Restaurants

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.

Consumer demand sees Burger King return to France after 15 years

29th Nov 2012 - 10:24

Under the new agreement, Burger King will open across the country’s travel outlets - first at Marseille Airport and another in the Reims Champagne motorway service area.

£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.

London Mayor Boris Johnson urges action on healthier eating

19th Nov 2012 - 11:21

The Mayor is backing the Takeaways Toolkit - a new guide published by the London Food Board in partnership with the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health - which sets out a range of ways that

Career information website wins industry recognition

19th Nov 2012 - 08:12

The site won the Excellence in Learning and Development category at the awards for its user-friendly, innovative approach, which uses new technology and social media to open up a whole new spectrum of work to a new generation of hospitality employees. UKSP.co.uk provides a one stop shop for career advice in the HLTT industries, giving individuals access to career maps, training, and job vacancies with employers that are committed to training and developing their staff.