Hospitality

Last month, Facilitate reported on how catering and hospitality experts are warning of staffing shortages in the coming year as the consequences of a global pandemic and Brexit hit the sectors. Where are gaps and how can they be filled?

Elior UK has been awarded a new five-year contract worth £13 million by Birmingham City FC to become the club’s catering partner.

Contract catering is not as rife with labour abuse and exploitation as other areas of hospitality, according to a consultant responding to a report about the topic.

The hospitality sector is a high-risk sector for labour abuse and exploitation, according to comprehensive new research by a research and policy body.

Compass Group hospitality firm Keith Prowse has won a three-year extension to its contract with the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club at Wimbledon.

Experts in catering and hospitality are warning of staffing shortages in the coming year as the consequences of a global pandemic and Brexit hit the sectors.

Compass Group subsidiary Restaurant Associates Venues has secured the contract to provide catering and hospitality services at London’s Imperial War Museum. 

1711 by Ascot – a joint venture between Ascot Racecourse and Sodexo Sport & Leisure – is catering at this week’s five-day Royal Ascot horse racing festival (15-19 June) for crowds of up to 12,000 a day as part of the government’s Events Research Programme.

Levy UK + Ireland, the sports and hospitality arm of the Compass Group, has partnered with Watford Football Club.

IPM Group has struck a new multi-year deal with Rotherham United Football Club, becoming the club’s stadium FM partner.

Newbury Racecourse has chosen Levy UK + I, the sports and hospitality arm of Compass Group, as its official catering and hospitality partner. 

London’s mayor Sadiq Khan needs to tackle the low pay and zero hours culture in the capital’s hospitality sector, if hotels, restaurants and pubs are to thrive post-pandemic, a trade union has said.