HIT Training
Reporting on workforce development, apprenticeships, and skills programmes delivered by a leading UK training provider focused on the hospitality and F&B sectors. This section covers employer partnerships, government-funded training schemes, curriculum updates, and sector-specific qualifications, offering insight for operators, HR teams, and chefs investing in talent retention, compliance, and long-term staff development.
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Sep- 2018 -18 SeptemberAdvice
Facing up to the skills shortage with apprenticeships
The UK hospitality industry is facing what some experts call a ‘dire skills shortage’. In 2018 alone, up to 375,000 positions need to be filled and in restaurants and bars in particular, there are more than 125,000 roles vacant. To add to this, it’s predicted we will lose one million…
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Aug- 2018 -24 AugustFeatures
The changing face of apprenticeships
In light of GCSE results day (23 August 2018), there will be many school leavers across the country deciding what their next steps will be. With university graduates racking up debts of £50k on average, and no guaranteed job to show for it, apprenticeships are growing in favour as an…
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13 AugustEducation
HIT Training launches new qualification for health and social care sector
HIT Training has become the first training provider to launch a Level 2 Award in Professional Cookery in Health and Social Care. The company will be working in partnership with St Andrew’s Healthcare to deliver it to an initial cohort of learners. The qualification, which is specifically for people who…
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Jul- 2018 -30 JulyFeatures
The Apprenticeship Levy – one year on
Following a year of the Apprenticeship Levy, the government initiative to fund three million places for apprentices by 2020, Jill Whittaker, managing director at HIT Training, reflects on its impact, what the future holds for apprenticeships in the UK and what opportunities this opens for the hospitality sector “For some…
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Jun- 2018 -12 JuneAwards & Events
Adam Leyland Simpson wins HIT Training’s Apprentice MasterChef competition
Adam Leyland Simpson, 25, has won the HIT Training’s Apprentice MasterChef in a competition which was held on 6 June at Central Street Cookery School in St Luke’s. The competition’s finalists had to create a ‘stand-out dish’ in 60 minutes and produce four plates of their own signature dish within…
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7 JuneEducation
HIT Training launches hospitality academy
HIT Training, the apprenticeship provider for the hospitality sector, has launched the ‘HIT Hospitality Academy’ as a new initiative to enhance hospitality service. The academy offers ‘high-quality training’ provided by a practical programme focused on delivering customer service, which, according to academy principal Jeremy Scorer, will lead to growing levels…
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Mar- 2018 -22 MarchPeople
HIT Training launches STAR with CPL
Training providers HIT Training and CPL Training have teamed up to launch a new virtual learning environment, providing on-the-go access to high-quality learning facilities for hospitality apprentices. STAR, which stands for Support Training Assessment Resources, is the first of its kind in the apprenticeship training industry and has been built…
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