Careers News: Hospitality
With the Olympics just a year away the UK hospitality industry has never been more in the spotlight than it is right now. This section covers careers news and developments as the industry looks to up its game.
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VAT: TO CUT, OR NOT TO CUT, that is the question...
Will the Government grasp the nettle and cut VAT across the hospitality industry?
01 August 2012John Burton-Race to launch world’s first ‘interactive restaurant’
Two award-winning TV chefs are set to reshape the way people dine out by creating the world's first interactive restaurant, chosen by the public.
29 February 2012Westminster Kingsway College launches Art of Service course
Westminster Kingsway College in central London has launched a new course in collaboration with BBC's Michel Roux's Service star and restaurant service expert, Fred Sirieix as a new part-time qualification aimed at aspiring restaurant managers.
29 February 2012McDonald’s to create 2,500 jobs
McDonald's has said that it plans to create at least 2,500 new UK jobs this year, with over half of the new posts to go to young people and around 30% to first-time workers.
01 February 2012New Apprenticeship programme for De Vere Academy
The De Vere Academy of Hospitality has launched a new Apprenticeship programme that will offer high-quality opportunities to young people wishing to work in the service sector in the UK. The move follows consultation with the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) to redesign the academy's Apprenticeship programme so that it fits with the new Apprenticeship standards.
16 January 2012Travelodge to open 41 hotels and create 1,000 jobs
Travelodge has announced the opening of 41 hotels (3,610 rooms) this year and 1,000 new jobs across the UK.
16 January 2012Busaba Eathai celebrates opening tenth restaurant
Opened on the 30 November 2011, Busaba Eathai is celebrating the opening of its tenth restaurant. The new site will be serving the sophisticated clientele of London's King's Road with their award winning Thai menu.
01 December 2011Nestle to create 300 jobs
Global food giant Nestle has announced plans to expand production facilities at one of its UK plants, creating around 300 jobs.
30 November 2011Elior launches in-house Chef School
Contract caterer Elior has launched an in-house Chef School designed to "provide hands-on training for Elior chefs."
30 November 2011Marco Pierre White launches Greene King’s apprenticeship programme
Greene King has launched its own Discovery Apprenticeship programme. Celebrity chef Marco Pierre White, a former apprentice himself, helped officially launch the programme at a master class cookery demonstration to celebrate the achievements of some of the first apprentices to qualify.
30 November 2011De Vere tackling youth unemployment with academies
The De Vere Academy of Hospitality has said that it aims to create 10,000 apprentice chefs and service staff over three years.
30 November 2011Malcolm John launches Phoenix apprenticeship scheme
Following the August riots, chef and restaurant owner Malcolm John has launched an apprenticeship scheme in a bid to give teenagers a "sense of respect".
30 November 2011Hotel openings bring good cheer at the end of a frosty year
Two of the UK's largest hotel chains have announced a swathe of new openings, boosting employment in the hospitality sector.
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