Young People

BHA condemns view that hospitality is not a good career as ‘outdated’

14-Sep-2016 By Hannah Thompson

The British Hospitality Association (BHA) has branded the view that hospitality is not a good career for young people as ‘an outdated viewpoint’.

Big Hospitality Conversation set for Leeds debut

01-Aug-2016 By Sophie Witts

The Big Hospitality Conversation is heading to Leeds for the first time this year, with over 100 hospitality firms set to attend.

Starbucks takes on 1,000 apprentices and pledges 1,000 more

08-Jun-2016 By Hannah Thompson

Starbucks has taken on more than 1,000 apprentices across the UK since launching its programme in 2012, according to partner Remit Training, and has pledged another 1,000 by 2020.

Prince's Trust launches hospitality training scheme

25-Apr-2016 By Sophie Witts

Pub chain Greene King has partnered with The Prince’s Trust to launch a scheme helping unemployed young people in to jobs in hospitality.

Make recruitment process more ‘youth friendly’ hospitality urged

04-Feb-2016 By Emma Eversham

Businesses in the hospitality sector are being advised to make their recruitment process more ‘youth friendly’ to help safeguard the industry’s future workforce after a survey of 18-24-year-olds found they faced barriers when applying for jobs.

Big Hospitality Conversation set for Dundee

05-Jan-2016 By Liam Garrahan

The Big Hospitality Conversation is to take place in Dundee later this month, with over 50 Scottish hospitality and tourism businesses expected to attend.

Employers must 'step up' and reach out to young talent

28-Oct-2015 By Sophie Witts

Hospitality businesses need to ‘step up’ and do more to recruit ambitious school leavers in to the industry, the head of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has warned.

How hospitality can tackle the 'death of the Saturday job'

29-Jun-2015 By Sophie Witts

The hospitality industry is ‘perfectly placed’ to tackle the decline in young people combining part-time work with their studies, but must do more to retain the best talent.

How apprenticeships can benefit the hospitality industry

10-Mar-2015 By Sophie Witts

As hospitality businesses get behind National Apprenticeship Week BigHospitality examines how the schemes can benefit different sectors of the industry.

Fall in unemployed 16 – 18 year olds

26-Jan-2015 By Ruth Williams

The number of 16 – 18 year olds not in education, employment or training (NEET) has fallen to 148,000 out the population of two million but it is still behind other countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) according...

BHA calls for promotion of vocational training courses, especially in hospitality

15-Aug-2014 By Lauren Houghton

The British Hospitality Association (BHA) has called for educators to recognise the importance of vocational training for careers such as those in hospitality, and stop ‘hoarding’ young people in academia. 

Change your mindset to attract Generation Y, urges futurist

09-Jun-2014 By Carina Perkins

Attracting and retaining Generation Y as staff and customers will require a fundamental shift in the way hospitality businesses think and operate, according to futurist Dr Graeme Codrington.

Hilton aims to raise hospitality profile with young people

23-May-2014 By Melodie Michel

Hilton Worldwide has hosted 90 events in the UK this month to raise awareness on hospitality opportunities among young people.

Hotelympia: We need to create careers in hospitality and inspire young people to join the industry

30-Apr-2014 By Lauren Houghton

A number of discussions at Hotelympia 2014 focused on the importance of getting young people into careers in hospitality, with initiatives like the Big Hospitality Conversation and Act Now On Apprenticeships taking centre stage and calling for businesses...

Talkin' 'bout Y generation: study reveals eating out habits of 16-24 year olds

10-Apr-2014 By Carina Perkins

Young people still value good customer service when they visit restaurants, with price and convenience also influencing choice, according to new research from Voxburner.

Apprenticeship programmes vastly oversubscribed, finds report

03-Mar-2014 By Carina Perkins

As National Apprenticeship Week kicks off, a new study has revealed that demand for apprenticeships is outstripping supply in England, and boosting the number of apprentices would provide a £4bn a year boost to the economy.

Hilton Worldwide aims to help one million young people into work by 2019

23-Jan-2014 By Emma Eversham

Hilton Worldwide has announced plans to improve the prospects of a million young people by 2019 by putting them through its own training and employment programmes and those with members of its supply chain.

Labour pains: How can the hospitality industry tackle the recruitment challenge?

12-Dec-2013 By Joe Lutrario

The rapid expansion of UK restaurant chains, combined with a rise in standards has created a widening skills gap. Restaurant magazine asks, 'how can the hospitality industry tackle the recruitment challenge'.

Jason Atherton backs new hospitality traineeship

16-Oct-2013 By Luke Nicholls

Jason Atherton, the Michelin-starred chef-proprietor of Pollen Street Social, was among those in attendance at the recent launch of a new, nationwide Traineeship Programme from hospitality apprenticeship provider HIT.

Chris Galvin backs HTP’s new hospitality training initiative

14-Oct-2013 By Luke Nicholls

Your Future in Hospitality, a new Isle of Wight-based initiative from HTP Training which looks to attract more young people into the hospitality industry, has been welcomed by Michelin-starred chef and restaurateur Chris Galvin.

Consider hospitality for career, industry tells school leavers

22-Aug-2013 By Emma Eversham

School leavers picking up their GCSE results today have been urged to consider a career within hospitality with employers saying it ‘offers young people far more than just a salary’. 

Perceptions Group extends pre-employment scheme to chefs

19-Aug-2013 By Emma Eversham

Perceptions Group, the programme set up by bosses from across the pub sector to help train young people for careers within the industry, has extended its scheme to include chefs.

British Hospitality & Tourism Summit 2013: Spotlight on job creation

11-Jun-2013 By Luke Nicholls

The British Hospitality Association (BHA) will announce that the UK’s hospitality and tourism industries will create over 30,000 new job opportunities for young people by 2015 as the organisation hosts its annual Summit in London later today (11 June).

Student Takeover: South Downs College students run The Langstone Hotel for a weekend

31-May-2013 By Peter Ruddick

South Downs College and The Langstone Hotel teamed up this month on a unique project to develop young people's industry skills when a group of students took over the running of the entire Portsmouth venue for a weekend.

VIDEO: Community Pubs Minister launches Pub & Bar Careers work experience programme

23-May-2013 By Peter Ruddick

Community Pubs Minister Brandon Lewis MP has officially launched the Pub & Bar Careers work experience programme and has welcomed news that the industry aims to offer 15,000 placements as part of the scheme.

BHA hits back at ‘British workers in British hotels’ comment

25-Apr-2013 By Luke Nicholls

The British Hospitality Association (BHA) has condemned comments made earlier this week by senior Labour MP Chris Bryant that ‘it would be nice if British hotels had British receptionists’.

Raymond Blanc and Boris Johnson urge hospitality businesses to recruit apprentices

07-Mar-2013 By Emma Eversham

Chef Raymond Blanc and London Mayor Boris Johnson came together at an event at Brasserie Blanc in London's Covent Garden yesterday to encourage more restaurants, hotels and pubs in London to recruit apprentices. 

London hotels make job creation pledge following Big Hospitality Conversation

05-Mar-2013 By Luke Nicholls

Some of London’s top hotels have today united to pledge over 1,000 new job opportunities for young people by 2015, as part of the Big Hospitality Conversation organised by the British Hospitality Association (BHA).

Pub & bar owners urged to get behind work placement scheme to help showcase industry

18-Dec-2012 By Emma Eversham

A number of pub and bar companies are being asked to give their support to a work placement scheme next year which will showcase the career options available across the industry to young people.

Marriott launches Culinary Apprenticeship Academy leading to ‘guaranteed employment’

04-Dec-2012 By Luke Nicholls

Marriott International has launched the Marriott Culinary Apprenticeship Academy (MCAA) in the UK which will take young people through an 18-month training programme before being offered a guaranteed position as a commis chef in one of the group’s hotels.

Apex Hotels launches Modern Apprenticeship training programme

13-Nov-2012 By Luke Nicholls

Apex Hotels has launched the Modern Apprenticeship Scheme and is calling on school on college leavers from Edinburgh and Dundee to work in its properties in these areas as their first step on the hospitality ladder.

BigHospitality at The Restaurant Show: Nurturing the talent of the future

12-Oct-2012 By Luke Nicholls

The hospitality industry needs to unite and speak with one voice when it comes to finding, nurturing and retaining the sector’s future leaders, according to a selection of industry experts partaking in BigHospitality’s panel discussion at The Restaurant...

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.

Galvin’s Chance helps 14 more young people get jobs in hospitality

13-Sep-2012 By Emma Eversham

Galvin’s Chance, the into-work initiative which trains disadvantaged young people such as ex-offenders and those at risk of getting caught up in gang culture to work in hospitality, has seen the latest set of trainees complete its programme.

Industry bodies hit back at research into young people working in hospitality

23-Aug-2012 By Luke Nicholls

Following research earlier this week which revealed that nearly half of young people in the UK would not consider a job in hospitality, the Institute of Hospitality and Hospitality Guild have spoken out about the benefits that a career can bring, providing...

Hospitality careers not being considered by young people

22-Aug-2012 By Luke Nicholls

Despite hospitality being one of few industries offering opportnities at all qualification levels, nearly half of young people in the UK would not consider a job in a hotel, restaurant or pub.

Hospitality employers urged to do more to attract responsibility-hungry university graduates

08-Dec-2011 By Emma Eversham

Employers within the hospitality industry are being urged to do more to recruit young people at both graduate and non-graduate level after a survey of recent university graduates found that more than a third are disappointed with the levels of responsibility...

Whitbread and The Prince’s Trust unite to combat youth unemployment

13-Oct-2011 By Luke Nicholls

Whitbread Hotels and Restaurants has teamed up with The Prince’s Trust to offer a programme which will provide disadvantaged young people with the skills and confidence to find a job.

De Vere opens Greenwich Academy of Hospitality

08-Jun-2011 By Lorraine Heller

The hotel and event space group De Vere has opened its fifth Academy of Hospitality, which will train 400 young Londoners in cookery and customer service.