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Roadside restaurant chain Little Chef has confirmed that it will close 67 sites and shed between 500 and 600 jobs. In a statement the company said the sites had been trading unprofitably for a number of years and their closure would allow Little Chef to focus its resources on developing its more successful restaurants.
Posted: 11 January 2012 | 12:40
Little Chef is reportedly preparing to close 70 of its restaurants and cut 600 staff. The Sun reported that company bosses would break the news to staff today.
The move would mean that more than 40% of Little Chef’s outlets would be affected.
Posted: 11 January 2012 | 09:50
Insolvencies in the hospitality and leisure industry have rocketed 30% in the last quarter of 2011 compared with the last quarter of 2010. Analysis of Government insolvency statistics by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) showed that there were 375 insolvencies in the hospitality and leisure sector...
Posted: 10 January 2012 | 13:27
Manchester-based brewer and pub company Hydes is to close its 150-year-old Queens Brewery in Moss Side ahead of a move to a new facility in the area and withdraw from the free trade market. The company said it had identified "a number of suitable premises" that met its needs for the future and would invest...
Posted: 09 January 2012 | 13:28
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Ticket resellers demanding $500 per head for Grant Achatz' new restaurant; Jamie Oliver's school meals shown to improve results and attendance and more...
Posted: 11 April 2011 | 10:41
Topics covered in our weekly Infozone briefing include: employment tribunal cases rise; and
Wetherspoon creates 1,000 jobs.
Posted: 09 September 2010 | 16:37
A hike in VAT could cost 163,000 jobs over four years, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) has warned. In its first year, a VAT rate of 20% would reduce the deficit by £11.3bn, but by the end of the 12 months there would be 30,000 fewer jobs in the UK - across all employment sectors ...
Posted: 28 May 2010 | 11:18
Topics covered in our weekly Infozone briefing include: jobs saved by flexible working: lack of skills remains a big concern for UK companies; and firms wasting 8% of payroll costs on inefficient pay policies.
Posted: 26 March 2010 | 14:38
The headline stories from this week's Infozone briefing include: employers relying on DRA to force staff to leave the workplace; more people working unpaid overtime to help firms recover; involve staff in cost savings and you'll save money, claims report
Posted: 05 March 2010 | 16:47
Topics covered in Infozone's weekly briefing include: workforces could take 'several years' to recover from recession: employers should do more to help the jobless, say HR chiefs: use online accounting tools, hospitality operators advised.
Posted: 24 February 2010 | 10:39
Topics covered in this week's Infozone briefing include: cut working week to 21 hours call; More job losses likely in 2010; and training investment will pay off.
Posted: 19 February 2010 | 20:42
Topics covered in our weekly briefing include: government gets tough on minimum wage offenders; fewer jobless than expected; and workers want to move around.
Posted: 22 January 2010 | 14:39
Job losses continue in almost every sector of the ecomony, as businesses strive to slash their overheads. But redundancies aren't the only way to stem employment...
Posted: 15 January 2010 | 14:37
Contract catering giant Aramark is set to make sweeping staff cuts across the company's management in a bid to be "leaner", Caterer has learnt. Industry sources say that the news was broken to staff via an e‑mail sent to its senior management detailing the plan that could see up to 50 ...
Posted: 07 October 2009 | 16:00
An Essex dinner lady has been sacked after she told a parent his seven-year-old daughter had been attacked by bullies. Carol Hill, who worked at Great Tey primary school near Colchester, lost her job over a breach in confidentiality, according to the BBC. She faced a disciplinary hearing last week ...
Posted: 22 September 2009 | 13:30
The Vintners Federation of Ireland (VFI) has called on the Irish government to cut VAT rates and encourage employment in order to save the troubled pub industry.
An independent study commissioned by the VFI showed that 4,800 pub industry jobs have been lost in the past year, 43% of pubs have reduced ...
Posted: 27 August 2009 | 11:41
Yorkshire brewery Tetley’s is under threat of being closed down, with 170 jobs having been put at risk. Brewer Carlsberg has announced plans to shut the Leeds-based brewery due to financial pressures.
Posted: 17 August 2009 | 09:00
Duchy Catering, the contract caterer acquired by Graysons Restaurants in January, has confirmed two redundancies as a result. David Houslander and Emma Towers, Duchy operations director and finance director respectively, have now left the company. Rowena Edwards, Graysons chief executive ...
Posted: 14 August 2009 | 14:44
The hospitality sector continues to suffer as the rate of decline in permanent staff appointments gathered pace in July, but the rate of contraction in temporary/contract billings continues to ease. The Report on Jobs by consultancy KPMG found that although the drop in permanent appointments ...
Posted: 07 August 2009 | 14:25
Celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson could be the subject of an embarrassing legal battle from two disgruntled former employees, The Independent has reported. Richard de Wet, who helped Worrall Thompson found the Windsor Grill, claimed he and his wife were owed £5,000 of holiday pay ...
Posted: 23 July 2009 | 08:00
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