by Vincent Heeringa | Nov 23, 2022 | Opinion
Camille Rope and Sophie Gilmour are well known for their hospitality ventures, most famously the Bird on a Wire chain. Sophie is also the co-owner of Fatima’s Restaurants, and Camille is a chef and consultant and together they’re two-thirds of the advisory firm...
by David Wrigley | Nov 17, 2022 | News
Countdown and FIRST Union have formally signed a new collective employment agreement that will see Countdown’s supermarket team across Aotearoa receive average wage increases of 19% over the next two years. Under the new agreement, the team will receive an average...
by Editor | Oct 28, 2022 | News
At pop-up cafes in Japan, customers are served by people who stutter. A cafe or restaurant isn’t the first place you think of as a good employment fit for people who stutter. Anyone who has worked in a busy hospitality business knows that being able to...
by Editor | Aug 25, 2022 | News
As the hospitality sector grapples with ongoing pandemic impacts, a major source of stress for local businesses has come from staff and skill shortages. In a select survey of of frontline pub, restaurant and hotel workers earlier this year, some 58% of employees...
by Editor | Aug 24, 2022 | Opinion
It’s nearly years after the pandemic first impacted New Zealand, and the hospitality sector is just beginning to recover. A key survey has reported that decent work conditions are still missing from too many hospitality workplaces. Perhaps now is the time to...
