Happy First Birthday to TGI Friday’s Programme

  TGI Friday’s is celebrating the one-year anniversary of its apprenticeship programme. The on-going initiative aims to inspire team members by encouraging careers within the hospitality sector. Since the launch of the programme, 270 apprentices have been enrolled, with new team members signing up every month. Graduates of the apprenticeship are awarded with five LevelContinue reading Happy First Birthday to TGI Friday’s Programme

The BII Apprentice of the Year Award 2014

Callum Gallagher from Ramside Hall Hotel, Durham, was presented with the coveted British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) Apprentice of the Year Award. The award ceremony took place on Tuesday 13th May, in front of an audience of pub industry professionals at the BII annual lunch at Grosvenor House in London. Three years after the launchContinue reading The BII Apprentice of the Year Award 2014

Hospitality creates 25,000 jobs

The number of people out of work in the UK fell by 133,000 to a five-year low of 2.2million, in the three months to March, official figures show. The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) reported that employment in ‘accommodation and food services’ is up 5.4% year-on-year to a total of 1.573million jobs. So farContinue reading Hospitality creates 25,000 jobs

The pub & bar sector makes its mark on the Sunday Times Rich List

  The UK’s 1,000 richest have been published in the Sunday Times Rich List on Sunday 18th May 2014. The hospitality sector has again proved itself as a prosperous career path.   A handful of the hospitality business owners and operators in the Rich List:   25 = Joe Lewis: £3.35b, owns a £509m stakeContinue reading The pub & bar sector makes its mark on the Sunday Times Rich List