Hospitality and tourism should be given greater prominence by educators, says hospitality chiefs, as new figures show the sector is at the heart of the economic recovery, helping to cut youth unemployment and generating more jobs than manufacturing or construction, education, health or social work. Creating 13 new jobs per hour per day New employment figures published … [Read more...]
Pub and restaurant group sales up for 16th month
Britain’s top managed pub and restaurant chains are delivering consistent growth and are at the forefront of the economic recovery, latest data from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker shows. Collective like-for-like sales rose 2.2% in July – the 16th consecutive month of positive growth for the sector. “These latest figures from 28 leading chains show that the public … [Read more...]
What’s Hot? British dining trends
Bookatable has issued its Quarterly Dining Trends report revealing Britain’s hottest dining trends from the last twelve months; the report unveils the UK’s favourite restaurants, most popular food types and rising stars of international cuisine. Quarterly Dining Trends report looks at Britain’s most popular restaurants from July 2013 – June 2014 from Bookatable’s database of … [Read more...]
Restaurant Manager of the Year 2014: call for entries
With the entry closing date looming, restaurant managers are urged to get online to enter this year’s Academy of Food & Wine Service’s 2014 UK Restaurant Manager of the Year. UK Restaurant Manager of the Year, now in its sixth year, is open to restaurant managers, or those working in similar roles in any sector of the hospitality industry, providing they are responsible … [Read more...]
Britain’s Top 60 Fish and Chip Shops ‘batter’ it out!
The UK’s top 60 fish and chip shops are vying to be crowned Independent Takeaway Fish and Chip Shop of the Year as part of the 2015 National Fish & Chip Awards, organised by Seafish, the authority on seafood. Competing across 10 regions, the shops will ‘batter’ against each other in this hotly contested race to bag the ultimate title. The regions include: Scotland, Wales, … [Read more...]