Features

The latest exclusive features, from industry figures and the business journalists at Catering Today. We bring you the latest on what’s happening in the restaurants, bars and catering industry, with exclusive stories, analysis, best practice and industry comment.

Jul- 2021 -

21 July

Fixing the staffing shortage goes beyond changing self-isolation rules

It’s not new news, the hospitality sector is facing a staffing shortage crisis. A study conducted by CGA and Fourth last month found nine in 10 hospitality business owners expect employee shortages this coming year. Yet, the problem persists without showing any signs of letting up. With the 19 July…
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16 July

Halfords teams up with the Ice Cream Alliance

Halfords’ expert teams at its 750 outlets are providing 5-point vehicle checks and maintenance follow-ups to make sure ice cream vans are in tip-top shape ahead of what promises to be a bumper year for British getaways. The free vehicle check is available to all ice cream van operators in…
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16 July

New dispute resolution service offers fresh hope to solve bank complaints

The Business Banking Resolution Service (BBRS) launched earlier this year – what does it offer businesses in the hospitality sector? The BBRS helps medium sized businesses find solutions to unresolved complaints against their bank, providing personalised support from highly skilled and experienced dispute resolution specialists. There are around 40,000 current…
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14 July

Becoming a scalable business through successful crowdfunding

It’s one thing to identify a growing market, establish an innovative route into the sector, and reach a point of scalability, but to continually grow a startup is another ballgame completely. Crowdfunding can provide the path needed to beat that game, but also the opportunity to score an unfortunate own…
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5 July

Are apps the answer to tackling food waste in the hospitality industry?

‘Magic bags’ from the surplus food app ‘Too Good To Go’ have become something of a viral sensation across social media channels such as TikTok over the past couple of months. The 30 second videos of savvy consumers bragging about the dozens of baked goods they scored from Greggs or…
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May- 2021 -

21 May

Ensure your guests remain charged

It is nearing summer 2021 and we can see how industries have been impacted by the world events so far. Out of these testing times new ideas have been emerging especially when it comes to waves of digital innovation. As the hospitality industry is on the pathway to a full…
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Apr- 2021 -

27 April

Luxury dining in the wake of a pandemic

The taste of widely delicious food, a hypnotising tinkle of jazz piano and the reassuring pop of a bottle of the finest red – the luxury dining experience seems, for many of us, a distant memory. However, with vaccine production and distribution well and truly underway, this indulgent practice might…
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26 April

Restaurant Collective issues call to arms to champion, support and save the nation’s independent restaurants

The restaurant sector has been one of the very hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. Industry data shows that there are around 3,000 fewer restaurants than there were in March 2020 – which is the equivalent of eight closures every day. Since the start of this year, the trend has…
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26 April

Refugee to rising restaurant star

“I arrived in England on the back of a lorry,” says Sohail Ahmad as he reflects on his journey to the UK. His delivery may come across as blunt, but this is the best way the upcoming restaurateur and boxer can describe an experience that many adults would be unable…
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26 April

Vish and chips does not spell an end to British culinary heritage

Popular culture is often led by narratives that a generation or population is exposed to en mass, with the mass media playing a crucial role in recent times. Whether it is David Attenborough cautioning of irreversible changes to the Earth’s environment on a primetime BBC slot, or a damning exposé…
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