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Hospitality needs more recognition – WSH chief

THE MOST powerful person in UK hospitality has claimed that the sector doesn’t get enough recognition and must do more to support British farmers.                   Alastair Storey, chairman and chief executive of Westbury Street Holdings (WSH), the holding company of leading independent hospitality and retail companies such [...]

1,000 new jobs in hospitality

SOME OF London’s top hotels have combined forces to pledge over 1,000 new job opportunities for young people by 2015. The roles will be a mix of work experience, apprenticeships and full-time jobs for 16-24 year olds.                     The pledges are part of the British Hospitality [...]

Thought Leaders & Innovators Conference & Partnering Event Report

Thought Leaders & Innovators Conference & Partnering Event Report

THE BRITISH food industry must boost innovation in order to improve productivity, but sustainably. This was one of the key points made by Lord Carter of Coles in his talk “Innovation in Agriculture and Food”.   He was speaking at the first ever Thought Leaders and Innovators Conference and Partnering Event, organised by Footprint Forum in [...]

Schedule announced: Thought Leaders & Innovators Conference & Partnering Event

Thought Leaders & Innovators Conference and Partnering Event is a new style of event. Plenary content will be in bite size ‘twitter’ style chunks. TL&I will have one overarching theme of innovation. (See list of speakers and schedule below)                     Thought Leaders & Innovators is a [...]