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This UK music festival is building homes and tackling homelessness: 'It's a festival of giving'
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This UK music festival is building homes and tackling homelessness: 'It's a festival of giving'
Beat the Streets has raised more than £500,000 to help charity Framework fight homelessness in Nottingham since 2018. The unique festival brings together the entertainment and hospitality sectors to raise hope in deepest darkest January
Restaurateur Hakan Topkaya puts love into his kebabs. The cost of living crisis threatens it all
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Restaurateur Hakan Topkaya puts love into his kebabs. The cost of living crisis threatens it all
UK hospitality is fighting for survival. What does that mean for our kebabs, curries and chips?
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UK hospitality is fighting for survival. What does that mean for our kebabs, curries and chips?
Keeping tips from staff is now illegal - here's what you need to know
Keeping tips from staff is now illegal - here's what you need to know
Police launch probe after Liverpool cafe serving homeless people for free hit with third break-in in two weeks
Police launch probe after Liverpool cafe serving homeless people for free hit with third break-in in two weeks
‘We had to turn away a man who hadn’t eaten for two days’: Liverpool café serving homeless people for free broken into twice in two weeks
![Paper Cup Coffee opened last year in Liverpool to give homeless people free food](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Paper-Cup-Coffee-Liverpool.jpeg?w=766)
‘We had to turn away a man who hadn’t eaten for two days’: Liverpool café serving homeless people for free broken into twice in two weeks
'I see my father in them': How one small tea shop plans to empower 1,260 refugees
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'I see my father in them': How one small tea shop plans to empower 1,260 refugees
Cafe that finds work for adults with learning disabilities appeals for help amid cost of living crisis
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Cafe that finds work for adults with learning disabilities appeals for help amid cost of living crisis
Brewdog labels itself ‘anti-sponsor’ of Qatar World Cup... but will still show it
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Brewdog labels itself ‘anti-sponsor’ of Qatar World Cup... but will still show it
A Michelin star chef is opening a pop-up restaurant staffed entirely by homeless people
![Chef Adam Simmonds is opening a restaurant staffed by homeless people](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Adam-in-Kitchen.jpg?w=768)
A Michelin star chef is opening a pop-up restaurant staffed entirely by homeless people
Cafes, pubs and restaurants are already being hammered by sky-high energy bills
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Cafes, pubs and restaurants are already being hammered by sky-high energy bills
The south London café helping people with learning difficulties into work
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The south London café helping people with learning difficulties into work
Pubs and clubs in Newcastle will have to provide free taxis for staff working late-night shifts
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Pubs and clubs in Newcastle will have to provide free taxis for staff working late-night shifts
Boris Johnson set to scrap plan to let workers keep tips despite admitting minimum wage isn’t enough to live on
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Boris Johnson set to scrap plan to let workers keep tips despite admitting minimum wage isn’t enough to live on
How to deal with new rules for restaurant menus if you’re worried they might be triggering
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How to deal with new rules for restaurant menus if you’re worried they might be triggering
Government announces support for crisis-hit hospitality sector - but no furlough or rise in sick pay
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Government announces support for crisis-hit hospitality sector - but no furlough or rise in sick pay
Hospitality job vacancies ‘nosedive’ as Omicron causes Christmas party cancellations
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Hospitality job vacancies ‘nosedive’ as Omicron causes Christmas party cancellations
Should employers make sure staff get home safe? This local council thinks so
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Should employers make sure staff get home safe? This local council thinks so
Restaurants banned from keeping tips as government admits minimum wage is not enough
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Restaurants banned from keeping tips as government admits minimum wage is not enough
Wetherspoons has been hit with beer shortages due to Brexit and Covid
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Wetherspoons has been hit with beer shortages due to Brexit and Covid
Hospitality staff shortage: What employers need to do to attract staff
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Hospitality staff shortage: What employers need to do to attract staff
Hospitality staff shortage: ‘I thought, there’s more to life than this’
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Hospitality staff shortage: ‘I thought, there’s more to life than this’
Britain, like Tim Martin, has to learn to make hospitality a viable career
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