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Springboard launches online training and calls for volunteers to 'keep hospitality dream alive'

11 May 2020 by

Springboard, the charity which offers training and support for those in the hospitality, leisure and tourism industry, is calling for volunteers to help continue its vital work in nurturing unemployed people to improve their career prospects.

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Forbes Travel Guide launches free educational webinars

17 April 2020 by

Forbes Travel Guide is launching a free series of educational webinars next week for hospitality staff who are working, furloughed or have been laid off during the coronavirus crisis.

WSET increases online courses after seeing ‘explosion’ in digital learning News

WSET increases online courses after seeing ‘explosion’ in digital learning

16 April 2020 by
Book extract: Tasting Victory by Gerard Basset People

Book extract: Tasting Victory by Gerard Basset

02 April 2020 by
Joint winners announced for top Purple Umbrella Award News

Joint winners announced for top Purple Umbrella Award

10 March 2020 by
Firmdale puts its people first with a new staff training academy Hotel

Firmdale puts its people first with a new staff training academy

28 February 2020 by

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College Junior Chef Academy relaunched by Compass to encourage catering apprenticeships

06 February 2020 by

The Junior Chef Academy, a series of culinary training days at Highbury College, Portsmouth for 14-16-year[...]

People

Umbrella Training promotes Simovic to chief operating officer

09 January 2020 by

Umbrella Training has promoted Jo Simovic to chief operating officer to work alongside chief executive Adele[...]

The Acorn Awards 2020: celebrating hospitality's best 30 under 30 News

The Acorn Awards 2020: celebrating hospitality's best 30 under 30

07 January 2020 by

Nominations are now open for the awards that recognise 30 of hospitality’s brightest stars under 30

School of life: Meet the colleges bucking the downward trend Business

School of life: Meet the colleges bucking the downward trend

19 December 2019 by

College restaurants are under pressure, tasked with meeting students’ educational demands while dealing with a lack[...]

In-Depth

Viewpoint: Stepping up to the challenge

Despite the increased focus on apprenticeships since the introduction of the apprenticeship levy, uptake of hospitality qualifications has declined. Jill Whittaker explains"

12 December 2019 by
Cameron House launches chef apprenticeship programme News

Cameron House launches chef apprenticeship programme

06 December 2019
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Luxury resort Cameron House on Loch Lomond has launched a chef apprenticeship programme to offer young people hands-on work experience and hospitality qualification.

Rugby College bucks trend by expanding catering courses and opening on-site restaurant News

Rugby College bucks trend by expanding catering courses and opening on-site restaurant

19 November 2019
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Rugby College has bucked the trend of scaled-back catering courses, expanding its intake and planning to open an on-site restaurant in the New Year.

People

Minute on the clock: Millie Simpson

14 November 2019 by

Millie Simpson is kitchen manager of London’s Sauce by the Langham cookery school. She tells Katherine[...]

In-Depth

Viewpoint: Catching the hospitality bug

13 November 2019 by

A meaningful apprenticeship programme takes time and effort but, as Jo Simovic explains, the return on[...]

Young Pastry Chef of the Year 2020 launched News

Young Pastry Chef of the Year 2020 launched

12 November 2019 by

The search is on for the Master Chefs of Great Britain’s Young Pastry Chef of the[...]

Careers

Check into Hospitality: Careers Guide 2020

30 September 2019 by

Check into Hospitality is a comprehensive career guide to the varied roles available in hotels, restaurants,[...]

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Oxford Brookes University accused of 'cynical misrepresentation of the truth' over restaurant closure

Oxford Brookes University has been accused of putting forward a “cynical misrepresentation of the truth” in its defence of closing the School of Hospitality Management’s on-site restaurant. "

27 September 2019 by
Give chefs the chance to express their skills for happier workplace, says new research Staffing

Give chefs the chance to express their skills for happier workplace, says new research

13 September 2019
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Research by The Caterer and Searcys has found that when chefs are given the chance to express their skills, they are happier and more likely to stay for longer. Elly Earls investigates

Hospitality apprentices step up for Skills Olympics in Russia News

Hospitality apprentices step up for Skills Olympics in Russia

23 August 2019
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Hospitality students are among a cohort of 37 of the UK’s best and brightest apprentices who will put their skills to the test in Russia this week.

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