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As it celebrates its 50th anniversary, the Royal Garden Hotel's general manager Jonathan Lowrey tells us how he caters for celebrity guests like Justin Bieber and shares the secrets of the business's success.
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Leon, Gordon Ramsay Plane Food and Fortnum & Mason are among the hospitality businesses taking part in a scheme to make Heathrow the world’s most sustainable hub airport by 2020.
The number of hospitality businesses employing staff on zero-hours contracts has halved since 2014, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Rising hourly rates of pay for hospitality workers means the Living Wage could cost the industry far less than originally predicted, according research from Fourth Analytics.
Gin sales in restaurants, pubs and bars are expected to exceed £1bn next year, according to the Wine and Spirit Trade Association.