Jill Whittaker OBE FCA FIH FBII FRSA
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Chair of @HITTraining @connect2care changing lives through skills, improving businesses, making a difference #OBE #FCA #FBII #FIH #FRSA #UpTheVilla #Sourdough
Great Britain
Joined February 2014
#apprenticeships are a great investments for any org - stats inv from @NAOorguk say: return on investment for @GOVUK is £26-£28 per £1 invested, employers get returns within 6 months, 150% ROI is common, & the #apprentice gets an av of a 32% salary premium. Why wouldn't you?
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IoH Webinar | Hospitality Apprenticeships | 2 October 2025 To celebrate and support Hospitality Apprenticeships Week this week (29th September – 5th October 2025), join Jill Whittaker OBE FIH of @HITTraining and Jonathan Foot FIH of Compass Group UK & Ireland for our October
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Hi @drumsheds my friend left her iPhone at your fabulous venue on Saturday, she’s had an email that she can’t reply to as it’s asking for phone verification. Can she speak to a human, please? Thanks
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I usually bake my #sourdough loaves in a boule or baton, but I fancied a change so baked this one in a Bundt tin. Pretty, eh?
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IoH Webinar | Hospitality Apprenticeships | 2 October 2025 Join Jill Whittaker OBE FIH of @HITTraining and Jonathan Foot FIH of Compass Group UK & Ireland for our October webinar: Hospitality Apprenticeships – What Employers Need to Know Now. IoH webinars are free for our
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On the train to London for a meeting and found my business card case at the bottom of my handbag. Do I need a new one? Or shall I drag myself into the 21st century and forget about business cards altogether?
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IoH members, have you read the latest issue of #IoHMagazine yet? Dive into #HospitalityNews, the Better Hiring Toolkit, and an exclusive interview with our #RMOY winner https://t.co/UbpAP6Z2VX Sponsored by @HITTraining. #imin #IoH #Hospitality #MemberBenefit
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Wonderful to catch up with hospitality legend Jill Whittaker OBE FIH, the unstoppable Chair of our Institute of Hospitality partners @HITTraining, to discuss new opportunities to upskill our #HospitalityFamily, upcoming changes to hospitality apprenticeship programmes, and
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Young National Chef of the Year has officially kicked off for 2025, and we’re thrilled to be supporting it. @Craft_Guild has announced the talented young chefs competing for this year’s title. Wishing the best of luck to everyone involved 🤞 https://t.co/U231CAYOz2
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Front of house #Hospitality staff, can we talk about cleaning tables? Please don’t spray the table when there are people eating or drinking, spray the cloth. No one wants cleaning spray in the air when they’re eating.
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Thank you to the @TheRAFClub for supporting our application for #CharteredStatus by sending a letter to the UK government's Secretary of State for Business and Trade. We are incredibly grateful for your support. #HospitalityFamily #SupportForChange #InstituteofHospitality #IoH
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A £50bn boost to the economy, largest inward investment in decades and 8.5m visitors by 2055. Real demonstration of the vital importance of hospitality and tourism could have in delivering economic growth
This is really good news. A massive investment in the UK. It will be transformative for our visitor economy. Delighted we have got this over the line. Universal chooses Bedford to be location of its first theme park in Europe
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IoH Academic Partner @HITTraining has published a white paper 📄 The paper is designed to help employers make sense of the latest government reforms to the apprenticeship system. Access your free copy https://t.co/TjfetxbDtl
#imin #IoH @HIT_MD1
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Two things that could help avoid this - make NIC cumulative like income tax so highly seasonal part time jobs are protected and delay the change in the threshold for a year to allow employers time to adjust labour scheduling and invest
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A mentor is someone who sees more talent and ability within you than you see in yourself and helps bring it out of you. That's remains as true today, as it was when I came to work for Mark Grant MIH as Food and Beverage Manager at the hotel we shared for nearly two years. Mark
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Like many chefs, I started out washing dishes in a local pub kitchen and waiting tables. It didn’t take long to realise that I wanted to be a chef—the buzz, the teamwork, the energy—it was intoxicating. As I worked in different kitchens, I knew I wanted to learn from the best
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