Following the unprecedented success of the 2013 Annual Skills Competitions, The University Caterers Organisation (TUCO) welcomed over 200 talented chefs, food service personnel, caterers and baristas from Higher Education Institutions across the UK back to Blackpool earlier this week, to take part in 2014’s competitions. TUCO Ltd – the UK’s leading organisation supporting … [Read more...]
Stop and refuel at fmVend
Targeting facility managers within business and industry, healthcare, education, leisure - and the hotels, restaurants and cafes market - fmVend will showcase new products and services while also offering valuable networking opportunities. As 60% of workers agree they are less productive in the afternoon if lunch is skipped, vending is an invaluable asset to ensure maximum … [Read more...]
Marriott Moxy for Aberdeen’s ABZ Business Park
An Aberdeen business park has signed up its third hotel operator with the announcement Inter IKEA will build a 200-bedroom Marriott Moxy at the ABZ site next to Aberdeen Airport. ABZ Developments Ltd say the combined schemes will add 470 bedrooms in the city and help ease Aberdeen’s long standing hotel bed shortage. Marriott International and Inter IKEA Property Division’s, … [Read more...]
Budget: BHA says government needs to do much more
Chancellor George Osborne offered hospitality businesses a small signal of recognition for its contribution to the UK economy and jobs but more needs to be done, says British Hospitality Association CEO Ufi Ibrahim. Government needs to do much more With one in every ten people in the UK working in the hospitality and tourism industry, the Spring Statement 2014 offered an … [Read more...]
Foodservice: considered optimism but staffing concerns
The eating out market is on the up, but consumer confidence is still very fragile and foodservice operators must be cautious in assuming the sector is in full-term recovery. This was the conclusion of Horizons’ managing director Peter Backman speaking to an audience of over 80 invited foodservice operators, analysts and suppliers at the company’s Annual Briefing, held … [Read more...]