All People articles
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Analysis & InsightInclusivity in the workplace: ‘It’s ok for leaders to show vulnerability’
With leadership setting the tone for inclusion and diversity in the workplace, training is key for the senior team as much as it is for the wider workforce, Hayley Whitfield, people director, Pizza Pilgrims, has suggested.
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NewsWahaca makes CEO promotion as it seeks fresh investment
Former MD Gemma Glasson has been appointed chief executive of the Mexican restaurant group, which is seeking an injection of new capital as it looks to expand.
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Analysis & InsightHow Flat Iron achieved a significant reduction in staff turnover
The steak restaurant group has reduced its staff turnover by 50% over the past two years, after listening to team members’ calls for improved workplace benefits, head of people Gina Knight shares
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NewsMark Brooke steps down as CEO of Amber Taverns
The pub company said Brooke steps down by mutual agreement with the board and investors, less than one year after assuming the CEO role in August 2025
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NewsDomino’s announces senior team changes
Former Marston’s CEO and CFO Andrew Andrea has now assumed his role as CFO at the pizza delivery business, while CMO Sarah Barron has been promoted as part of Domino’s focus on achieving its FY26 strategic priorities.
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NewsGreene King announces new estate strategy
The restructure of its managed estate will see around 150 managed pubs converted to leased and tenanted or franchise, and around the same number evaluated for a potential sale. Separately, Zoe Bowley has decided to step down as managing director of Greene King Pubs
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NewsRené Redzepi resigns from Noma
Following allegations of physical and psychological abuse, Redzepi has stepped down from the acclaimed restaurant team as it launches its LA residency
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NewsSarah Sergeant to step down from Young’s board
Sergeant, who was appointed an independent non-executive director in 2023, will step down from her role on 31 March, with the search for her replacement underway
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NewsPizza Pilgrims hires new property director
Adrian Vickery joins the pizzeria business from Azzurri Group, where he spent 11 years across various property roles
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NewsNew chair at SSP Group
Andrew Martin joins with extensive experience across the global consumer, travel, hospitality, and support services sectors, currently serving as chair of Intertek Group
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NewsChris Burford returns to Leon as CFO
Burford, who first joined the business in 2014, returns to work with John Vincent as part of a broader effort to reunite key figures who shaped the brand’s original success
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NewsRob Cooper joins Boxpark as CFO
Cooper will lead the hospitality and leisure group’s financial strategy and support its next phase of growth, replacing Chris Burford
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NewsKaren Bosher takes up NED role at Luminary Bakery
The social enterprise bakery’s work supporting women to build skills, confidence and financial independence “is both commercially credible and deeply human”, Bosher said.
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NewsChancellor set to backtrack on minimum wage pledge
The government had been planning to scrap the youth rate but pressure from business groups and warnings from the OBR on unemployment rates look set to see these plans watered down.
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NewsBlack Sheep Coffee promotes Isobel Childs to chief growth officer
Childs will lead global expansion across franchising and property after working with the coffee shop business for nearly eight years, most recently as EMEA growth director and chief of staff
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Analysis & InsightTen of the most influential women leaders in hospitality
In celebration of International Women’s Day, MCA shines a light on some of the women leading the way in hospitality and asks how the sector can better the status quo on female leadership, in a special article sponsored by Carlsberg Britvic
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NewsMinimum wage ‘doing more harm than good’
JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin, Big Table Group CEO Alan Morgan and Butcombe Group CEO Jonathan Lawson speak out about the impact minimum wage rises is having on business.
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NewsGovernment considers ditching minimum wage pledge
Labour ministers are considering ditching the party’s manifesto pledge to pay young people the same national minimum wage as older workers, amid record youth employment figures
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EventsBuilding truly inclusive cultures: MCA to host diversity webinar
Join us on 18 March for an in-depth webinar exploring how hospitality businesses can move beyond box ticking on diversity, with speakers from Caravan, Pizza Pilgrims, Flat Iron and sponsor Carlsberg Britvic
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Analysis & InsightHow hospitality is embracing employees with learning disabilities
Brands such as Chopstix and Pizza Pilgrims have been working to offer some of the 1.3 million people in England with learning disabilities meaningful employment. MCA explores the barriers those with additional needs face, and the benefits of more inclusive and supportive hiring practices