Delivery, click and collect and takeaway are now firmly on the menu for most hospitality businesses, from established quick service restaurants to Michelin starred destination restaurants, and everything in between. This transition has proved to be a lifeline in keeping cash flowing, teams active, and possibly most importantly restaurants front of mind with … [Read more...]
Housekeeping for Covid-19 in line with Government guidelines
The UK Housekeepers’ Association has launched a new ‘Housekeeping Covid-19 Secure Standard’, developed through a strategic partnership with Umbrella Training. The standard has been designed to provide an industry-wide approach to cleaning, offering a clear process for housekeepers and accommodation managers to follow - in line with Government guidelines. With more … [Read more...]
Fire brigade helps community café on delivery after foodservice bolsters production
Covid-19 has all but brought hospitality and foodservice to a grinding halt. We have featured many examples from across the foodservice community where people are doing their bit through the crisis, but today a first, delivery of food for those in need by the fire brigade. Wendy Baird and team run Carriages Café on Platform 1 at Newark Castle Station. Every Wednesday … [Read more...]
Reopening hotels with prioritised to do lists
As General Manager at The Grand Hotel, Folkestone, I am always seeking ways to add value to the business, and this often means getting out and attending industry events. I measure the value of attending events partly by what I take away from them, and at the hospitality industry social media roundtable at Coworth Park last October the take away was … [Read more...]
Meiko UK encourages catering equipment sector to take advantage of help
The Meiko company has been in development for more than 90 years, and today Meiko is one of the best known and most respected brands in the UK hospitality industry, as it is around the globe. The Meiko brand has been built on investment into manufacturing the best equipment for warewashing, that is also the most environmentally sensitive. At the same time we have been telling … [Read more...]
Hospitality cleaning for Covid-19
When it comes to preparing to reopen post Covid-19, cleaning, good hygiene and cleanliness are the best lines of defence for all hospitality businesses. Customers reassured that your restaurant, hotel, pub, cafe is safe will be the first to return when you reopen. TWO Services provide reactive and preventative sanitise cleans for Covid-19 outbreaks in restaurants, hotels, … [Read more...]
Five minutes with… Adele Oxberry
Adele Oxberry FIH is the founder and CEO of Umbrella Training, a leading nationwide training and apprenticeship provider for the hospitality industry. We took five minutes out recently to catch up with Adele and find out why hospitality and training are both lifetime passions for her. How did you get into the industry? My mother was the executive … [Read more...]
Morgenrot To Raise Money for Alzheimer’s Charities in 50th Year
Manchester-based beer, wine and spirit importer Morgenrot is looking to raise money for Alzheimer’s charities and causes in 2020 through a wide range of fundraising activities as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations. Set up on the 23rd September 1970, Morgenrot continues to be a proudly independent, family-run importer with famous world beer brands such as Krombacher, … [Read more...]
NHS can count on Meiko UK support
Meiko UK has assured all users of its equipment in hospitals and care homes of continued breakdown support throughout the C0vid-19 pandemic. The NHS and the care sector are facing the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The kitchen, food production and warewashing facilities are crucial to the morale and welfare of the staff, as well as to the efficient running of these … [Read more...]
Covid-19 Hospitality Marketing Competition
Win a share of £50,000 in hospitality marketing The Covid-19 crisis has impacted suppliers in the hospitality industry every bit as much as hospitality providers. We have reported widely throughout the pandemic on the detrimental effect Covid-19 has had on restaurants, hotels, caterers, pubs & bars, and all hospitality providers. The suppliers to those venues … [Read more...]
Housekeeping COVID-19 Secure Standard
The UK Housekeepers’ Association (UKHA) has announced the launch of a new ‘Housekeeping COVID-19 Secure Standard’, developed through a strategic partnership with Umbrella Training. The standard has been designed to provide an industry-wide approach to cleaning, offering a clear process for housekeepers and accommodation managers to follow - in line with Government … [Read more...]
Holdsworth Foods continues to grow its Isuzu fleet
The recent addition of a further six new Isuzu 7.5 tonne rigids within its all-refrigerated transport fleet means that Holdsworth Foods now currently operates over 45 Isuzus in total, having taken its first Isuzu back in 2015. All six of the latest Isuzus have also been specified with the brand-new Holdsworth Foods livery that celebrates the company’s 50th … [Read more...]
lunch! postponed until 2021
lunch! organiser Diversified Communications UK has confirmed that this year’s show has sadly been postponed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The UK’s leading trade event for the café, coffee shop and food-to-go sector will now run on 23-24 September 2021 at ExCeL London. The magnitude and unprecedented scale of the Covid-19 outbreak and the subsequent … [Read more...]
Monitoring and mirroring sustainability
The Covid-19 pandemic has allowed many hospitality businesses to focus on sustainability goals while forced to close. When those businesses reopen, added sustainability credentials give customers one more reason to visit. In October 2019, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group pledged to eliminate all single-use plastic, across its portfolio of luxury hotels, by the end of March 2021. … [Read more...]
