Category: Hospitality

Microchipping – To be or should not be?

The Wisconsin based tech company Three Square Market made headlines a few weeks ago when they became the first company in the US to microchip their employees. 50 out of 80 of their workers have agreed to allow their employer to ‘microchip’ them. Anyone with visions out of a sci-fi where humans go under the […]

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How Voluntary Overtime Affects Holiday Pay

The Case Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council v Willetts and ors The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) upheld a tribunal’s decision that regular payments for voluntary overtime should be taken into account when calculating employee’s holiday pay. In this case, 56 employees who were ‘Quick Response Operatives’ (plumbers, roofers and similar tradesmen) working for the Council worked […]

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Social media misconduct; dismissal harsh but fair

Social media can play a big part in our day to day lives; however do we ever stop and think what impact our social media can have on our jobs? Well for one woman (Mrs Plant), her Facebook made a big impact on her job. Mrs Plant had been a machinery operator for 17 years […]

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Getting clever with coffee

As a total and utter coffee addict -and a bit of a coffee snob to boot- I was fascinated by this piece in Big Hospitality, covering some of the best coffee innovations in the industry. Here are five ways in which the smartest operators in the business are bringing new offerings to the market. Coffee […]

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New easyHotel for Summertown

A new easyHotel is set to open in Summertown in 2019. Quite what nearby residents feel about this I don’t know but it is good news for Oxford in terms of increasing accommodation options for visitors. Coming after the opening of the new Westgate centre and a number of other new hotels in the centre […]

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Businesses: Avoid reputational damage with this 3 measures

In this Internet age, news travels fast. Bad news travels even faster.  Protecting your business’ reputation is therefore ever the more important, and you can bolster your chances of avoiding damage to your business’ reputation with these 3 measures (of course, this is not an exhaustive list): 1) Have a clear social media policy Plant […]

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Muddy Stilettos all over this Oxford Hotel

Congratulations to our neighbour just a few streets away The Vanbrugh Hotel who have been awarded the Best Boutique Stay award in the prestigious Muddy Stilettos Awards 2017.  The lack of hotel accommodation at all in oxford, let alone ones you can really recommend to friends, family and clients, is a really well documented problem […]

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Employment Fair…? Employers beware!

Having given a talk with Prisca Bradley, our Head of Employment, on top tips for hiring an employee, I was reminded that an ’employment fair’ took place in the Oxford Town Hall yesterday. Word on the street is that the new Westgate Centre complex will attract over 3000 jobs to the area. From an employment […]

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