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It’s a great trade, but it can take over your life, says high-end chef: IW hospitality job crisis #5
A chef in a high-end restaurant shares his experience and runs through the many issues that are causing the hospitality crisis
Business
The Isle of Wight is host to a wide variety of businesses and we love to celebrate their success.
As well as farming and agriculture, tourism and manufacturing, the Isle of Wight is fast becoming home to new technologies and online businesses.
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This will be big news out West. The Freshwater Co-op supermarket has been popular with those living there and visitors. Here’s how things will change
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The FSB say that despite being a vital sector for the economy, tourism and hospitality businesses do not get the attention they deserve, and a new strategy tackling the huge number of challenges facing the sector is needed
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A new task force has been formed to tackle some of the issues News OnTheWight’s reports have raised. This and many other insights were covered when we spoke to Will Myles
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Cllr Love says the Island has pulled together over the last year and shown true community spirit. "We must all keep on to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our Island"
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Following a period of pause over the height of the Covid pandemic last year officers are catching up with the inspections
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Catering was his life and all he wanted to do. Now, after 20 years in the trade and Lockdown, he’s chosen to work the supermarket nightshift. The third part of News OnTheWight’s series about how the Isle of Wight is being impacted by the ‘hospitality crisis’
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The Totally Local Fiver Fest campaign’s message is to spend little and often at independent businesses to make a real difference to your high street
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In the second part of News OnTheWight's series about how the Isle of Wight has been impacted by the national 'hospitality crisis', we get the perspective of Emma Guy, owner of The Beach Hut, Bembridge
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Today’s opening piece to this series - The story of a former restaurant manager of a leading hotel, who has left the industry after 28 years to become a labourer on a building site
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The NSPCC charity shop in Cowes is only one of two remaining NSPCC charity shops in the country and has been at the heart of the community in Cowes for nearly 40 years
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There's a chance to win a free Wight Gift Card worth £100
