The Fairtrade Foundation will increase its investment in business innovation between 2016 - 2020, creating a portfolio of new ways of working with businesses, structured around the benefits they bring to farmers and workers, it was announced today. Launching the Fairtrade Foundation’s new five-year strategy Changing Trade, Changing Lives at the end of Fairtrade Fortnight, … [Read more...]
Travelodge opens its first hotel in Weston-Super-Mare
Today, the Mayor of Weston-super-Mare, Councillor Raymond Armstrong, joined Travelodge Chief Operating Officer, Jon Hendry Pickup, to officially open the company’s first hotel in the famous seaside town. Weston-super-Mare Travelodge, the company’s 526th hotel, is an 84-room hotel with a Bar Café. The hotel represents an investment value of £6.5 million and has created 22 new … [Read more...]
Wilson Vale grow their own talent
Running in conjunction with national training providers, Total People, the programme is run under National Apprenticeship guidelines and has been created to attract people into the foodservice sector. Marion Speed, learning and development manager for Wilson Vale, explained:” Our goal is to develop talent by providing candidates with the necessary craft skills, confidence … [Read more...]
Star to extend free retail skills workshops for licensees and their staff
Star Pubs & Bars is to invest in a further series of free retail skills workshops for its licensees and their key staff in 2016. This follows the successful launch in 2015. Around 50% of its pubs will have benefitted from attending the workshops by the end of the year. As well as helping licensees improve standards and sales in their pubs, the workshops are intended … [Read more...]
Raphael Francois joins D&D London as Chef Patron of Launceston Place
D&D London is delighted to announce the appointment of Raphael Francois as the new Chef Patron of Launceston Place in South Kensington. Raphael is best known for holding the position of Executive Chef at The Connaught hotel, working alongside his mentor, Hélène Darroze, when the restaurant, Hélène Darroze at The Connaught, gained two Michelin stars. Raphael’s culinary … [Read more...]