Rubbermaid Commercial Products (RCP) has issued a manifesto extending the scope of its award-winning Love Recycling initiative to support businesses wanting to improve recycling and waste management practices. The manifesto is a call to action for businesses to be leaders…
Hotel operators around the UK are hoping for a summer staycation boom and this is set to provide jobs for many in the sector. The Bristol Hoteliers Association, for instance, representing some 40 hotels there, expects more than 500 people…
This summer’s Hospitality Action fundraising campaign has been announced – a 30,000 miles plus challenge. Named To Hell and Back, that distance would take us to four actual hells on earth: towns called Hell in California, Michigan and Norway; and…
It’s not all doom and gloom, Sue Bromley discovers, as projects in the pipeline will lead to the return of some lost housekeeping roles and even create new ones. There is no getting away from the fact that these are…
For the past five years most have us have known CleanConscience as the charity set up by Gwen Powell which collects, processes and repackages unused hotel toiletries and, with partner charities, distributes them to people in need. It means a…
Tzveta Ivanova, Executive Housekeeper at London’s Milestone Hotel, is taking positive steps as she kickstarts 2021 in Running off Christmas. Ivanova’s running 31 miles through January to raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity (GOSH Charity). Whatever the…
At a time when we’ve had to remove from rooms so many of the items that create a ‘home from home’ experience, some little extras can help. It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are…
Vision was quick to react when Covid-19 hit in March and sent staff home to work remotely. The majority of UK head office teams and in the European office, continue to work remotely some eight months later for a company…
Five industry organisations have come together to launch CareerScope, a free service supporting those who have lost their job due to COVID-19 and are keen to get back into work, as well as those looking to start their career in…
Budget hotel chain Travelodge has kept open some 200 properties during lockdown to provide accommodation for guests exempt from restrictions who need to travel for work, local authorities, and other key workers allowed to stay overnight. Earlier this year the…