Recruitment & training

With an estimated 236,000 extra jobs expected to be created in hospitality by 2015 there has never been a greater need to find the right people to fill them. Recruiting the right staff, developing their skills and retaining them is essential for a successful business, so it is important to know how to do it. Read about the latest trends in recruitment, top tips from experts and more here.

Home Grown Hotels appoints people director to support growth plans

13-Dec-2016 By Emma Eversham

Home Grown Hotels and Lime Wood Group, the owner of The Pig Hotels and Lime Wood, have appointed a people director to 'nurture and develop new recruits and long-standing team members'.

Tom Byng to step down as Byron CEO

08-Dec-2016 By Mark Wingett

Tom Byng is to step down as chief executive of Byron, the better burger business he founded in 2007 and has grown to a £80m-turnover, 69-strong business.

Gold Service Scholarship announces 2017 finalists

02-Dec-2016 By Sophie Witts

The Gold Service Scholarship has announced the eight finalists who will be competing to win the 2017 award.

People On The Move In Hospitality: November 2016

23-Nov-2016 By Hannah Thompson

From key board and chef appointments at D&D London, and new chefs and managers nationwide, to new roles at top hotel groups Brown's, Travelodge and Hilton, we look at the biggest moves this month

Le Gavroche to cut opening hours following investigation

18-Nov-2016 By Sophie Witts

Michel Roux Jr’s restaurant Le Gavroche is to further reduce its opening hours after several former employees claimed they were paid less than minimum wage.

The Clink Restaurants reduce prisoner re-offending by 41%

14-Nov-2016 By Hannah Thompson

The Clink Charity – the hospitality and restaurant training scheme for prisoners operating across the UK – reduces re-offending rates among male ex-offenders by a “statistically significant” 41 per cent, a new report has shown.

Leon introduces 'parent-shifts' to promote flexible working

11-Nov-2016 By Sophie Witts

Restaurant chain Leon has launched a flexible working scheme to allow staff to fit their hours around family life.

Government to probe rights of ‘gig economy’ staff

27-Oct-2016 By Sophie Witts

The rights of ‘on-demand’ workers such as Deliveroo drivers are to be reviewed as part of a new Government low pay inquiry.

Hourly hospitality pay outstripping minimum wage

21-Oct-2016 By Mark Wingett

Hourly pay for UK hospitality workers is already significantly outstripping new legal minimum wage thresholds, research by Fourth Analytics has revealed.

People on the Move in Hospitality: October 2016

20-Oct-2016 By Emma Eversham

October has seen a number of high profile appointments across the hospitality sector, including new food and beverage directors at Macdonald Hotels and Fairmont St Andrews and general managers at The Aviator Hotel and The Dorchester.

Front-of-house focus: The new order of service

10-Oct-2016 By Joe Lutrario

Restaurant has put seven very different top-end restaurant service styles under the microscope to see what makes today’s dining rooms tick.

Young National Chef winners: Industry must help new talent

07-Oct-2016 By Sophie Witts

Some of the UK’s best young chefs have called on the restaurant industry to offer better support to help new talent.

Ruth Hansom from The Ritz wins Young National Chef of the Year 2017

04-Oct-2016 By Sophie Witts

Ruth Hansom, commis chef at The Ritz, London, has been named Young National Chef of the Year 2017.

British hospitality workers earn 18% more than EU counterparts

28-Sep-2016 By Mark Wingett

British restaurant employees are earning on average 18 per cent more than those from other EU countries and 20 per cent more than people from non-EU countries, according to new research from hospitality recruiter, The Change Group.

VIEWPOINT

Goodwood Estate's Darron Bunn on why hospitality businesses have a duty to invest in future talent

23-Sep-2016 By Emma Eversham

Darron Bunn has racked up more than 20 years' as a chef, working with Marco Pierre White and Nico Ladenis before running gastropubs, leading brigades at five-star hotels and more. As group executive chef at Goodwood Estate he oversees all food operations,...