If you’ve been forced to close your kitchen because of coronavirus restrictions, maintaining a to-do list can help to keep your kitchen clean and reopen safely. At TWO Services, we suggest the following. 1. Deep clean Even when a kitchen isn’t in use, dust continues to collect. Before you reopen your kitchen, employing the services of a trained team to deep clean … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2021
Breakspear appoints Balanced Food Co for catering
Breakspear Park has today announced the appointment of The Balanced Food Co. to provide catering services across its multi-tenanted site. The two-year deal will see the company provide an artisanal cafe, offering both full-service catering and grab and go options. Post lockdown, full restaurant service will commence for the building’s 1,300 inhabitants. The contract comes … [Read more...]
Government travel policy coming at a high price for hospitality
The government’s handling of travel policy throughout the Covid pandemic has been shambolic and confusing. With the price to pay, once again, placed at the door of hospitality. For almost a year most people residing in the UK have been severely limited in their ability to travel locally, even from their own homes to see their nearest and dearest. Through the same time period … [Read more...]
Licensed Trade Charity to manage ‘Lockdown 3’ support fund for Greene King workers
Greene King is launching its second COVID emergency support fund later this month to help its team members most in need during lockdown 3. The new Team Member Support Fund follows the first fund which ran from March to June last year, where Greene King donated £650,000 in grants for team members to access essential food and retail vouchers. The fund will again be managed … [Read more...]
Parliament serves hospitality a signature dish
The Minister for Hospitality debate was held in Parliament earlier this week, where 20 MPs discussed hospitality’s need for government to make such an appointment. Even the most optimistic supporters could not have wished for such an understanding of our industry to be displayed, of its current needs, as well as a unanimous vote approving the motion from Catherine McKinnell, … [Read more...]
Hiscox refusal to pay out on Covid insurance cover overruled in landmark court case for hospitality
The Hiscox Action Group and the FCA have today secured a historic victory at the Supreme Court in the Business Interruption insurance text case. In a unanimous decision by all five Law Lords, the Court rejected every one of the insurers appeals whilst partially or totalling upholding all the Hiscox Action Group arguments including those shared with the FCA. This ruling is … [Read more...]
Supreme Court rules in favour of hospitality Covid business interruption losses
Today the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in the FCA test case. Lord Hamblen and Lord Leggatt give the main judgment with which Lord Reed agrees This substantially allows the FCA’s appeal and dismisses the Insurers’ appeals. Richard Leedham, Partner at Mishcon de Reya who represents the Hiscox Action Group said: "We are glad that the Supreme Court has found that the … [Read more...]
Marcus Rashford MBE writes urgent letter to PM asking for fix to school meals
Following recent events related to the free school meal scandal Marcus Rashford MBE has today written the letter below published in full to the Prime Minister. ================================================================================== The Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 10 Downing St, Westminster, London. SW1A 2AA The Rt … [Read more...]
Hotels already taking London hospital patients with plans for UK roll out
The volume of Covid-19 patients in London hospitals is fast approaching the position government always wanted to avoid, being overwhelmed. With admissions increasing daily London hospitals are working with hotels to manage discharged patients. The London Hotel Group has started taking Covid-positive patients who are homeless from King’s College hospital in south London and is … [Read more...]
Call on Government for comprehensive review of School Meal Policy
In light of recent developments on current food provision for Free School Meal pupils during Covid-19 school closure, the Food Foundation are calling on the Government to conduct an urgent comprehensive review into Free School Meal policy across the UK to feed into the next Spending Review. The review should be debated in Parliament and published before the summer … [Read more...]
Catherine McKinnell MP asks PM to meet Minister for Hospitality petitioners
Today’s Prime Minister's Questions saw Catherine McKinnell MP ask Prime Minister Boris Johnson if he would meet with Minister for Hospitality petitioners. Catherine McKinnell MP asks Boris Johnson if he would meet with petitioners who want a dedicated minister for hospitality "We're doing everything we can to support them... but the best thing is we all work together to … [Read more...]
Has Nicola Sturgeon just dictated the PM’s next move, tighter lockdown
Prime Minister Johnson is regularly accused of acting too slowly in applying measures to combat Covid-19. The provision of further much needed economic assistance to hospitality businesses impacted by Covid-19 would certainly qualify as an example. Whether acting on the advice of SAGE or COBRA Johnson seems to follow rather than lead. Earlier today Scotland’s First Minister … [Read more...]
Gordon Ramsay announces his latest new restaurant opening
Sunway Resort, the spectacular flagship of Sunway City Kuala Lumpur, has announced a ground-breaking partnership with Gordon Ramsay Restaurants to open the world-renowned, multi-Michelin starred chef’s first-ever restaurant in Malaysia, marking the start of an exciting new era of international gastronomy for the country. Under the historic collaboration, guests at … [Read more...]
2020 I Prefer Members’ Choice Award Winners
Preferred Hotels & Resorts has today unveiled the winners of the third annual I Prefer Members’ Choice Awardsand, as part of the celebration, announced a limited-time Bonus Points Promotion for new and existing members of its I Prefer Hotel Rewards programme. Honoring 38 independent hotels, resorts, and residences across four regional categories, the 2020 global … [Read more...]
Gold Service Scholarship defer competition to 2022
The Trustees of the Gold Service Scholarship have confirmed their decision to defer the 2021 competition schedule, stating that ongoing Covid restrictions prevent the normal process of the various stages of interviews, assessments and skill tests, which require personal interactions. Trustee and Chairman of the Judges Edward Griffiths, CVO explained: “While this news … [Read more...]
