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  • Foodservice Footprint 2015Footprint152-300x200 Migrant report welcomed by hospitality trade Foodservice News and Information Out of Home sector news  Ufi Inbrahim news-email Migrant Workers BHA Amber Rudd

    Migrant report welcomed by hospitality trade

    The British Hospitality Association has welcomed the government’s announcement that it will commission a report into the contribution EU nationals make to the UK economy and society. The trade body has previously warned that the hospitality and tourism sector faces… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint FPT2014062 BHA launches drive to recruit UK workers Foodservice News and Information Out of Home sector news  news-email KPMG Dave Turnball BHA

    BHA launches drive to recruit UK workers

    The hospitality industry has launched a new plan to reduce its dependence on EU workers in the wake of Brexit. The British Hospitality Association’s ten year strategy focuses on encouraging three distinct sections of the UK population to find work… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint WEB_284107 UK misses sustainable palm oil target Foodservice News and Information Out of Home sector news  WWF news-email Emma Keller DEFRA CSPO BHA

    UK misses sustainable palm oil target

    The UK has failed to meet a target to achieve 100% sourcing of “credibly certified sustainable palm oil” by the end of 2015. Figures just released by DEFRA show that 87% of imports were RSPO certified by the end of… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint Unknown-14 Spider-Man’s power and sticking up for foodservice. Next Green Thing  Public Health England Michael Gove IGD Ian Wright Footprint Forum FDF BRC BHA Beverley Knight

    Spider-Man’s power and sticking up for foodservice.

    IGD has forecast that the food-to-go market is set to rocket in the next five years. Sales will hit £21.7 billion by 2021, compared with a meagre £16.1 billion this year. There will be more options at supermarkets and garage… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint Analysis-1 Second chance for the slackers My Viewpoint  Subway Sodexo Public Health Responsibility Deal Obesity Strategy Nick Hughes Compass BHA

    Second chance for the slackers

    The government is again asking businesses to take a voluntary approach to obesity. Will the Childhood Obesity Plan succeed where the Responsibility Deal failed? By Nick Hughes. The dog that has not barked properly in the whole obesity debate.” That… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint CAG0750 BHA boss issues Brexit labour warning Foodservice News and Information Out of Home sector news  VAT Ufi Ibrahim news-email Brexit BHA

    BHA boss issues Brexit labour warning

    The head of the BHA has warned that any clampdown on immigration post-Brexit risks pushing foodservice and hospitality businesses “off a cliff edge”. Ufi Ibrahim told The Mail on Sunday it would not be possible simply to replace the 700,000… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint FPT2014054-300x199 Industry steels itself for Brexit fallout Out of Home News Analysis  NFU news-email Ian Wright Helen Dickinson FDF CAP Brexit BRC BHA

    Industry steels itself for Brexit fallout

    A week has passed since the British public voted to leave the European Union, triggering in the process a political earthquake of epic proportions. Inevitably, perhaps, the fallout from Brexit has thus far been largely dominated by internal party politics,… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint Unknown-5 Brexit? No way say hospitality bosses Foodservice News and Information Out of Home sector news  Referendum EU BHA

    Brexit? No way say hospitality bosses

    Almost three quarters (74%) of hospitality bosses will vote to remain in the EU given that membership of the bloc “suits the nature of many businesses in the sector”. The survey, carried out as part of the “Leading through complexity”… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint peanuturticaria_8 Food firms told to heed nut tragedy lessons Grocery sector news updates Out of Home sector news  RSPH Royal Society for Public Health Paul Wilson news-email Mohammed Zaman Dr Lisa Ackerley BHA

    Food firms told to heed nut tragedy lessons

    Food businesses have been urged to resist the temptation to cut costs by buying cheap ingredients after a restaurateur was found guilty of manslaughter following the death of a customer from an allergic nut reaction. Paul Wilson explicitly asked for… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint shutterstock_306817844 Clampdown on unfair tipping practices Foodservice News and Information Out of Home sector news  tipping Sajid Javid news-email BHA

    Clampdown on unfair tipping practices

    The government has revealed new plans to help foodservice and hospitality workers keep their tips. The proposals, within a consultation launched this week, include a possible ban on adding a discretionary service charge to bills. The government also wants to… Read More