so they gave the award jointly to QHotels and InterContinental London Park Lane.
Posted: 06 April 2010 | 16:24
After winning seven awards last year, including two Best Places to Work in Hospitality awards, Red Carnation Hotels is riding high. Daniel Thomas discovers how a bit of imagination and attitude goes a long way at this relatively small firm.
Posted: 19 March 2010 | 17:30
When sector skills council People 1st won a Best Places to Work in Hospitality award it enabled it to focus more clearly on its role developing people. Daniel Thomas reports. As the sector skills council for hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism, People 1st's mission is to address the chronic skills shortages...
Posted: 08 March 2010 | 14:46
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: M&B finance director to quit to join Rentokil; Punch launches new tenancy agreement for graduates and new entrants; Subway, KFC and McDonald’s fall foul of Honest Food campaign and more...
Posted: 08 March 2010 | 10:11
Training is at the heart of the Victory Services Club's numerous accolades and awards, with its latest survey showing a 97% staff satisfaction ratio. Daniel Thomas reports.
Posted: 19 February 2010 | 20:42
Staff at Connect Catering have no doubt that the small-but-perfectly-formed contract caterer is serious about putting its people first. Daniel Thomas reports.
Posted: 05 February 2010 | 14:44
Peach Pub Company's unwavering commitment to its staff has paid off, as it picked up a Best Places to Work award for the second year running. And despite the recession, it has continued to build and improve its training schemes. Daniel Thomas reports.
Posted: 22 January 2010 | 14:41
McDonald's has achieved a unique hat-trick by winning a Best Place to Work in Hospitality award for the third year running. Daniel Thomas discovers how its emphasis on training has paid off.
Posted: 11 January 2010 | 15:29
The company is only four years old, but Abode Hotels & Michael Caines Restaurants has already established a fantastic reputation as an employer. Daniel Thomas reports.
Posted: 04 December 2009 | 15:39
When the recession began to bite, Red Carnation Hotels made it clear that it would be retaining all its staff, and proved its commitment by spending £150,000 on training. Daniel Thomas reports on how its investment in people has paid off.
Posted: 24 November 2009 | 17:57
Working for the cash machine? Campaign group London Citizens reignited the debate about the London Living Wage, which didn't go down at all well with the British Hospitality Association this week.
Posted: 27 March 2009 | 16:16
In a year that proved desperate for many pubs, the Peach Pub Company managed to achieve growth and picked up a Best Places to Work in Hospitality Award to boot. Rosie Birkett reports
Posted: 19 March 2009 | 00:00
Hotel group Marriott, Revolution owner Inventive Leisure and Bourne Leisure, the hotel and holiday park operator, have all been named as ‘Best Companies to Work For’ by the Sunday Times.
Posted: 09 March 2009 | 10:57
They may have coined the charming ditty Bring Your Daughter...To The Slaughter but heavy metal outfit Iron Maiden are, despite media reports to the contrary, not involved in Mark Fuller's forthcoming Sanctum hotel in Soho.
Posted: 30 January 2009 | 15:26
