The Springboard Charity
This coverage focuses on the work of the hospitality sector’s leading skills and employability charity, with updates on training initiatives, industry partnerships, fundraising, and workforce development programmes. Hospitality professionals will find insights into how the organisation supports recruitment, retention, and skills growth across restaurants, pubs, hotels, and catering businesses, alongside coverage of events, campaigns, and collaborations that address staffing challenges in the UK foodservice trade.
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Mar- 2025 -24 MarchPeople
Allister Richards appointed chair of The Springboard Charity
The Springboard Charity has announced the appointment of Allister Richards, chief operating officer of CH&Co, as its new chair. Richards takes over from Alastair Storey, who has led the charity’s board since 2019, overseeing its growth and impact as it expanded its reach to support those entering the hospitality industry.…
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Mar- 2019 -6 MarchOpinion
How the hospitality industry can protect its future
Current political, economic and social factors are all casting a degree of uncertainty over the hospitality industry. For instance, there isn’t a business within the sector that’s not affected by staff shortages and ambiguity surrounding Brexit – it’s certainly a testing time for operators looking to safeguard for the future.…
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Jun- 2018 -15 JuneEducation
Sixteen unemployed Londoners graduate from Hospitality Futures programme
Sixteen unemployed Londoners have been offered the chance of a career in the hospitality industry, due to an initiative funded by Solidarity AccorHotels, an endowment fund set up by the hotel group. The fund aims to help fight economic and social exclusion of people at risk of poverty by improving…
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