All People articles – Page 18
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NewsGreene King sees record number of tenant applications
Greene King has recorded its highest ever number of new tenant applications this Summer, despite the impact of the coronavirus crisis. Across June, July and August, 254 people got in touch with Greene King Pub Partners wanting to run their own pub, more than double the same period in 2019. The pubco has also revealed that even in the height of lockdown, between 24 March and 22 June, there were 108 new unique applications.
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NewsDomino’s announces board appointments
Domino’s Pizza Group has appointed two new non-executive directors to its board, while made interim CFO Neil Smith’s role permanent.
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NewsTasty completes workforce cut back, continues to explore cost-cutting options
Wildwood operator Tasty has completed the process of reducing its workforce by 32%, making 284 staff redundant.
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InterviewsSessions Market: ‘Covid allows us to shape the concept over time’
Launching a food hall business during a global pandemic might not seem like good fortune, but Dan Warne still counts himself lucky in the circumstances.
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NewsWhitbread to cut 250 jobs
Whitbread may cut 250 head office jobs as part of a proposed restructuring, the hotel and restaurant operator has announced.
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NewsFernandez leaves Yo!
Yo! marketing director Luisa Fernandez has left the Japanese brand to join Universal Music Group.
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NewsAbokado MD steps down
Abokado managing director Kara Alderin has stepped down to take a role with a national pub group.
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NewsGiggling Squid appoints Backhouse
Giggling Squid has appointed Nick Backhouse, a senior independent advisor to Loungers, as a director. Backhouse is also a senior independent advisor to Hollywood Bowl, and was a non-executive director of Marston’s for six years. Nick Backhouse replaces Simon Kossoff, who stepped down as chairman in August 2019 after four ...
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NewsTasty slashes third of workforce
Wildwood operator Tasty is making 284 staff redundant, around 32% of its workforce.
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News1m staff due back to work in July
Almost one million hospitality staff are expected to be back in work before the end of July, according to a new survey by UKHospitality.
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NewsCrushh appoints former Brakes director as CEO
Crussh, the healthy eating brand and juice bar, has appointed Simon Foster as CEO to lead its re-start and navigate the next stage of development.
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NewsBandura joins Gusto Italian
Former Carluccio’s and Gaucho chief financial officer Frank Bandura has joined Gusto Italian as interim CFO.
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NewsRichard Caring: Hospitality faces wave of redundancies once furlough ends
Richard Caring has warned that Boris Johnson’s “weakness and indecision” on reopening restaurants, pubs and cafes will cost more than two million workers their jobs.
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NewsStonegate’s Nick Rockell dies
Stonegate Pub Company property director Nick Rockell has passed away.
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InterviewsHugh Osmond: ‘Do we really think we can socially distance forever?’
Hugh Osmond is already a known lockdown sceptic, having written more than a month ago of his fears that the drastic measures could cause more deaths than the coronavirus itself.
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NewsHush CEO Jamie Barber: Post-furlough redundancy costs will bite operators
Operators need to consider reducing the size of their teams before the furlough scheme ends, Jamie Barber, Hush Brasseries CEO, has said.
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NewsGreene King launches employee support fund
Greene King has launched an employee support fund in partnership with the Licensed Trade Charity, to help workers affected by the coronavirus crisis.
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NewsTronc not part of JRS: ‘This is disastrous’
Employers cannot include tronc when claiming under jobs retention scheme, in what will be a major blow to furloughed hospitality staff, the government has clarified.
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NewsEight in ten staff furloughed
Eight in 10 workers in the UK hospitality industry have now been furloughed, according to a survey from the Office for National Statistics.