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.
What are the biggest challenges for pub employers, and how can they be overcome? These were among questions addressed by industry experts as part of The Morning Advertiser's Pub Skills event on how employee engagement can add to the bottom line.
BrewDog co-founder Jamer Watt has argued that beer drinkers deserve to know where their beer comes from in the wake of several scandals where prominent craft beers were outed as not being brewed in the places suggested by their branding.
Abv Training, one of the UK’s leading training companies, has rolled out a range of 28 e-learning courses designed for professionals in the licensed and hospitality trades who do not have the time to attend tutor-led programmes.
From the universal sign for paying the bill to the acceptable way to share a bag of crisps. These videos outline the very best in British pub etiquette.
EPoS provider Zonal has been appointed technology partner of the Hospitality Guild’s virtual training centre Hospitality House, which is due to open this month.
Licensees will be able to develop their own apprenticeship standards and qualifications to address skills shortages, deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has announced.
Loungers, the Piper Private Equity-backed cafe/bar and restaurant group led by Alex Reilly and Jake Bishop, is to invest £100k a year in its staff development program which commences in March.
Small businesses, such as pubs, which offer on-the-job training must be recognised with official accreditation, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).
London brewer and operator Fuller's has opened a new training centre. The new Centre of Excellence includes a full working cellar and bar as well as...
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...
Skills shortages are having a negative impact on UK productivity in all areas of the economy, and there have been plenty of news reports that we are...
The Spirit Group, Punch Taverns' managed arm, has opened a new centre to train future managers. Following an investment of £60,000, the learning and...
Is e-learning on your pub's training menu? Robert Duprey makes out the caseIncreasingly intense competition, high customer expectations and the need...
Is there really a skills crisis looming? Mathew Shropshall Craft Guild of Chefs member and chef-patron at the Royal Oak in Kings Bromley, Staffordshire, doesn't think so.
Busy location on coastal main road
Extensively renovated detached public house
Five trade areas (100)
Sizeable refurbished 4-5 bedroom accommodation
Newly created beer garden (125)
Established and popular business...
