BaxterStorey has been crowned Talent Development Team of the Year at the 2018 Institute of Hospitality Awards, fighting off stiff competition from its peers. The winners were announced at the black-tie dinner and ceremony on Tuesday 19th June in London. Up against six other businesses, including contract caterers CH&Co, BaxterStorey were praised for their innovative … [Read more...]
Institute of Hospitality Awards 2018 Winners
280 hospitality professionals came together this week (19 June) to celebrate the very best in people development at the Institute of Hospitality Annual Dinner & Awards. Talent Development Team of the Year - BaxterStorey BaxterStorey's nine-month graduate programme fast tracks candidates into managerial roles. Now in its seventh year, it receives over 500 … [Read more...]
Gary Usher’s team celebrate Social Sunday in aid of Hospitality Action
On Sunday 1st July Gary Usher and his full team will be celebrating Social Sunday in each of the four restaurants including Sticky Walnut, Burnt Truffle, Wreckfish and Hispi, in conjunction with Hospitality Action and The Social Company, to raise funds to support those who have worked in the hospitality industry and find themselves in crisis. For three years, Jason Atherton … [Read more...]
Major refurbishment kicks off licensees’ Yorkshire Expansion with Star
Work starts this week on a £280,000 refurbishment of The New Inn in Farsley, West Yorkshire by Star Pubs & Bars and brothers Jamie and Matt Hanson, the site’s new operators. The project marks the start of the Hansons’ ambition to create a small pub group in West and North Yorkshire. Jamie Hanson already operates The Thornhill in Calverley - a top performing village pub … [Read more...]
New GM for Thistle Kensington Gardens and Thistle Hyde Park
Stephen Mileham, the former general manager of Donnington Valley Hotel & Spa, has joined GLH Hotels to take over the running of two of the Thistle Hotels properties. Stephen, who took up the post in April 2018, will manage the group’s west London Thistle properties, Thistle Kensington Gardens with its 175 bedrooms, as well as the historic Thistle Hyde Park which has 54 … [Read more...]