Members are invited to join us for a webinar next Friday at 10am for an update on our plans around the General Election and what it means for your business.

The election provides a fantastic opportunity to put hospitality front and centre.

Register now👇ukhospitality.org.uk/sheep_event/uk…

A huge thank you to all of the official partners for our Summer Conference on 13 June.

Expect a day filled with inspiration, innovation, and debate, with less than a month to go – get your tickets now! bit.ly/3wJyHD7

View our full response to the general election announcement: ukhospitality.org.uk/general-electi… Kate Nicholls OBE

Hospitality businesses lie at the heart of every constituency, creating places where people want to live, work and invest.

Ahead of the general election on 4 July, we need to see all political parties reflect the strategic importance of hospitality in their manifestos.

'Hospitality is more than just a growth engine, it has powerful social and community benefits.'

Allen Simpson of UKHospitality on hospitality's influence on the 10 Downing Street Farm to Fork food industry summit

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We’re back from lunch and straight into our Innovation Workshop Ideation sessions looking at opportunities in the sector on:
- Delivery of consistent customer experience
- Streamlining/ managing administrative tasks
- Dealing with production and delivery

Our final breakout sessions have started.

- Tenzo talk about how demand forecasts can help you nail productivity goals
- Capgemini Invent discuss new location strategy and planning
- OrderPay explore the transformative impact of automating administrative and routine tasks

Next up, our second round of sessions:

- S4labour on how technological innovation can help administrative efficiency
- Tenzo look at how best to make intra-day labour decisions
- AlixPartners UK talk labour management practices
- Karma Kitchen look at value proposition

The first round of Innovation Stimulation Sessions run by suppliers have kicked off.

- Zonal UK talk about the role technology plays within the customer journey
- ServoAI looking at service and AI
- Vita Mojo on order management
- Harri discussing recruitment and retention

We’ve headed into the roundtable discussions at today’s Hospitality Innovation Day.

These discussions centre round identifying key challenges in workflow productivity.

Thank you to Oxford Brookes Business School for facilitating these discussions.

We’re joined today at the Hospitality Innovation Day by Department for Business and Trade Minister of State for Enterprise, Markets and Small Business Kevin Hollinrake MP.

We are talking collaboration, innovation, and growth to tackle the labour productivity challenges the industry is facing.

Today, we’re facilitating the Hospitality Innovation Day in partnership with Department for Business and Trade and the Hospitality Sector Council.

We will be joined by 80 operators to discuss innovative solutions to enhance productivity in the hospitality industry.

The UK is home to so much talent, with millions of amazing people working in hospitality.

We're pleased that hospitality has been identified as a priority sector as part of Department for Work and Pensions's work & we're looking forward to working with the Gov't to unlock even more talent. Kate Nicholls OBE

Thank you to Dean Russell MP for highlighting our engagement in the Government's tipping legislation during a Employment (Allocation of Tips) debate in Parliament.

We've created a guide to help your business navigate the new legislation. View it here: bit.ly/4dKtjAK

Hospitality has experienced first-hand just how challenging the past 4 years have been economically, but are we beginning to see some signs of positivity in the wider economy?

Hear from KPMG's Yael Selfin at our Summer Conference.

Get your tickets 👉 bit.ly/3wJyHD7

Over the past 3 days, our Head of Commercial, Becky Keilty has been among the 50 cyclists from across the industry Pedalling 2 Pubs (Pedalling For Pubs), tackling 230km across North Devon to raise money for Licensed Trade Charity & Only A Pavement Away 👏

Donate here! bit.ly/4bkcsTS

Last year's Summer Conference was a blast, and we're less than a month away from another day full of inspiration, innovation, and networking!

Join us on June 13th, this is not one to be missed. Get your tickets now 👉 bit.ly/3wJyHD7

It's good news that hospitality is set to benefit from cutting red-tape, including making it easier to sell alcohol outside, enable more takeaway drinks and allowing cashless payment on gaming machines.

All key asks of ours and we're pleased government is acting on our concerns.