With just under three weeks until the submission deadline for entries to this year’s British Pie Awards the organisers have announced their head judge is Ian Nelson of Hovis Ltd. Ian has been in the baking industry for 30 years beginning his career in a small family bakery in the village of Uphall, West Lothian. From there he joined Fleming Howden as a bakery demonstrator … [Read more...]
Rocco Forte Hotels senior appointments
Gareth Caldecott has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. He has extensive experience in finance and hotels, and spent the last five years as Group Finance Director at the De Vere Group. He also spent seven years with the Westmont Hospitality Group where he helped to expand the hotel portfolio. Previously, Gareth spent four years with Intercontinental Hotels. Gareth … [Read more...]
B&B businesses to be ideal home for pension windfalls?
Simon Wells, hotels analyst at Colliers International, believes the chancellor’s announcement freeing up pension pots could further stimulate the UK B&B market as fifty somethings look for a safe long term investment – as well as a good work life balance – running a British B&B. Simon says: “Chancellor George Osborne has presented fifty somethings with a golden … [Read more...]
FreeFrom Food Awards – Winners 2014
The FreeFrom Food Awards are now in their seventh successful year, and are the industry’s only award for ‘freefrom food’ – gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free, soya-free, and more. Chefs and food service professionals would do well to examine this year’s winners, which could prove a fruitful source of ideas, and inspiration (as could the FreeFrom Eating Out Awards later this year … [Read more...]
Little Piccadilly – the next step in McDonald’s digital journey
As leading organizations seek and then employ innovative ways to communicate with their customers, so we discover the potential and opportunities that technology offers. Now, McDonald's has taken its iconic advertising sign - part of the fabric of London's equally iconic Piccadilly Circus for over 20 years – and re-launched (24 March) it, to startlingly different … [Read more...]