Apprenticeships
Coverage explores how restaurants, pubs, contract caterers, and hospitality groups across the UK are using apprenticeships to develop talent, improve retention, and address skills shortages. Reporting includes updates on levy-funded training programmes, partnerships with providers, chef and front-of-house schemes, and government policy affecting apprenticeship uptake. Insight is tailored for HR leaders, operators, and learning & development teams focused on structured career pathways and building future workforce capacity.
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Nov- 2025 -26 NovemberGovernment
BUDGET: Income tax bands frozen, minimum wage to increase, NI-exempt pension threshold scrapped
Income tax and NI thresholds will be frozen while the minimum wage will rise by 50p from April 2026, the chancellor Rachel Reeves said in her Autumn Budget statement today. Reeves announced a series of tax changes in other areas, including salary-sacrificed NI contributions on pensions, as part of measures…
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Aug- 2025 -14 AugustEducation
UKH unveils new apprentice programme
UKHospitality has unveiled the Hospitality Graduate Apprenticeship Programme for A Level, T Level and Level 3 Vocational Technical Qualifications (VTQs) graduates. Launching this September, the five-year, work-based programme is designed to create a pipeline of future hospitality leaders, offering an alternative to the traditional graduate route. The five year programme…
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Jul- 2025 -15 JulyPubs and Bars
Rates change could free millions for growth, Greene King finds
Greene King has called on the government to overhaul business rates in the Autumn Budget, claiming its proposals could release £13.7m for investment in its pubs and communities. It comes as the pub company published a report earlier this week that set out the financial pressures facing the sector, including…
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Mar- 2025 -12 MarchGovernment
UKH calls for delay to employer NICs threshold changes
UKHospitality has called for the government to delay the reduction in the employer NICs threshold after hospitality business confidence hit a two-year low. Only 14% of businesses feel optimistic about the hospitality market, according to research from CGA by NIQ’s Business Confidence survey. UKH claimed that the change to employer…
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Feb- 2025 -11 FebruaryEducation
UKH welcomes new apprenticeship changes
UKHospitality has praised two key changes to apprenticeships announced by the Department for Education. Under the changes the minimum duration of an apprenticeship will be reduced to eight months, down from the current minimum of 12 months. Furthermore, businesses will be able to decide whether adult learners over the age…
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Nov- 2024 -19 NovemberRestaurants
Nando’s expands career development offering
Nando’s has officially launched its apprenticeship programme in Scotland, opening applications for Level 2 to Level 5 apprenticeships to offer a full career pathway in the hospitality industry. It comes as the restaurant chain has also launched its Level 5 apprenticeship in England, meaning Nando’s now offers an apprenticeship pathway…
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15 NovemberCatering Companies
Compass teams up with Street League to create jobs for the future
Compass Group UK and Ireland, the UK’s largest food and services provider, and Street League have teamed up to create learning and job opportunities for young unemployed people, aimed at giving them skills for future success. Street League uses sport to tackle poverty and give young people opportunities to succeed…
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8 NovemberAnalysis
Will rates relief cuts undermine IfATE’s hospitality skills plan?
The hospitality industry is essential to the UK’s national economy and culture, and as such, apprenticeships have emerged as one of the vital ways to best equip workers with the skills they need in a sector where practical experience and a person’s attitude mean everything. A recent report by the…
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Oct- 2024 -9 OctoberCatering Companies
Compass Group UK&I generates £2bn of Social Value in three years
Compass Group UK and Ireland has generated £2.14bn in Social and Local Economic Value since 2021, measured and validated by Social Value Portal. In 2023 a Social and Local Economic Value of £838.1m was achieved (an increase of 42% from £591m in 2021) as a result of the company employing…
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Mar- 2024 -19 MarchEducation
Government to fully fund small business apprenticeships
The Government has announced that it is set to fully fund apprenticeships in small businesses from 1 April by paying the full cost of training for anyone up to the age of 21. Furthermore, large employers who pay the apprenticeship levy will now be able to transfer half of their…
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