Recruitment

Campaign to unite industry over apprenticeship opportunities

30-Jan-2019 By Emily Hawkins

A hospitality training provider has launched a campaign calling on apprenticeship levy-paying businesses to pledge funding for apprenticeships at other companies.

Colleges need to do more to solve chef recruitment crisis

08-Feb-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

Education plays a big part in tackling the lack of chefs in the hospitality industry and catering colleges need to up their game, MA500 delegates heard.

CHEF SHORTAGE

Chef shortage will hit hard over Christmas, warn recruiters

15-Nov-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

Recruitment agencies will struggle greatly to meet demand for chefs from pubs and restaurants this Christmas, the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) has warned.

Publican Awards 2016: Best pub employer (2-50 sites)

14-Mar-2016 By Ben Winstanley

The New World Trading Company has taken home the gong for Best Pub Employer (2-50 sites), sponsored by Sky, at the 25th anniversary of the Publican Awards, held at Battersea Evolution in London.

Chef Recruitment Crisis

Industry will need 11,000 new chefs by 2022 to combat chef shortage

17-Aug-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

The hospitality industry will need to recruit an additional 11,000 chefs by 2022, according to workforce development charity People 1st.

Admiral Taverns to work with Acorn to help recruit pub tenants

28-Sep-2012 By Michelle Perrett

Admiral Taverns, the tenanted pub operator, has announced that it is to work with recruitment and training firm Acorn to help recruit tenants to its pubs.

Pub People claims recruitment drive through Facebook is a success

23-Aug-2012 By Gurjit Degun

A pub operator has found social media website Facebook helpful in recruiting new staff for one of its pubs, after struggling to get any applicants through traditional media.

Quality Focus: Recruiting the smile

25-Mar-2010

Recruit the smile, and the training can follow later. That's the modern mantra used in barstaff recruitment. Genuinely outgoing personalities who...

Women in pubs: recruiting female licensees

05-Feb-2009

Pink posters, pink beer-bottle tops and the slogan 'Come on girls….it's time the women were in charge'. Welcome to the future of licensee...

S&NPE plans weekend recruitment camps

12-Jan-2009 By Ewan Turney

Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises (S&NPE) is to hold weekend workshops to help recruit new blood into the pub industry.

S&NPE boosts recruitment

05-Jun-2008

Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises (S&NPE) says new measures to recruit licensees has led to its highest applicant-to-lessee conversion...

Business guru: Drive down pub-boss salaries

11-Apr-2008 By The PMA Team

Executive recruitment consultant Nigel Sapsed has called for tougher performance targets to protect jobs in the pub trade. Sapsed, who advises many...

Business guru: 'drive down pub-boss salaries'

10-Apr-2008 By The PMA Team

Every pub should be made to pay its way Executive recruitment consultant Nigel Sapsed has called for tougher performance targets to protect jobs in...

Investing in skills

29-Nov-2007

Managed-house operators are nurturing talented staff to make sure they keep their best people. Graham Ridout finds out more The trend towards a more...

Pure and simple

18-Oct-2007

Piers Lyon tells Humayun Hussain about his new chef, new menu and fresh look at the White Hart, in Welwyn Why my food business is a success We have...

THE GUV'NOR

06-Sep-2007 By Paul Clerehugh

Watch out for rogue recruitment companies when it comes to hiring a chef, says the licensee of the Crooked Billet in Stoke-on-Rowe, Oxfordshire Page...

Back to Basics: Recruitment

09-Aug-2007

As the latest wave of school-leavers floods onto the jobs market, now's the time to think about your recruitment techniques.How do you attract the...

Fuller's to hold chef recruitment days

16-May-2007 By Jo Bruce

Fuller's, the London brewer and pub retailer, is holding two open days as part of a strategy to recruit the best chefs in the industry.

Training & Recruitment: team building

20-Apr-2007

Training is not just an add-on to your pub business, like a conservatory or a deep-fat fryer. Training is a whole culture that spreads throughout the...

Employment stays static

04-Aug-2005

While staffing levels in independent pubs haven't altered since the last survey, the number of licensees experiencing problems in retaining staff has...

Recruitment: Just a click away

13-May-2004

More people than ever job hunt on the web - but are pubcos ready for them?When it comes to finding a new job, people are increasingly turning to the...

Getting ahead in recruitment

10-Sep-2003

Chris Taylor of MGM International explains the direct approach to recruiting pubco managers.Finding the best personnel often involves tempting talent...

Recruitment - finding and keeping reliable staff

26-Feb-2002

The majority of licensees would say one of their biggest problems is finding and maintaining reliable staff. John Porter offers advice on recruiting...

Interview techniques

27-Nov-2001

Selecting the right staff is one of the most important decisions a licensee will make. John Porter offers advice for publicans who are facing this...

Better LCUK next time for BII training arm

04-Sep-2001

The British Institute of Innkeeping has relaunched its careers arm, formerly LCUK, in response to industry apathy. At any one time, there are an...

BII relaunches recruitment arm

23-Aug-2001

The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) is to relaunch its recruitment arm with a new identity following a lack of support for the initiative from...

Recruitment consultants

16-Mar-2001

When it comes to selecting the right person to put behind the bar, nobody is better placed than the pub's owner to make the f