Health & Safety
Stress-free compliance? Check!
We interviewed David Bashford, managing director of Food Alert, about its new app – Check65 – which offers rapid ‘due diligence’ in the palm of your hand. Now available to download in the App Store.
Wake-up call: You can’t be too careful about health and safety
A spate of six-figure fines after customer accidents should urge operators to look again at risk management, says Richard Salvini
Death of asthmatic chef prompts calls for inhalers to be kept in kitchens
Consumers ‘at risk in using Airbnb’, says QC
Wake-up call: What are employers’ responsibilities to their teams during coronavirus?
The guidance to ensure workplaces are Covid-secure isn’t statutory, but ignoring it can still lead to[...]
Wellbeing tool launched to support employees returning to work
A new tool has been launched for the hospitality industry to support the physical and mental[...]
Is your restaurant ready?
By Peter Teska, global infection prevention application expert, Diversey
How to protect your business through Covid-19 and beyond
The outbreak of Covid-19 has profoundly affected the restaurant and foodservice industry. Many businesses have had[...]
Wake-up call: How to manage risk during a pandemic
With the end of lockdown in sight, operators must now form a viable plan for health and safety. Keith Morton explains the key points"
UKHA develops Covid-19 secure housekeeping standards
The UK Housekeepers’ Association (UKHA) has introduced a housekeeping framework that is designed to provide an industry-wide approach to cleaning to Covid-19 secure standards.
Covid-19 safety Kitemark explored by Downing Street
A Covid-19 safety Kitemark to build customer confidence is a ‘distinct possibility’, the prime minister’s business unit head Oliver Christian has told hotelier Robin Hutson.
Experiment demonstrates how buffets could aid spread of coronavirus
An experiment has set out to show how buffets can spread infection, following reports they could[...]
The view from China: how have hotels coped with lifting the lockdown?
As the first country to experience the lifting of the lockdown, China acts as a test[...]
Study to examine how pubs and restaurants can safely reopen when restrictions ease
A new study by the University of Stirling is to look at how licensed premises, including[...]
Mind the gap: practical ways of creating social distance
Restaurateurs have been told that social distancing will be a condition of reopening, but how are[...]
Wake-up call: Can you handle a coronavirus outbreak?
Make sure you are prepared now so you have policies about travel, pay, home-based working and how to cope without staff, says Katee Dias"
Coronavirus advice issued for hospitality industry
Specialist advice to help hospitality businesses reduce the risks presented by coronavirus has been issued by UKHospitality’s health advisor.
Restaurant bosses slapped with suspended sentences after oven exploded in chef's face
Two restaurant bosses have been slapped with suspended prison sentences after a chef suffered serious burns when a tandoor oven exploded in his face.
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