The hospitality industry has traditionally been a workplace with high staff turnover. Being seasonal and involving shift work, hospitality jobs are popular with students and travelers. As far as hospitality industry training is concerned, the key, often, is to have system in place that requires minimum training of transient staff. But that only puts more […]

There is a lot of competition in the restaurants space, and if you include fast food and franchise businesses, the numbers nearly double in size. So how do you stand out in such a crowded and competitive space? The answer is having a strong restaurant brand. In fact, you’re probably already aware of the restaurants […]

Performing a bar stock take in the licensed premises helps to reduce stock shrinkage and maintain your businesses gross profit. The pub trade is a very liquid industry so keeping a close eye on your stock is vital. A good stocktakers will be able to tell you the extent of your stock short falls and […]

Managers in the hospitality industry should understand marketing and branding. Hospitality marketing prepares future managers with the knowledge needed to ensure that their company, whether it is a well established hotel or a new restaurant, understands the way consumers think. This is extremely important, because the consumer drives the hospitality industry. Understanding the mind of […]

Every summer the Irish pub already creates 12,000 seasonal jobs VFI research outlines how an additional 5,000 seasonal jobs are expected to be created this summer. This means a total of 17,000 jobs are set to be created this summer Rising tourism numbers are generating this seasonal employment Publicans at the 2016 VFI AGM call […]