Ufi Ibrahim

  • Scotland announces new job opportunity creation for 16-24 year olds

    REPRESENTATIVES FROM over 75 Scottish businesses will meet at Glasgow’s Marriott Hotel on October 22nd 2014 to pledge job opportunities, apprenticeships and work placements for young job seekers and the long term unemployed in The Big Hospitality Conversation.    … Read More

  • BHA expressed budget cut concerns

    FOLLOWING ITS annual summit the British Hospitality Association (BHA) has voiced its concerns over proposed funding cuts to UK tourism.   The BHA is calling on the Government to halt cuts to VisitBritain’s budget, which they estimate has already seen… Read More

  • Hospitality can deliver 300,000 new jobs

    HOSPITALITY AND tourism now accounts for over 10% of the UK’s workforce and is the fourth largest employing industry in the UK, according to new research published today.                        … Read More

  • Caterers criticised in horse meat scandal

    LABOUR HAS criticised the reaction of caterers and the hospitality sector to the horse meat scandal.   While the retailers have reacted with “speed” following the discoveries of horse and pork meat in beef products, shadow environment secretary Mary Creagh… Read More

  • “Big Conversation” kicks off

    THE HOSPITALITY and tourism industry is pledging to reduce youth unemployment by encouraging work placements, apprenticeships and job opportunities across the industry during the next three years.   The British Hospitality Association’s “Big Conversation for Hospitality”, launched in London on… Read More

  • FootprintFeature: Opening the kitchen doors

    AGAINST A background of job shortages and rising university fees, the foodservice sector is an increasingly attractive option for young talent from the UK, writes Nick Hughes.   Convincing young, homegrown talent to consider a career in the foodservice sector has… Read More

  • New pledges for RD

    THREE NEW salt pledges, specifically focused on the catering sector, have been announced by the Department of Health (DH).   The pledges, which are part of the Government’s much-hyped Responsibility Deal on health, will encourage more companies to make their… Read More