Operators have said they would like the Government to enable them to request staff do training while pubs are closed, rather than this being voluntary.
The Government has updated its guidance for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to say that pub employers can continue training their staff even if they have been furloughed.
The founders of premium mixer brand Double Dutch have unveiled a new scholarship and mentoring programme for female mixologists in the hope of tackling the under-representation of women in the UK drinks trade.
From university dropouts and former apprentices to masters’ graduates and multiple operators, The Morning Advertiser (MA) spoke to nine publicans who have made their mark at the business end of the bar in their 20s.
A cocktail of long hours and spiralling sector costs appear too strong for more than three quarters of the British public, who consider running a pub to be a ‘difficult’ career path.
Mental health is at the forefront of minds, particularly at the moment, and the pub trade is an industry that could do more to support its workers in this area.
A software provider for the hospitality industry is calling for operators to reduce food waste because the average value of wasted goods at every site is more than £10,000 a year.
The organiser of a project focusing on mental health in hospitality said he realised the pub sector still has a long way to go in breaking down the attached stigmas.
Karen Lynch, CEO of ethical water brand Belu, explains why the ‘circular economy’ has to be central to the way the pub sector thinks about single-use items.
