Out to lunch: staff catering in the 1990s

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A recent Industrial Society survey identified current trends in company-catering in the UK. The survey found that British firms are increasingly taking measures to recover the food they serve. About 30% of the surveyed companies try to recoup the cost of employee meals from the prices that the corporate restaurants charge, while another 30% consider restaurant sales as contribution to staffing and other costs. In addition, the survey showed that more firms are choosing to contract out their catering service. British Airways (BA), for instance, found that it was more cost-effective to use contract caterers than to keep its own catering staff. Apart from reducing the operating subsidy by 50%, contracting out improved the quality of catering service at BA. Ford also prefers to use contract caterers and has, in fact, been contracting out its catering service for 35 years, contending that it is a car manufacturer and not a professional caterer.

Eating places, Contracts, Surveys, Corporations, Caterers and catering, Catering, Industrial feeding, Employee food services, Corporations, British

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The DIY approach to youth training

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Retail chain B&Q PLC is confident that its withdrawal from the UK gopvernment's youth training program has provided benefits to all concerned parties. The company pulled out of the Department of Employment's Youth Training Program in 1991 due to conflicts between its commercial considerations and the goverment's funding areas. Like the government's program, B&Q's do-it-yourself (DIY) approach to youth training also gives trainees employed atatus. However, the trainees earn more with B&Q since they are given a basic salary within the company. For B&Q, the primary benefit of the DIY program is the option to retain qualified trainees, which is critical in an industry with an above-average labor turnover.

Department stores, Methods, Training, Occupational training, B and Q PLC

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Can LENs provide a focus for local training needs?

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The local employers networks (LENs) scheme is an initiative sponsored by the Association of British Chambers of Commerce and the Manpower Services Commission to improve job training and education programs in Great Britain. LENs are intended to function as local employer forums that collect and analyze labor market information and work with local education authorities to develop training plans. Another purpose is to advise employers on training and education matters.

Case studies, Human resource management, Employee training, United Kingdom. Manpower Services Commission, Association of British Chambers of Commerce

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