Mike Dalley, Chartered MCIPD

The wait is over and it’s worth it. We’re kicking off Confession 1 of 10 with Carolyn Mitchell, Partner & HR Director at Solutions Group. We asked her: “What’s one rule you’ve had to bend to make the magic happen in HR?” Here are her top three takeaways: 🖤 “We’re not the fun police. We’re the culture architects.” 📜 “Yes, I’ve bent a few rules,but always for the right reasons.” 🎤 “The job isn’t about saying no. It’s about knowing when ‘yes’ is worth it.” This is just the beginning. Stay tuned-9 more confessions to come 👀 #HR #HRfacts #SolutionsGroup #BehindSolutionsGroup #HRinSolutionsGroup #ConfessionSeries #HRConfessions #BehindTheScenes #LeadershipLessons #HRInsights #WorkplaceCulture #SayYesMore #Confessions #StayTuned

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❗❗ BREAKING: Prezzo Italian CEO launches Brava Hospitality Group The team behind Prezzo Italian has unveiled Brava Hospitality Group, a new multi-brand platform backed by Cain International and designed to manage and grow restaurant concepts across the UK. Led by CEO James Brown, Brava marks a shift from single-brand to group operator, with further concepts – both new and existing – set to join the portfolio. ⚡ Find out more on #MCA 👉 https://lnkd.in/eh4aPSEE #hospitality #restaurants #BravaHospitalityGroup #PrezzoItalian #expansion #casualdining

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We’re proud to share the latest Compass Group UK & Ireland People and Community Impact Report, which shows how our continued investment in people and our community-first approach, including the efforts of Restaurant Associates, are driving meaningful change across the country. ✨ Key highlights ✨ 🍽️ Our teams have delivered £12.1 million Social Value for 2024, an 86% increase compared to the previous year. 🍽️ CH&CO delivered a further £1.7 million. 🍽️ When including local employment figures, the collective Social Value reaches a staggering £1.1 billion. This has been measured and validated by the Social Value Portal, using its TOM System™ Framework, reporting on Work, Economy and Community themes. Guy Battle, CEO of Social Value Portal, said: “Compass Group UK & Ireland continues to raise the bar on Social Value delivery, grounded in transparent reporting through the TOM System™. Compass is setting a clear benchmark for what responsible business looks like. We’re proud to support their journey and the meaningful impact it’s making in communities across the UK.” The full report, including Restaurant Associates UK story can be read here ▶️ https://lnkd.in/e3X3jm34 #OurSocialPromise #Teamwork #SocialValue Matt Thomas, Gavin Gooddy, Victoria Marshall Chartered MCIPD, Pete Champain

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Richard Lewis, chief executive of RedCat Hospitality, the operator of The Coaching Inn Group (CIG) and RedCat Independent Pubs, has told Propel that the business has an opportunity to consolidate a fragmented coaching inn market. However, he said currently, “the expectations of people selling their businesses versus their performance and the investment required to fix them is still a little bit out of line”. 👉 For the full version of this story and to read it first sign up to the Propel email newsletter for free: https://lnkd.in/eyy_THzR

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Radisson Blu Durham Unveils Next Phase of £5 Million Refurbishment with Record Growth. Durham’s riverside hotel reveals significant uplift in bookings as it enters the next stage of its transformation - with over 80 premium rooms complete and a spa upgrade on the horizon. Read more > https://lnkd.in/eQGg-V-m #CountyDurham #NorthEast #HospitalityIndustry #BusinessGrowth #HospitalityIndustry

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Hospitality has accounted for 53% of all job losses in the UK since the Budget, our new analysis reveals. With regressive changes to employer NICs hitting hospitality seven times harder than the rest of the economy, we need to see urgent action at the Budget this autumn to stop hospitality being #TaxedOut.

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Iconic chef hits out in thinly-veiled dig at Gordon Ramsay for 'undermining industry' | Raymond Blanc's pointed criticism of Gordon Ramsay's television approach reveals something of a divide in approach to leadership in kitchens. The two-Michelin-starred chef's remarks about not wanting to see "young kids being humiliated" while "ten million morons watch" cuts deeper than celebrity rivalry—it reflects competing philosophies about developing talent. Blanc's emphasis on creating supportive environments where young chefs are "grown" rather than broken down represents a bit of a shift from traditional kitchen culture. I see this as crucial because young chefs often model their behavior on what they see celebrated in popular media. Which approach better serves our industry—supportive mentorship that builds confidence, or high-pressure confrontation that supposedly builds resilience? #CulinaryMentorship #KitchenLeadership #YoungChefs #Culinary #FineDining #ChefStyle #ChefsTalk #ChefLife #Food #Chef #Cooking #Cook #Cooks #ProfessionalChef #ProfessionalChefs #GourmetFood #Restaurant #RestaurantLife #Hotel #Hotels #HotelLife #HeadChef #HeadChefs #ExecutiveChef #ExecutiveChefs #CorporateChef #CorporateChefs Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/45LmzAL

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“I want to do stuff for hospitality. I want to create more childcare, more healthcare access — selfishly, all the things that have affected me as a chef and as a boss…I'm all about the 12 or 14 hour shifts, but I'm also all about, 'Your kid is sick, take the next four days off.’” —Chef Tristen Epps Top Chef winner Tristen Epps is reimagining food—and what leadership in hospitality can look like. Epps recently shared his vision with Food & Wine: a Michelin-starred Afro-Caribbean restaurant and an industry where no one has to choose between their shift and their sick kid. At Moms First, we couldn’t agree more. In an industry driven by round-the-clock workers, unpredictable schedules, and high turnover, flexibility and access to child care can transform workplaces for the better. That’s why we’ve been working to bring this conversation to kitchens across the country. In March, we hosted a fireside chat at the MAPP Impact + Womens Hospitality Initiative Leadership Conference in Las Vegas, where small business owner Molly Moon Neitzel shared that offering child care benefits yielded a 128% ROI using our calculator. From that momentum, we launched a cohort of small- and medium-sized businesses in hospitality to explore real-world, right-sized care benefits. Many leaders had never considered that this was something within reach—until we made the business case clear. And this spring, three of those restaurant leaders joined us on the Hill to advocate for policies that support working families. Their voices helped move the needle on expanding the tax credit for child care and shaping new provisions in Section 45F for small businesses. Seeing chefs like Tristen Epps carry this mission forward makes us even more hopeful for the future of care in hospitality. Let’s keep building an industry—and an economy—that works for the people who power it. ✍️ by Kat Kinsman

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