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Talking Hospitality

Moving The Hospitality Conversation Forward

Talking Hospitality is a UK hospitality podcast, media and learning platform for people who lead, manage and shape the industry.

We explore People & Culture, Operations and Technology through podcasts, video, articles and learning, with a focus on what is changing and what hospitality professionals can do next.

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Sept. 30, 2026

What does "Transparency" mean in Hospitality?

It is easy to say that businesses should communicate openly. It is rather harder when the decision involves pay, difficult trading conditions, organisational change or something people simply do not want to hear.

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Oct. 5, 2026

Tipping Law in 2026: Is Your Hospitality Business Getting It Right?

You can put a tipping policy in the staff handbook, explain it at induction and ask everyone to sign it. There can still be a problem with what it says. That came up in our Talking Hospitality episode, What does “Transparency” mean in Hospitality?.…
Sept. 28, 2026

7 Mistakes You're Making with Hospitality Staff Retention (and How to Fix Them)

Holding on to good people has become one of the hardest parts of running hospitality businesses well. Recruitment takes management time and creates operational work when vacancies keep coming round. What tends to get less honest attention is what h…
Sept. 21, 2026

October Tipping Changes: Why Worker Involvement Matters

If your business has been working towards new tipping requirements in October, there is an important update. The planned changes are no longer tied to a completely certain 1 October 2026 start date. The Government has withdrawn the revised statutor…

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