Game changer by Martin Wolstencroft

29th March 2019

Game changer by Martin Wolstencroft

Live sport in pubs has come a long way during my time in the sector, particularly in the two decades since I co-founded Arc Inspirations. Before then a sports pub amounted to a community boozer with a sticky carpet and smoke-filled bar full of blokes – probably wearing football tops – that had a dusty television in the corner.

Investment in sports coverage by the major broadcasters in tandem with advances in audio-visual technology has meant people can now enjoy a superb, immersive viewing experience from the comfort of their own sofa. As operators, our venues need to match that experience at the very least and offer compelling reasons for people to keep returning. Customer expectations have clearly increased. People think carefully about where to spend their money when eating, drinking and watching sport – they want venues that can provide high-quality, memorable moments.

Freelance at The Recruitment Room

20th March 2019

We are aiming to be a high quality freelance operator only using fully validated candidates in order to provide the level of service that our customers have become accustomed to from The Recruitment Room over the past 15 Years.

The Recruitment Room Freelance Desk are looking for Chefs at all levels and Front of House Professionals including Managers in specialist areas, for example operations and service delivery, training, sales/marketing, HR, Business Development, and IT all with previous hospitality experience. These front of house candidates would be more on a contractual/interim recruitment basis to work on set projects for the restaurant, or to cover long term sickness and maternity cover roles etc. to join our freelance team.

Vegan State

1st March 2019

Vegan state by Glynn Davis

For a business best known for its steak slice and traditional sausage rolls, it has been a remarkable turn of events this past couple of months for bakery chain Greggs. Its launch of a vegan sausage roll as part of the Veganuary trend has helped the company enjoy what it describes as an “exceptionally strong start” to the current year.

There is no doubt Greggs was jumping on the vegan bandwagon when it pitched such a product to the growing number of people adopting a vegan diet or flexitarian approach but with a bit of celebrity recognition, demand for its Quorn-based vegan sausage roll went off the charts.