The Dorchester Collection has guaranteed the salaries of all employees across its properties and will be topping up wages for furloughed staff.
The soft touch: how to win over guests with alcohol-free drinks
With consumers reportedly turning away from alcohol in droves, the soft drinks market should be booming. But a lack of exciting, premium options is leaving guests dissatisfied. John Porter explains how to create a winning drinks menu
Protect your staff now and that loyalty will be repaid, say HR experts
Protect your employees now as best you can and that loyalty will be repaid later both by staff and customers was the message of participants in a webinar earlier this week run by COREcruitment.
Outsourced workers at two east London hospitals get £5,000 pay rise
Outsourced key workers on minimum wage at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust will get a pay rise of nearly £5,000 following intervention from trade union GMB London.
New products: Duppy Share Spiced, Bermar wine preservation systems and LoveSeitan
Caribbean rum brand the Duppy Share has launched the Duppy Share Spiced
Shetland’s Scalloway hotel falls into administration
The 23-bedroom Scalloway hotel on Shetland has fallen into administration following “a difficult couple of years trading” and in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, with 17 jobs made redundant.
‘These amazing people need us’ – Leon’s FeedNHS appeal for ‘vital funds’ hopes to raise £1m
Fast-casual chain Leon has joined forces with actors Damian Lewis, Helen McCrory and Matt Lucas to launch a JustGiving campaign to raise £1m to fund 5,600 hot meals a day for NHS staff.
YHS Virtual 2020: That’s a Wrap!
The Young Hoteliers Summit(YHS)remains a testament to the consistency of the traditional, and the progressive and innovative nature of the new.The rapid evolution of the Covid-19 situation meant that the physical summit had to be cancelled just two …
Covid-19: How The Hospitality Industry Can Find A Way Through
The hospitality industry has been one of the sectors most badly impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Across the UK, all pubs, bars and restaurants have had to close their doors and shut up shop, in order to abide by the unprecedented measures ordered …
JD Wetherspoon boss agrees to pay staff
Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin has agreed to pay his staff before his company receives financial support from the government’s wage reimbursement scheme, following pressure from almost 100 MPs and widespread media criticism.