Featuring all the retail and hospitality news from the past two weeks, including Asda’s plans to overhaul agency staff status, how London’s businesses are set to benefit from free customer service training and the latest news on hospitality qualifications. View>>

The hard-working folk of the food service sector have played a key role in keeping its head above water, but are they getting their just desserts? Sally Wigg of specialist recruitment consultancy Hospitality & Leisure Recruitment provides a market snapshot plus the all important salary information. View>>

While Munich has become somewhat synonymous with its legendary Oktoberfest, there’s an altogether more interesting side to the city that offers much more than simply warm beer and sausages, as our resident retail specialist Karl McKeever of Visual Thinking finds out. View>>