Hospitality Rising

Hospitality Rising hits 100,000 job applications

Hospitality Rising has attracted over 100,000 job applications, less than six months after the official campaign launched. It comes after the ‘Rise Fast, Work Young’ campaign, which targets 16 to 30-year-olds, exceeded 55,000 applications in February. The ‘Rise Fast, Work Young’ campaign launched last October in a bid to fix…

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Hospitality Rising hits 55k job applications a year after launch

The hospitality recruitment initiative, Hospitality Rising, has announced that its ‘Rise Fast, Work Young’ campaign has generated some 55,000 applications to fill job vacancies within the sector a year after its launch.  At the same time, the campaign also reached almost 10 million impressions on TikTok.  ‘Rise Fast, Work Young’,…

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Adam Hyman on the Happiness in Hospitality 2022 report

What is your background in hospitality and can you tell us a little bit about your career progression?  I don’t have an official hospitality background so to speak; like a lot of people, I have dabbled in working in restaurants and pubs growing up. I studied and worked in commercial…

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1 in 9 hospitality roles remain vacant despite recruitment efforts

One in nine hospitality jobs remain vacant despite some recent improvements in recruitment, according to new findings from CGA by NielsenIQ and Fourth. Their October Business Confidence Survey found that 11% of roles are still vacant, a figure that is level with the last survey three months ago, but down…

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Hospitality sector urges govt to tackle recruitment crisis

UKHospitality, the BBPA, BII, the Institute of Hospitality and charity Springboard, have addressed MP Mel Stride in a joint letter calling on the minister’s support in an industry-wide recruitment campaign.  The hospitality industry’s letter follows a survey that showed the current vacancy rate for hospitality businesses stands at 11% compared…

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Zonal joins firms backing recruitment drive Hospitality Rising

Hospitality technology provider Zonal has become the latest firm to back a major recruitment campaign, Hospitality Rising. Zonal is joining other businesses in supporting the collaborative campaign, including Whitbread, Pret a Manger, Welcome Break, Revolution, Vapiano, Hilton and Hawksmoor. By encouraging venues and brands to pledge £10 for each employee,…

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Catering industry prepares to visit the Casual Dining show this September

Casual Dining – the only UK trade show dedicated to the casual dining sector is returning to ExCeL London on 16-17 September.  The industry show for the hospitality sector will once again co-locate with sister shows lunch! – the definitive event for cafés, coffee shops and food-to-go and Commercial Kitchen…

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Hospitality suffers £115bn loss amid Covid damage

The hospitality industry has suffered a £115bn loss over the last two years due to Covid-19 as the sector was “hit first and hit hardest” by the pandemic, UKHospitality has said. According to its data, the sector has racked-up a loss of £114.8bn sales compared to what was expected for…

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