How to Enter

These need to be for the person submitting the entry as we may request further information as part of the judging process

The category that you should enter will be dictated by the field of hospitality your organisation operates in. For example, Pizza Express would enter the ‘restaurant, bar chains with 11+ sites’ category. In addition, an individual Pizza Express unit might choose to enter the ‘individual unit’ award. Similarly, Travelodge would enter the ‘hotel chains with 11+ sites’ award; while Travelodge Slough might enter the ‘individual unit’ award.
NB: The awards are open to UK-based hospitality companies only.

Industry Sector please select the most appropriate category

 Hotel chains with 1-10 sites
 Hotel chains with 11+ sites
 Contract Catering companies
 Individual unit
 Restaurant or bar chains with 1-10 sites
 Restaurant or bar chains with 11+ sites
 Public sector
 Hospitality Supplier companies

Questions relating to your organisation. It is likely you will need the assistance of your HR department in order to complete this section. Do please answer every question.

Staffing & Training

How many hospitality professionals* (part time / full) are employed at the place of work that has been nominated?
(* By hospitality professional we mean anyone who works front or back of house in a hotel or food environment, or in a business function - e.g. marketing or HR - in a hospitality business)

What percentage of hospitality professionals have left your company / establishment in the last 12 months?
Please type your answer below or tick the box if not
     applicable
%

Do you produce formal job descriptions for every hospitality professional in your company?
 Yes      No

Please tell us what your annual training budget is per hospitality professional?

How many days a year are allocated for training hospitality professionals?

Benefits

Which of the following benefits and facilities does your place of work offer some or all of your hospitality professionals? (Please tick all that apply)

 Company Car
 Company crèche
 Company pension scheme
 Flexi time
 Free/subsidised meals
 Tips
 Free accommodation
 Graduate recruitment scheme
 Maternity/paternity cover or childcare allowance
 Occupational therapy unit
 Performance related bonus scheme
 Private healthcare/dental cover
 College leave/funding or support
 Share option scheme
 Save as you Earn (SAYE) scheme
 Final salary scheme
 Job share
 Sabbaticals (unpaid leave and able to return to position)
 Secondments to other parts of the business
 Other (please specify below)
     

Please explain why you think your place of work deserves to be named among the UK’s Best Places to Work in Hospitality 2008. Entries will be judged against four key criteria:
• positive working environment
• continued professional development
• evidence of equal opportunities and work-life balance
• measures used to assess effectiveness of your employment policies

The answers to the following 4 key criteria will be used along with your company logo to form your online entrant profile

Please give evidence of a positive working environment in your place of work (max 200 words)

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Please give evidence of continued professional development in your place of work (max 200 words)

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Please give evidence of equal opportunities and work-life balance in your place of work (max 200 words)

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Please give evidence of measures taken to assess effectiveness of employment policies (eg employee surveys) in your place of work (max 200 words)

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Profiles are subject to the normal Caterer Group editorial controls

The entry fee is £500 and entitles you to an entrant profile on CatererSearch.com until the awards night on the 18th February 2008 and one ticket to the awards event. Submit your form early for maximum website exposure.

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Entry fees are non refundable.

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