Support for the Deliveroo floatation amongst institutional investors is diminishing, as the company's long term profitability potential is questioned. The doubts centre on a business model dependent on low pay for ‘workers’, with social champion Marcus Rashford now joining the probe. Yesterday Aberdeen Standard, Aviva Investors, BMO Global, and CCLA that collectively manage … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2021
A Reopening Cleaning Checklist For Food Businesses During COVID-19
Are you ready to reopen your restaurant now restrictions are slowly being lifted? It can be a daunting thought, reopening after a period of closure will indeed require every single area being checked and checked again, making sure you’re on top of cleaning, meeting health and safety standards and more. To make it easier however, the experts at Grease Gone have created a … [Read more...]
Union for hospitality workers call vaccine passports a ‘sham’
Vaccine certificates will lead to pressure on GP's, false certificates, potential violence for pub workers and even black market for vaccine doses, says GMB Union. GMB, the union for hospitality workers, says any plan to demand vaccine certificates to enter pubs would be 'reckless' and a fast track to undo the gains of the present lockdown'. The union warns the scheme would … [Read more...]
The Importance Of Getting Your Restaurant Kitchens Professionally Cleaned Regularly
Although most professionally run kitchens will be cleaned down following a service shift, this is not the same as the sort of deep clean you get when professional cleaning contractors are involved. After all, in-house catering staff will usually be tired after the end of a hot, busy shift and be more likely to think about when they can leave rather than whether or not every … [Read more...]
Deliveroo dealt a £1.5 Trillion sustainable rebuke from investors
The imminent floatation of Deliveroo on the London Stock Exchange has been dealt a rebuke from four of the market’s biggest institutional investors. Aberdeen Standard, Aviva Investors, BMO Global, and CCLA that collectively manage funds of circa £1.5 Trillion, have all excluded themselves from acquiring shares in the Deliveroo floatation, citing the treatment of workers by … [Read more...]
Covid Passports to hospitality: unworkable for government and an already damaged industry
After enduring more than a year of unfathomable damage to the hospitality industry, the introduction of Covid passports to hospitality would be another barrier to businesses recovery. The concept is justifiable, but the ongoing track and trace debacle that continues to waste billions of tax payer’s pounds eliminates the possibility of effective implementation. For … [Read more...]
Ei Publican Partnerships support extends to June
Stonegate Group is continuing its support for Ei Publican Partnership publicans with rent and trade credits throughout April, May and June. This support builds on the substantial financial assistance given to publicans in the form of significantly reduced rents and trade credits, together with Government grants including the latest restart grants of between £8,000 - £18,000 as … [Read more...]
How Restaurant Cleaning Can Encourage Customers Back After COVID-19
How Restaurant Cleaning Can Encourage Customers Back After COVID-19 After a full year of our lives being turned upside down, it’s time to start taking steps to revert back to what we knew as normal life and with that, restaurants will now be opening once again. Despite restrictions lifting and restaurants being given the green light to open their doors, we know that many will … [Read more...]
Ofgem meeting BBPA to remedy utility companies refusing to supply hospitality businesses
The British Beer & Pub Association has today called out the energy sector for refusing to supply pubs with energy. The trade association said a number of pubs across the UK had experienced poor commercial behaviour whereby some utility companies were refusing to renew contracts or simply to supply energy to them, even where such supply includes domestic use. The BBPA … [Read more...]
Is it time to look under the hood?
A look at how a marketing audit can benefit your business Navigating the ever-changing world of marketing, social media and online presence can be a challenge for any company. Is your website optimised? Are you investing in the relevant channels? Is your social media getting the engagement you expect? In today’s current market and with hospitality businesses reopening after … [Read more...]
Hoteliers invite students to attend ‘Keep the Faith in Hospitality’ event
As the UK emerges from its third national lockdown, top hoteliers will be sharing careers advice and encouragement to students at a virtual ‘Keep the Faith in Hospitality – Student Forum’ to be held on Wednesday, 21 April 2021. The hour and a half long, live webinar has been organised by the industry’s professional body, the Institute of Hospitality (IoH), as part of its … [Read more...]
Hospitality’s worst year passes, with hospitable credentials intact
After a year that defies summary, reiterating the devastation suffered seems somewhat morose, so instead we have chosen to highlight the moments where true hospitality rose above the pain and remind us why we are all part of a very special industry, the hospitality industry. The Definition of Hospitality: “The act of being friendly and welcoming to guests and … [Read more...]
Whistleblower calls operational costs at Sodexo government Covid test centres into question
Sodexo, a catering business that trades on its ethical credentials, is at the centre of a scandal brewing around operational costs at Covid testing centres being run for government. inews is reporting on a whistleblower’s claims that unnecessary operational costs are being added at a cost to tax payers. The whistleblower also asserts, that 'on the job benefits' provided to … [Read more...]
Foreign holidays unlikely alongside £56 million government boost for staycations
Boris Johnson is being warned not to remove the current ban on foreign holidays and risk another lockdown this winter. The advice is coming from SAGE and other scientific groups as well as opposition politicians. The caution towards loosening travel restrictions is in part a reaction to growing concerns of third wave infections and lockdowns sweeping across Europe. The … [Read more...]
Sodexo and the IUF commit to supporting unions and workers rights
Sodexo and the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tourism, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations (IUF), the global trade union federation for workers throughout the food chain, have signed a declaration of intent on health and safety, reinforcing their commitments and priorities to promote the rights of employees to a safe and healthy … [Read more...]