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BigHospitality's 2012 look-back: Ping-pong and Hotel GB

21-Dec-2012 By Emma Eversham

The fifth and final part of our 2012 look-back featuring our top 10 most-read stories of the year investigates the impact the Channel 4 show Hotel GB had on the industry and asks why the opening of bars with table tennis tables in has seemingly grabbed...

Gordon Ramsay: Hospitality businesses should be doing more to help UK unemployed

05-Oct-2012 By Luke Nicholls

Gordon Ramsay believes today’s unemployed ‘have it too easy’ and that more hospitality businesses should be rolling out their own modern-day apprenticeship programmes as opposed to hiring migrant workers for low wages.

Behind the scenes at Hotel GB: Will the TV show benefit hospitality?

02-Oct-2012 By Luke Nicholls

Gordon Ramsay is dishing out the orders in the restaurant, Mary Portas is in charge of the rooms and Gok Wan is running the bar. The stars of Hotel GB think the show will have an eventual wider impact on our hospitality industry - are they right? BigHospitality...

Stars of Hotel GB hope hospitality businesses follow suit by taking on more apprentices

01-Oct-2012 By Luke Nicholls

The celebrity staff of Hotel GB, which airs on Channel 4 this evening, hope that the show will set a precedent for hospitality businesses to help tackle youth unemployment by taking on more apprentices of their own.

Springboard to benefit from Ramsay and Portas Channel 4 hotel TV show

17-Sep-2012 By Emma Eversham

Industry charity Springboard has been revealed as one of the beneficiaries of the Channel 4 TV show which will see Gordon Ramsay, Mary Portas and other TV personalities manage a hotel staffed by unemployed people looking for a break in the industry.