All Employment articles
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News
Wetherspoon hits back against TUC claims
Chairman Tim Martin defended the company against allegations of ’low-paid, insecure’ employment from Trades Union Congress chief Paul Nowak
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BrewDog launches apprenticeship programme
BrewDog has launched its own apprenticeship programme, taking on 20 employees.
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Sector will need 11,000 new chefs by 2022
The hospitality industry will need to recruit an additional 11,000 chefs by 2022, according to workforce development charity People 1st.
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Falling chef student numbers causing skills gap
Declining numbers of students choosing full-time chef programmes or courses is exacerbating the challenge hospitality companies find when trying to fill kitchen vacancies
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Analysis & Insight
Fall in unemployed 16 – 18 year olds
The number of 16 – 18 year olds not in education, employment or training (NEET) has fallen to 148,000 out the population of two million but it is still behind other OECD countries according to figures released by the Commons Select Committee
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People 1st: ‘Hospitality still not perceived as a career path’
Simon Tarr, managing director of People 1st, has expressed concern that no hospitality roles were included in last week’s UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) list of 40 top jobs in ten key occupations.
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Analysis & Insight
Pub and bar job opportunities up 37% year-on-year
New figures on employment in the hospitality sector show on average 74 people applied for every waiting staff role advertised in the last quarter.
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News
Scottish firms unite to create ‘hospitality legacy’
Scottish hospitality businesses have pledged to create job opportunities and help build a legacy for the sector.
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Scottish hospitality companies pledge jobs for 16-24 year olds
Representatives from more than 75 Scottish hospitality and tourism businesses are meeting to pledge job opportunities, apprenticeships and work placements for 16 – 24 year olds
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Workers are happier but more likely to change jobs, says survey
Happiness is up by 7% in 2013 among UK workers as confidence returns to job security, according to Talent Toolbox Review 2013 survey of employees that also found an increase in people considering changing jobs
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UK employment prospects rising
UK employers are hiring staff at the fastest rate since before the financial crisis, with hotels, catering and leisure leading the private sector services, according to a report by the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD).
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Young managers run £1m+ turnover pubs
Most pub managers under 30 are running businesses with a turnover of more than a million pounds, with fewer than three years training to gain the position, according to a survey by Pub & Bar Careers Perceptions
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Opinion
Coherent development is key
The job of area manager and all similar roles need a comprehensive training and qualification framework to ensure top performance, says Francis Patton, a former director of Punch Taverns and senior lecturer at Leeds Metropolitan University
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Orchid joins employment schemes
Orchid, the managed operator, is taking part in three Government ‘back to work’ schemes