Features
The latest exclusive features, from industry figures and the business journalists at Catering Today. We bring you the latest on whatโs happening in the restaurants, bars and catering industry, with exclusive stories, analysis, best practice and industry comment.
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May- 2023 -19 May
The Steel Keg Association launches new keg champion awards
The Steel Keg Association (SKA) is proud to announce the inaugural launch of the new โKeg Champion Awardsโ to honour sustainability in the UK / Ireland hospitality industry and recognise breweries, pubs, bars and restaurants of all sizes for embracing the remarkable benefits REUSABLE steel kegs and casks deliver. Stainless…
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19 May
Is the Green Transition hospitable for hospitality?
At a recent conference I overheard a business leader decry, โhow can we go green when weโre in the red?โ. If that was true for the sector in which his business operated, itโs no less true for the hospitality sector which is facing a tsunami of knockbacks ranging from the…
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17 May
How can the hospitality sector prepare for the busy summer months?
Despite current economic headwinds, many businesses in the hospitality sector are looking for new ways of furthering growth opportunities in the upcoming summer months. In their 2023 sector outlook, Barclaycard revealed that consumer card spending on hospitality and leisure increased 10.6% year-on-year in 2022, as the lifting of all Covid-19…
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16 May
Return of the MAC: Should hospitality be on the Shortage Occupation List?
The hospitality sector accounts for a significant 7% of the UK workforce and comparing the most recent three-month period up until January this year with the immediate pre-pandemic period (Jan-Mar 2020), vacancies in the sector are 72% higher. This compares to an increase of 42% in the overall economy. The…
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15 May
Towards an alcohol-free future: how will caterers accommodate it?
Do you think people are starting to prefer mocktails instead of cocktails? The low and no alcohol lifestyle is having a meteoric spike in popularity recently. As consumers become more health-focused and are facing cost of living pressures, the ability to enjoy cocktails throughout the day and evening without the…
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12 May
Why customer loyalty can be your inflation crisis lifeline
Can you tell us about your experience in customer loyalty and your role at Antavo?ย Iโm the chief strategy officer and one of the co-founders of Antavo, the enterprise loyalty programme management software. I started thinking about Antavoโs business plan more than 12 years ago. Eventually, the company was founded…
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11 May
How can hospitality ensure inclusivity towards the LGBTQ+ community?
An LGBTQ+ celebration is likely coming to a venue near you this month (May) as hundreds of venues sign up for Pub Pride, an Ask for Clive campaign celebrating the LGBTQ+ community in LGBTQ+ inclusive venues ahead of Pride season.ย Previously Pub Pride has involved live music, drag shows, karaoke,…
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9 May
The next generation of British Asian cuisine
What made you want to set up My Lahore Chef Academy? So the reason behind it was when I studied in Bradford college. I did catering hospitality level one, level two, level three at that time, we had My Lahore already going on but it’s a very different method or…
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3 May
The โMarket Placeโ of Ideas: Reinventing the dining experience
โI think the way the industry is going and where people see casual dining, is completely changing. The fact is now you can go out with a group of friends, and all have the same experience of being somewhere but all have a completely different food and drink experience. I…
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Apr- 2023 -28 April
Fast, fresh talent: 7 tips for sourcing hospitality talent at the last minute
Businesses always aim to get their staffing right. But in catering and hospitality things can be very unpredictable: there are times when restaurants, pubs and bars need to pull in last minute staff. The upcoming Coronation of King Charles III โ and the four-day bank holiday around it โ will…
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