Fifty-three per cent of hospitality businesses make use of zero-hour contracts, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Simon Jenkins is the group pastry chef at Marcus Wareing Restaurants. He talks to BigHospitality about why giving pastry chefs more recognition could help make it easier to recruit and retain people in this sector.
The owner of Georgian House Hotel in London has invested £35k into her business to create two more wizard-themed bedrooms due to rising demand for a more quirky proposition.
Alcohol licence fees will continue to be set at a national level until the Home Office can source more evidence that allowing local authorities to do so wouldn't put 'an undue burden' on pubs, restaurants and hotels.
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) is to open a Crowne Plaza Hotel and a Staybridge Suites in Manchester as part of the University of Manchester's £1bn campus development.
While hotels are being urged to embrace technology and find ways to connect better with guests via their smartphones and tablets, a new service is bucking the trend and encouraging hotel guests to have a 'digital detox' by giving up their devices...
It's been a busy month in the hospitality industry with a whole range of new appointments at hotels, pubs and restaurants, including The Four Seasons Hampshire, Plateau restaurant and Geronimo Inns.
Hotels in Aberdeen are continuing to feel the negative knock-on effects of a troubled North Sea oil and gas sector with January's occupancy down by 2.8 per cent to 63.4 per cent while Glasgow and Edinburgh also encountered a 'muted performance'.
Hospitality businesses were among 70 employers ‘named and shamed’ by the government today (24 Feb) for failing to pay their workers national minimum wage.
Regional hotels performed strongly last year and there is ‘considerable headroom’ for further revenue and profit growth in 2015, according to the latest report from CBRE Hotels.
Daylesford, operator of three organic cafés in the Cotswolds and Kensington and The Captain's Galley, a restaurant in Caithness, Scotland, have been announced joint winners of the Sustainable Restaurant of the Year award at the 2015 Sustainable Restaurant...
The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) and Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) have both backed the ‘Drop the Duty’ campaign which calls for a 2% cut in wine and spirits duty in next month’s Budget.
The chefs who have made it to the regional finals of the 2015 Roux Scholarship competition have been announced with judges reporting a 'particularly strong year' for entries.
Mobile point of sale (mPOS) systems have revolutionised customer service in hospitality venues, and as tablets take over from PDAs, the technology is faster, easier to use and more accessible than ever. BigHospitality looks at the key advantages of going...
51 per cent of diners are ‘fairly’ or ‘very’ concerned about food safety in UK restaurants, pubs, cafes and takeaways, a report by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has found.
Risk Capital Partners chairman Luke Johnson has said that Britain’s new foodie culture coupled with a more focused approach to training is helping to make hospitality a more attractive career choice for young people.
The Marco Pierre White restaurant at the Threadneedle's Hotel will open under the Wheeler's Rib Room & Oyster Bar name, not a Steakhouse Bar & Grill as previously reported.
Rosewood London's new executive chef Amandine Chaignot, talks about why it's important to have some fun in the kitchen and why she'll be chasing repeat custom over accolades.
UK hotels have beaten the New Year slump and seen the strongest January in five years, with both room occupancy and yield increasing year on year in London and across the regions.
Great British Menu chef Nigel Haworth has appeared in a new video promoting Eblex’s Quality Standard Mark (QSM) for sourcing meat for pubs, restaurants and hotels.
The Gordon Ramsay Group (GRG) has announced plans to open a second Maze Grill in London at 11 Park Walk, the former Aubergine site which it acquired last year.
Accor said its dramatic restructure paid off in 2014, with net profits up 77 per cent year-on-year on the back of strong operating performance across its business.
A Russian-based hospitality group is to expand outside Moscow and St. Petersburg for the first time by opening a French-style café and wine bar in London’s Soho.
