People
The People section on Catering Today highlights the leaders, teams, and professionals shaping the UK hospitality and catering industry. It features executive appointments, career moves, leadership insights, and profiles of influential figures across restaurants, pubs, and catering businesses. With coverage of workforce trends, recruitment, and management strategies, Catering Today provides hospitality professionals with updates and inspiration from the individuals driving innovation, growth, and excellence across the sector.
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Jul- 2018 -31 July
Vegan Society urges train caterers to improve service
The Vegan Society has announced a new campaign to improve the service to vegans provided by train caterers. Supporters of the charity have been told to contact rail companies asking them to offer vegan food and drink options on trains as part of its ‘Vegan on the Go’ campaign. The…
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26 July
Olive Tree Brasserie opens fifth site in Lytham
The director of the Olive Tree Brasserie, Dean Wilson, has selected his hometown of Lytham as next site for expansion of the Greek/Mediterranean brand. This follows the recent opening of the restaurant in the Stockton Heath area in Cheshire. Wilson has now focused on opening another 110 seater venue on…
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25 July
Hospitality businesses advised to prepare staff for violence and abuse
Some 47% of consumers have witnessed some form of abuse towards hospitality staff in pubs, restaurants, takeaways and hotels in the past three years, new research from insurer NFU Mutual has found. The abusive behaviours ranged from belittling, being patronising, cursing, shouting and physical attacks upon employees. The research also…
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24 July
Former boxer Carl Froch to open bar and nightclub
Former boxer Carl Froch is set to open his first bar and nightclub in his hometown of Nottingham on 3 August. The new establishment, named Alto will feature four bars and will also offer a selection of tapas inspired food. A rooftop terrace will offer cocktails and regular DJs. Froch…
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24 July
Frank Field report finds some Deliveroo riders ‘earning £2 per hour’
A report released today concluding a five-week investigation by MP Frank Field has found that some Deliveroo drivers are earning as little as £2 per hour. The MP demanded that Deliveroo riders were paid the minimum wage of £7.83 per hour, Field’s report said that the company kept an oversupply…
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24 July
London’s Chinatown holds protest against immigration raids
Business owners and restaurant staff will be shutting Chinatown down for five hours to protest an immigration raid which happened on 5 July and resulted in a deaf and mute woman being taken to hospital. The walk-out has been organised the London Chinatown Chinese Association (LCCA) which said that immigration…
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23 July
Deliveroo urges government to back self-employed people
Deliveroo has called for the creation of a new Charter which would allow ‘gig economy’ companies to provide benefits to riders without compromising their self-employment status. This is in response to the government’s consultation on the issue of employment status, which ran from 7 February to 1 June 2018 and…
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19 July
Gaucho closes its Cau chain causing the loss of 540 jobs
Gaucho has announced it has closed its Cau chain, cutting 540 jobs as it enters a Company Voluntary Agreement (CVA). Deloitte has been appointed by the steak firm to lead the firm through the administration process. Cau was described by Deloitte as “significantly loss-making” after three consecutive years of falling…
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19 July
The Savoy’s American Bar appoints new head bartender
The American Bar at The Savoy hotel in London has appointed Maxim Schulte as its new head bartender. Previously helping to shape Asia’s bar scene at The Ritz Carlton in Macau, Schulte, 29, will be joining the American Bar’s team on 20 August 2018. Schulte was born in Germany and…
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19 July
‘Phantom hours’ costing UK businesses £37m a week
A survey of shift workers in the retail, hospitality and leisure industries has found staff to be overstating their working hours by an average of almost half an hour a week. Staff rota scheduling firm Rotaready, which conducted the survey, said these ‘phantom hours’ are costing UK businesses as much…
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