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The British Hospitality Association (BHA) has requested a meeting with the Home Office to discuss the impact of the new immigration ruling on the UK’s restaurant sector, which is already suffering from a shortage of specialised ethnic chefs.
Ian Payne, the industry veteran who recently acquired a £373m pub package from Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) as part of the new start-up Stonegate, has resigned as chairman of both the Bay Restaurant Group and the Town & City Pub Company.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is encouraging local authorities to adopt its new national Food Hygiene Ratings System (FHRS), launched today at Bluewater shopping centre, to reduce the number of annual food poisoning cases.