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P&G Professional has launched a free-membership online Academy (www.pgpro.co.uk/academy) designed to help independent operators run more profitable businesses.  The website aims to become a community for professionals to share best practice and includes bespoke sections for hoteliers, restaurateurs and publicans. It includes advice and tips from industry experts, including The Art of the Restaurateur author Nicholas Lander and staffing expert professor Conrad Lashley from the Oxford School of Hospitality Management. All of …

Celebrated chef Jason Atherton hosted an exclusive fundraising dinner at his new restaurant Social Eating House on Tuesday 16th April, generating an exceptional £29,000 for industry charity, Hospitality Action. This special preview saw Jason Atherton and Head Chef Paul Hood prepare a delicious fine dining menu. The five courses on offer included curried halibut fillet with roasted cauliflower cheese and a chocolate mousse, chocolate éclair and salted caramel ice-cream dessert. The evening …