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Apprentice 1st grows its influence with new appointment

17th Dec 2012 - 09:27

With more than 16 years’ experience in work-based learning and apprenticeships, Andrew will focus on meeting and engaging with employers and stakeholders to help grow Apprentice 1st’s product and s

Restaurants in Britain’s busiest train stations “performing strongly”

13th Dec 2012 - 09:41

From July to September 2012 like-for-like retail sales increased by 2.37%. During the same period high street sales, reported by the British Retail Consortium, grew by 0.5%, making this the ninth consecutive quarter station retail results have out outperformed the high street. Gifts performed best in stations this quarter, reporting a 30.77% increase. Food and beverage offers continued to perform strongly, with sales in specialist food catering growing by 18.5%, bread growing by 9.75% and hot food by 8.12%.

Soil Association launches Catering Mark Supplier Scheme

6th Dec 2012 - 10:52

Many caterers are already familiar with the Food for Life Catering Mark and over 600,000 Catering Mark meals are being served every day in schools, hospitals, universities, nurseries and staff restaurants. To help them meet the requirements of the Catering Mark standards, caterers need suppliers who can deliver products that can satisfy a variety of accreditations required at the bronze, silver and gold levels of the Catering Mark.

Great British Chefs help raise over £86,000 for ChildLine

5th Dec 2012 - 09:07

ChildLine is the UK’s free, confidential 24-hour helpline, and online service for vulnerable children and young people provided by the NSPCC.

Hospitality businesses nervous of the Living Wage

5th Dec 2012 - 08:55

Numerous pub, hotel and restaurant owners in Oxfordshire recently met at a roundtable lunch hosted by local accountancy firm, Wellers.

Birmingham launches food hygiene ratings

4th Dec 2012 - 09:28

Residents and visitors to the city will be able to check the hygiene ratings of more than 6,500 food businesses at food.gov.uk/ratings.

Recipe for new UK apprenticeships for chefs devised in Wales

30th Nov 2012 - 11:21

The newly accredited BTEC Level 2 Intermediate and Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeships - Foundation Apprenticeship and Apprenticeship in Wales - in Craft Cuisine, which were launched on November 28, have been exclusively designed and developed by Pearson Work Based Learning in association with the Applied Ability Awards (AAA) National Committee. For the first time, learners can now combine the AAA assessment with a full Apprenticeship programme and have their practical skills independently endorsed by senior professional chefs.

£500,000 funding secured for development of Hospitality House

29th Nov 2012 - 09:33

Hospitality House will be a central facility for the service industry that will drive customer service and skills training across the hospitality and retail sectors.

P&G Professional backs ‘Best of British Hospitality’

27th Nov 2012 - 07:52

Having supported the industry for over three decades with household names like Fairy, Ariel and Deepio, P&G Professional has embarked on a nationwide search to find operators who are setting the bar high in terms of delivering the ultimate guest experience.

People 1st helping hospitality employers come together in bid to access £150m funding pot

26th Nov 2012 - 09:30

The skills organisation is supporting employers from the industry it represents to develop a submission to the Employer Ownership Fund (EOF), which offers employers in England the funds they need to design and deliver their own training solutions. Brian Wisdom, chief executive officer at People 1st, said that his organisation will draw on its knowledge, experience and considerable success in gaining government funding to support practical solutions that address industry needs.