The budget serves as a guiding light but we live in the reality that we know it is not going to be the answer.
7 changes the hotel sector can’t afford to ignore
The turbulent past 18 months have been an unprecedented time for hotels, prompting key changes in the sector, many of which are long-term, if not permanent. In order to survive, businesses must embrace change across their entire operation and do so quickly.
Profit growth pegged back by escalating payroll costs at UK hotels
The study, Benchmarking Beyond RevPAR, which polled a consistent sample of nearly 45,000 hotel bedrooms across the UK over a 15-year period, revealed that payroll now comprises close to one third of a Regional hotel’s cost base.
The importance of weekly sales forecasting
Forecasting enables the management team to focus on key sales issues and to take appropriate action and also enables them to calculate staff rosters which can have a huge impact on payroll costs.
Online Course – Roster Staff
This unit will help you understand effective rostering, taking into account the range of staff skill sets, types of rosters, how to create and communicate rosters, impact of cultural diversity on rostering.
UK payroll costs could rise by 45 per cent by 2020
The government is introducing the minimum living wage of £7.20 per hour (25 year olds and over) in April this year and operators will have to find a way of absorbing this increased cost.
