Venues aim to recruit after Covid but face lack of supply of skilled people from the EUThe hospitality industry is facing a staffing crisis as restaurants and pubs say that up to a quarter of those employed before the Covid-19 pandemic will not return.The UK’s largest listed pub group, Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), has lost 9,000 of its 39,000 staff since last year; D&D, the owner of...
M&S moves to hand out thousands of tonnes of food waste – The Guardian
Not just a food bank … An M&S-filled food bank. Upmarket grocer plans to use social app to supply local charities with its surplus food and help cut wasteMarks & Spencer is to distribute thousands of tonnes of surplus food under a scheme that will use a social networking app to link all 500 of its UK stores to local charities, including food banks.The retailer, which has committed to...
Aldi confirms up to 100% horsemeat in beef products – The Guardian
The environment secretary is due to meet the Food Standards Agency, food suppliers and retailers on Saturday to discuss the horsemeat scandal after Aldi became the latest supermarket to confirm its withdrawn beef products contained up to 100% horsemeat.Owen Paterson said it was unacceptable that consumers were mis-sold products, but that the problems originated overseas.“We believe that the two...
PBBM: Tourism ‘high potential driver’ to transform economy – manilastandard.net
The tourism industry is among the country’s high potential drivers for economic transformation, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. emphasized on Monday as he graced the Philippine Tourism Industry Convergence Reception at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City.The President was with First Lady Louise “Liza” Araneta-Marcos and House Deputy Speaker and Ilocos Rep. Sandro Marcos.Vice President Sara...
Vengeance review – BJ Novak's ambitious but overstuffed satire – The Guardian
The Office alum’s directorial debut has some flashes of wit and an impressive desire to upend expectations but also suffers from a smug tone and a listless lead performancePositioning himself as the satirist we both want and need right now, the ex-Office actor and writer BJ Novak certainly deserves points for his chutzpah. And while he deserved points for very little else in his misfiring...
'She changed the way Americans thought about food': the lasting … – The Guardian
In a charming new documentary, the famed chef, who brought approachable yet complex recipes to a wide audience, is given her dueIn my parents’ home, for as long as I can remember, the crown jewel of the kitchen decor has always been a framed, sun-bleached photograph of Julia Child. In it, she’s winding up to smack my father, the audio technician, in the head with a copper-bottom pot while he...
Top bundt: how I made Tom Cruise's Christmas cake list for the … – The Guardian
Two more deluxe coconut gateaux winged their way to me this year, without any begging. Evidence if ever it was needed of Cruise’s very hectic yearYou may remember, not least because I haven’t shut up about it even for a second since it happened, that Tom Cruise sent me two cakes last Christmas. The story is long and overtold but, in summary: every year Tom Cruise sends a white chocolate and...
Prince Andrew's Newsnight interview to be the subject of a new film – The Guardian
Scoop to tell the behind-the-scenes story of the extraordinary BBC encounter which saw the Duke of York discuss his friendship with Jeffrey EpsteinA new film will tell the story of how producers at Newsnight, the BBC’s flagship current affairs programme, secured and executed their interview with Prince Andrew.According to Deadline, Scoop, which will begin shooting in November, is being written by...
Johnny Depp trial: how the judge ruled on 14 alleged assaults – The Guardian
Twelve of 14 allegations by Amber Heard found to be ‘proved to the civil standard’ The judge in the Johnny Depp libel action concluded that “the great majority of alleged assaults” on Amber Heard by the Pirates of the Caribbean star had been “proved to the civil standard”.Of the 14 alleged assaults heard in open court – all of which have been denied by Depp – he found that 12 of them were proved...
'If you want the girl next door, go next door': Lori Petty on Station … – The Guardian
The star of 90s classics Point Break and Tank Girl on her maverick career, delving into her troubled upbringing, and her latest role in the era-defining TV dramaLori Petty lives with her cat in a gloriously cluttered apartment in Venice Beach, a neighbourhood in southern California that she moved to three decades ago while filming the surfer movie Point Break. A row of high arched windows let in...
