Restaurant staff to keep 100 per cent of tips as business secretary expected to change law. The law will mean restaurants are obliged to hand over service charges to restaurant staff in full. The business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng is expected to announce a change…
CO2 shortage: Breweries stockpile carbon dioxide to keep beer flowing amid gas price rise and HGV crisis. Bottled and keg beers most at risk, cask ales less so, as food and drink supply problems in Pubs and Restaurants spread. Breweries producing bottled…
Chefs including Angela Hartnett, Tom Kerridge, Gary Usher, Paul Ainsworth and more shared their passion for hospitality on Saturday (18 September) on the first ever #NationalHospitalityDay. The event was created to celebrate the industry after a difficult 18 months….
The whole concept of service has changed as a result of Covid – for the worse. It will probably have escaped your attention, but last Saturday was the first-ever National Hospitality Day, an initiative to encourage people to celebrate “our brilliant and resilient restaurants, hotels, pubs…
At a live ceremony in London, Cambridge Regional College received news that they it had been awarded catering college of the year at the public sector catering awards 2021, one year after accepting the same award in a virtual ceremony during lockdown. Graham Taylor said: “It is a…
Pub and restaurant operators are gradually beginning to add more dishes to their offerings but menus are still generally 20% smaller than they were during the pandemic. Latest research from Lumina Intelligence’s Menu Tracker shows that average spring-summer dish counts across chain…
England vaccine passport plans ditched, Sajid Javid says – Plans to introduce vaccine passports for access into nightclubs and large events in England will not go ahead, the health secretary has said. Sajid Javid told the BBC: “We shouldn’t be doing things for the sake of it.” It was thought…
Home to one of the most exciting food scenes in the country, Birmingham is no stranger to a few unique eats. Across the city you’ll find plenty of weird and wonderful destinations fronting cool interiors and mind-blowing menus, from trailblazing fine dining to bizarre brunch spots. Read on…
Marc Verstringhe, the co-founder of Catering & Allied (C&A), has died at the age of 86 following a short illness. Former industry colleagues have paid tribute to a “true gentleman” whose creative and visionary leadership helped transform the world of contract catering over 50…
Lifetime are delighted to have placed 400 new apprentices in the hospitality sector during August 2021, double the amount of hospitality apprenticeship placements pre-pandemic in August 2019. The hospitality sector has been significantly impacted by the pandemic, with industry…
