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Cook & Dine is our annual fundraising lunch celebrating & showcasing all that is great about the UK's hospitality industry. The unique event brings together industry guests and volunteers from all backgrounds, experiences, and seniority levels who cook, serve and dine together!
Over the next five years it is estimated that there will be around 1.3million vacancies in the hospitality industry. At the same time, the number of people who are facing or are at risk of becoming homeless is rising. To date, Only A Pavement Away has placed 500 people back into stable employment within the hospitality industry and aims to help 9000 people over the next 5 years, through training & development and employment opportunities.
Greene King operates 2,700 pubs, hotels and restaurants across England, Scotland and Wales with 39,000 employees and is headquartered in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. It is also runs breweries in Bury St Edmunds and Dunbar, Scotland with a support centre located in Burton Upon Trent.
Being a leading pub company in the UK starts with being the best place to work in the industry. Because we know that if we want our customers to have a great time, then we’ve got to be enjoying ourselves too.
Whether you’re working in our pubs, restaurants and hotels, in our breweries or in one of our offices, at Greene King, we pull together as a team, we focus on our customers, we have the courage to try new things and we achieve results. Perhaps most importantly though, we have fun along the way!
In January 2019, Greene King launched its Stepping Up Report which outlined a number of ambitions for the coming years. The report highlighted how Greene King is driving social mobility by creating opportunities for those looking for that all important first step or second chance to get on to the career ladder and progress with fantastic development programmes to support.
Asahi has been marketing and distributing its unique Super Premium Beer portfolio in the UK since 2005. We value highly our place in the local community and want to ensure that we make an effective contribution to society as a whole. Our employees engage in volunteering, mentoring and fundraising to support our local communities. We are proud to support Only a Pavement Away, which we believe will make a positive impact to the lives of vulnerable people and the hospitality industry.
http://uk.asahibeer.co.uk/welcome/
We are thrilled to announce that Searcys is now a funding Partner and Employer!
Searcys is an award-winning restaurateur and events caterer in residence at unique and historical venues across the UK, and has been part of London’s hospitality scene for over 175 years. At the heart of every Searcys’ venue, fresh and seasonal dishes are served, which focus on sustainability alongside extensive Champagne and wine lists, while always working hard to make the people they serve and work with feel special.
It is with great excitement Searcys will be collaborating with Only a Pavement Away, they are thrilled to offer individuals a supportive environment to work in and the stability they need to get their lives back on track.
Zonal is the leading UK family-owned technology provider, offering a comprehensive, integrated suite of technology solutions to more than 16,000 hospitality and leisure businesses across the country.
Zonal was established in 1979, when the McLean family identified the need for a solution to manage and control their hotel operations near Edinburgh. The solution was the first electronic-point-of-sale (EPoS) system on the market, invented by Zonal’s founder, the late Ralph McLean.
This early EPoS system was admired by legendary brewer Scottish & Newcastle who then adopted our system across their network of pubs, providing both head office and site managers access to a wealth of information.
Ralph handed the reins over to his son, Stuart, who became CEO of Zonal in 1997. Alongside his talented team, Stuart continued to grow and transform the company into what is now: the UK’s largest hospitality technology company.
We now serve more than 16,000 businesses, from small independents through to large chains such as JD Wetherspoon, Greene King, PizzaExpress, Stonegate, Mitchells and Butlers The Restaurant Group, and John Lewis. With more than 40 years behind us, we have a wealth of knowledge and expertise to offer businesses, new or established, large or small, across the hospitality sector. 75% of the UK pub sector is now powered by Zonal.
Employing 600 staff across the UK, and proud of its award-winning heritage, Zonal is committed to giving back to the community. Zonal has a long tradition of giving back to charitable causes. In the last few years our teams have climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, run The London Marathon and taken on the Great Wall of China challenge – all in the name of good causes! We raised over £120,000 for our previous adopted charity, Hope for Children, and are proud to have been awarded Best Corporate Partner for three consecutive years at their annual awards ceremony. In addition to our own initiatives, through our integration with the digital charity box Pennies and our partnership with Pub Aid, we are also actively involved in facilitating & promoting the great work the hospitality industry does in raising huge amounts for Charities the length and breadth of the U.K. We are passionate about giving something back to the community and are delighted to now be working in partnership with Only a Pavement Away.
www.zonal.co.uk
Britvic is an international business rich in history and heritage. Founded in England in the 1930s, we have grown into a global organisation with 39 much-loved brands sold in over 100 countries. Built on innovation and entrepreneurial flair, our dynamism comes from our people whose unparalleled energy, spirit and creativity keep us constantly in motion, seizing opportunities to innovate sustainably and drive us forward to create a better tomorrow.
Dennys Brands is proud to be supporting Only a Pavement Away by supplying uniforms and essentials for candidates who are starting new roles within the Hospitality industry. We offer both front of house and back of house clothing, providing new candidates with the ability to come into store to try on a selection of workwear suitable for their career paths including aprons, chefswear, footwear, and more. This helps candidates start their new role feeling like they belong to the industry whilst helping financially with the costs associated with funding new uniform; a requirement in many places to start work.
Dominc Green, Sales Director says, "We are delighted to be supporting Only a Pavement Away by ensuring their candidates are well equipped with uniforms and equipment when starting in the Hospitality industry. It is such a fantastic charity helping the vulnerable into stable employment, and we are proud to be a part of it."