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KFC uses its annual conference to focus on its people

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22nd Feb 2013 - 10:58

Held at the Celtic Manor resort near Newport, South Wales, the conference costs £500,000 to organise, and is the only time of the year when managers from all of KFC’s 850 UK restaurants, along with

Catering equipment supply chain calls on members to take the Apprenticeship Pledge

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21st Feb 2013 - 12:57
The programme is being developed by the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) and CESA’s involvement will be a key part of a high profile launch with Michael Hancock, Skills Minister, during Apprenticeship Week, 11th-15th March 2013. The Association is calling on its members, along with other companies and organisations in the catering equipment supply chain, to pledge to take on apprentices.

Institute of Hospitality survey reveals health of the industry's workforce

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20th Feb 2013 - 10:15
Seven out of 10 managers said they exercise at least once a week and with 11% exercising on a daily basis. The vast majority of managers who took part in the survey do not smoke (87.7%) and over three quarters (76%) said they drink 10 or fewer alcoholic drinks a week and 11% do not drink at all. But the survey wasn’t all good news. More than a third of respondents (35.8%) said they feel stressed at work either often or every day.

Brits ‘double their spending’ in restaurants and cafés in last decade

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20th Feb 2013 - 09:23
In its latest ‘The Way We Pay’ report, figures showed that entertainment spending has risen by over 60%, outstripping the growth in consumer spending by over a quarter. Spending in restaurants and cafés soared by 102% over the 10-year period but pubs didn’t fare as well with just a 7% rise. In total, Brits spent £58 billion having fun last year, almost one and a half times as much as they paid for gas and electricity (£34 billion).