The images yesterday of food parcels going to the poorest of school children entitled to free school meals while schools are in lockdown were shocking to say the least. What is equally shocking is leading foodservice provider, Chartwells, part of Compass Group that supplied the food parcel, in a statement of supposed apology, seems to view the contents of the image above as … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2021
“The ayes have it” as Minister for Hospitality passes first hurdle
It is a long time since the hospitality industry had something to be collectively pleased about. Yesterday afternoon that changed as Graham Stringer MP, Chair of the parliamentary debate to create a Minister for Hospitality in the UK Government, ended the debate with the announcement: "The ayes have it.” On 6 October 2020 Claire Bosi, Editor, Chef & Restaurant Magazine … [Read more...]
Minister for Hospitality Debate LIVE NOW from Parliament to watch
The entire debate was broadcast here live on the day. If you missed it the recorded version can be seen below. If you LOVE hospitality you can sit back and enjoy our industry being the focus of the UK Parliament for 90 minutes. … [Read more...]
The Belfry announce Chris Eigelaar Resort General Manager
The Belfry has announced Chris Eigelaar’s promotion to Resort General Manager, Eigelaar joined The Belfry in 2018 as General Manager with more than 20 years of experience in hospitality. Commenting on his promotion Eigelaar said: “It is an honour to take on the role of Resort General Manager and continue to deliver and build on what we’ve created at the Belfry and … [Read more...]
Adam Handling Restaurant Group installs UV protection for safe reopening
ARC Services are delighted to partner with ENS Group to integrate automated technology touch point cleaning enabling restaurants to minimise the spread of Covid-19. Our competition winner, Adam Handling Restaurant Group, was the recent recipient of the UV-Clean range on their high touch IT-equipment - point-of-sale and mobile payment devices, including tablets for table … [Read more...]
Hospitality logistics firm enables Covid-19 Educational Support Programme
The Tobun Foundation has announced the launch of a new initiative aiming to support 250,000 disadvantaged young people whose education has been impacted during the Covid-enforced lockdowns. The Covid-19 ‘Educational Support Programme’ will provide computer equipment, tuition, and mentoring, to enable those most affected to catch up on lost learning as a result of the … [Read more...]
‘Covid out of control’ London Mayor I’ve declared a ‘major incident’
'The virus is out of control.' London’s Mayor Sadiq Khan earlier this afternoon announced live on Sky News that the spread of Covid-19 was "out of control" and declared a "major incident" in an effort to avert London hospitals running out of capacity for patient intake. Mayor of London Sadiq Khan says the ambulance service in the capital is responding to between … [Read more...]
Moderna Covid vaccine approved
The Covid-19 vaccine developed by Moderna has today been given regulatory approval for supply by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). This follows a thorough and rigorous assessment by the MHRA’s teams of scientists, including advice from the independent Commission on Human Medicines, which reviewed in depth all the data to ensure this vaccine meets … [Read more...]
Five minutes with… SIMPLY SIG
H&C News meets with suppliers regularly to keep up to date with the latest product and service innovations, aiming to get the inside track on what companies offer to the market and how it is delivered. This week, we Zoomed with Sarah Berry and Lorrie Kelly at full service hospitality marketing provider SIMPLY SIG to gain a better understanding of the business. Why did … [Read more...]
Hollering for Hospitality highlights an industry deserving of a Minister
As the Minister for Hospitality debate in Parliament approaches, support for Claire Bosi's ministerial campaign is growing. Evidenced by The Company of Entrepreneurs, a Company of the City of London earlier this week hosting 'Hollering for Hospitality', a live Zoom event that focused on how to maximise the opportunity. Introduced and compered by highly acclaimed former BBC … [Read more...]
Government names rogue hospitality employers failing to pay minimum wage
Almost 140 companies, including some of the UK’s biggest household names, and all too many in hospitality, are being named and shamed by the Government for failing to pay their workers the minimum wage. Pizza Hut being the second worst offender and only surpassed by Tesco in the list of companies that failed to pay their employees the minimum wage. Investigated between 2016 … [Read more...]
A short statement on the passing of Albert Roux from the Roux Family
The Roux family has announced the sad passing of Albert Roux, OBE, KFO, who had been unwell for a while, at the age 85 on 4th January 2021. Albert is credited, along with his late brother Michel Roux, with starting London’s culinary revolution with the opening of Le Gavroche in 1967. His son, Michel Roux Jr, says that Albert’s sheer love of life and passion for making … [Read more...]
PM announces Covid tests for people entering the UK 10 months too late
Michael Heseltine once said of Boris Johnson: “A man who waits to see the way the crowd is running and then dashes in front and says follow me.” How apt an insight given that the PM yesterday evening live on television announced the introduction of Covid tests for people entering the UK. The Christmas and New Year crowds at Heathrow Airport saw public opinion against open … [Read more...]
Chancellor’s £9,000 gesture signals end of meaningful support
The Chancellor’s announcement earlier today of grants of up to £9,000 for hospitality businesses until Spring is simply not enough, not nearly enough. With the prospect of no customers until March at the earliest and bills such as rent continuing to mount up, only the smallest businesses will see up to £9,000 as any sort of tonic to their cashflow crises. Rishi Sunak when … [Read more...]
National lockdown preannouncement made alongside deafening silence on economic support
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has started 2021 perfectly in line with Government policy 2020, preannouncement of what you are doing before officially announcing it. The strategy must intend to soften the blow, or stage the level of reaction to it. Maybe even gauging public opinion before the button is pressed. But, the strategy here doesn’t matter the outcomes do. Matt Hancock … [Read more...]
