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Serving Success: The Only A Pavement Away Podcast

Serving Success: The Only A Pavement Away Podcast
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Brands and companies' approach to purpose is increasingly important to consumers, and the long-term success of the business.
Serving Success: The Only A Pavement Away Podcast, aims to inspire hospitality professionals to make a positive change in their businesses by shining a light on the stories of some truly remarkable people, innovating across their businesses.
With a focus on positive change, our podcast hosts will be speaking to visionary industry leaders about their own journey in hospitality, how they have driven forward environmental, social, and corporate governance in their businesses, and championed diversity and inclusion.
Brimming with insider knowledge, tips and advice, Serving Success: The Only A Pavement Away Podcast is a must listen to anyone who's interested in the hospitality industry or wants to help their business become a force for good.
Serving Success: The Only A Pavement Away Podcast, aims to inspire hospitality professionals to make a positive change in their businesses by shining a light on the stories of some truly remarkable people, innovating across their businesses.
With a focus on positive change, our podcast hosts will be speaking to visionary industry leaders about their own journey in hospitality, how they have driven forward environmental, social, and corporate governance in their businesses, and championed diversity and inclusion.
Brimming with insider knowledge, tips and advice, Serving Success: The Only A Pavement Away Podcast is a must listen to anyone who's interested in the hospitality industry or wants to help their business become a force for good.
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Paul found himself and his family homeless during the pandemic and was supported back into work, and accommodation, by Only a Pavement Away. Paul and Greg discuss his journey from living on the streets to becoming a Goods Receiver at The Ivy Collection.
Each month, Serving Success: The Only A Pavement Away Podcast, shines a spotlight on purpose and positive change within the industry.
We hope these episodes inspire listeners to make a positive change in their hospitality businesses.
Thank you to our Podcast Sponsors at Stonegate Group.
This podcast is produced by Bird Lime Media.
www.onlyapavementaway.co.uk
Linkedin: Only A Pavement Away
Instagram: @only_a_pavement_away
Facebook: @Only A Pavement Away
Tiktok: @onlyapavementaway
#onlyapavementaway
#stabilitythroughemployment
The UFS Academy is a free, online training portal created for Chefs, by Chefs, covering everything from the art of plating to mental health in the kitchen. James Brown, Head Chef at the UFS Academy shares his passion for the hospitality sector and highlights what he wishes he had known about it at the start of his own career.
Each month, Serving Success: The Only A Pavement Away Podcast, shines a spotlight on purpose and positive change within the industry. Our hosts catch up with visionary industry leaders to discuss their own journey in hospitality, how they have driven forward environmental, social, and corporate governance in their businesses, and championed diversity & inclusion.
Brimming with insider knowledge, tips and advice, we hope these episodes inspire the listeners to make a positive change in their hospitality businesses.
Thank you to our Podcast Sponsors at Stonegate Group.
This podcast is produced by Bird Lime Media.
www.onlyapavementaway.co.uk
Linkedin: Only A Pavement Away
Instagram: @only_a_pavement_away
Facebook: @Only A Pavement Away
Tiktok: @onlyapavementaway
#onlyapavementaway
#stabilitythroughemployment
Big Hug Brewing creates beers with purpose, raising money for charities supporting people and communities. Matt Williams, the company’s founder, shares his inspiring story of how he built his business around a set of values that strives to help others, and encourages others to do the same.
Each month, Serving Success: The Only A Pavement Away Podcast, shines a spotlight on purpose and positive change within the industry. Our hosts catch up with visionary industry leaders to discuss their own journey in hospitality, how they have driven forward environmental, social, and corporate governance in their businesses, and championed diversity & inclusion.
Brimming with insider knowledge, tips and advice, we hope these episodes inspire the listeners to make a positive change in their hospitality businesses.
Thank you to our Podcast Sponsors at Stonegate Group.
This podcast is produced by Bird Lime Media.
www.onlyapavementaway.co.uk
Linkedin: Only A Pavement Away
Instagram: @only_a_pavement_away
Facebook: @Only A Pavement Away
Tiktok: @onlyapavementaway
#onlyapavementaway
#stabilitythroughemployment
Janene is Group Director of People & Culture at The Wolseley Hospitality Group - a
family of individual restaurants whose ethos is focused around creating places where
people feel they belong. She spoke to our Founder & CEO Greg Mangham about some of the many Only a Pavement Away Members who have gone from homelessness to developing successful careers in the group.
Each month, Serving Success: The Only A Pavement Away Podcast, shines a spotlight on purpose and positive change within the industry. Our hosts catch up with visionary industry leaders to discuss their own journey in hospitality, how they have driven forward environmental, social, and corporate governance in their businesses, and championed diversity & inclusion.
Brimming with insider knowledge, tips and advice, we hope these episodes inspire the listeners to make a positive change in their hospitality businesses.
Thank you to our Podcast Sponsors at Stonegate Group.
This podcast is produced by Bird Lime Media.
www.onlyapavementaway.co.uk
Linkedin: Only A Pavement Away
Instagram: @only_a_pavement_away
Facebook: @Only A Pavement Away
#onlyapavementaway
#stabilitythroughemployment
David is CEO at Stonegate Group, the largest pub company in the UK. He spoke to Marie Ingrao, Head of Marketing & Partnerships at Only A Pavement Away, about the challenges of building a positive work culture across such a large organisation and why pubs are so important for our high streets and communities.
Each month, Serving Success: The Only A Pavement Away Podcast, shines a spotlight on purpose and positive change within the industry. Our hosts catch up with visionary industry leaders to discuss their own journey in hospitality, how they have driven forward environmental, social, and corporate governance in their businesses, and championed diversity & inclusion.
Brimming with insider knowledge, tips and advice, we hope these episodes inspire the listeners to make a positive change in their hospitality businesses.
Thank you to our Podcast Sponsors at Stonegate Group.
This podcast is produced by Bird Lime Media.
www.onlyapavementaway.co.uk
Linkedin: Only A Pavement Away
Instagram: @only_a_pavement_away
Facebook: @Only A Pavement Away
#onlyapavementaway
#stabilitythroughemployment
Greg Mangham, Founder & CEO of Only a Pavement Away, catches up with Katy Moses, founder & MD of KAM, a hospitality insight consultancy, to discuss misconceptions about the sector and what we know about Gen Z as customers and team members.
Each month, Serving Success: The Only A Pavement Away Podcast, shines a spotlight on purpose and positive change within the industry. Our hosts catch up with visionary industry leaders to discuss their own journey in hospitality, how they have driven forward environmental, social, and corporate governance in their businesses, and championed diversity & inclusion.
Brimming with insider knowledge, tips and advice, we hope these episodes inspire the listeners to make a positive change in their hospitality businesses.
Thank you to our Podcast Sponsors at Stonegate Group.
This podcast is produced by Bird Lime Media.
www.onlyapavementaway.co.uk
Linkedin: Only A Pavement Away
Instagram: @only_a_pavement_away
Facebook: @Only A Pavement Away
#onlyapavementaway
#stabilitythroughemployment
Our host Mark Stretton catches up with Baton Berisha, CEO of Rare Restaurants, the parent company of Gaucho and M, and former CEO of the Wolseley Hospitality Group. His impressive career has evolved from humble beginnings; he shares what he has learned on the path to success.
Each month, Serving Success: The Only A Pavement Away Podcast, will shine a spotlight on purpose and positive change within the industry. Our hosts will sit down with visionary industry leaders about their own journey in hospitality, how they have driven forward environmental, social, and corporate governance in their businesses, and championed diversity & inclusion.
Brimming with insider knowledge, tips and advice, we hope these episodes inspire the listeners to make a positive change in their hospitality businesses.
Thank you to our Podcast Sponsors Brewdog and Stonegate.
This podcast is produced by Bird Lime Media.
Please note: this episode was recorded prior to Baton’s appointment as CEO of Rare Restaurants.
www.onlyapavementaway.co.uk
Linkedin: Only A Pavement Away
Instagram: @only_a_pavement_away
Facebook: @Only A Pavement Away
#onlyapavementaway
#stabilitythroughemployment
Our host Mark Stretton catches up with Lorraine Copes, founder of Be Inclusive Hospitality, a social enterprise and a not-for-profit organisation with an overarching mission to advance racial equity within the hospitality, food and drink industries.
Each month, Serving Success: The Only A Pavement Away Podcast, will shine a spotlight on purpose and positive change within the industry. Our hosts will sit down with visionary industry leaders about their own journey in hospitality, how they have driven forward environmental, social, and corporate governance in their businesses, and championed diversity & inclusion.
Brimming with insider knowledge, tips and advice, we hope these episodes inspire the listeners to make a positive change in their hospitality businesses.
Thank you to our Podcast Sponsors Brewdog and Stonegate.
This podcast is produced by Bird Lime Media.
www.onlyapavementaway.co.uk
Linkedin: Only A Pavement Away
Instagram: @only_a_pavement_away
Facebook: @Only A Pavement Away
#onlyapavementaway
#stabilitythroughemployment
Our host Mark Stretton speaks to former Buns from Home CEO Shereen Ritchie. Shereen was previously the Managing Director of Leon and is an advocate for shaping and driving change for the hospitality industry.
Each week, Serving Success: The Only A Pavement Away Podcast, will shine a spotlight on purpose and positive change within the industry. Our hosts will sit down with visionary industry leaders about their own journey in hospitality, how they have driven forward environmental, social, and corporate governance in their businesses, and championed diversity and inclusion.
Brimming with insider knowledge, tips and advice, we hope these episodes inspire the listeners to make a positive change in their hospitality businesses.
Thank you to our Podcast Sponsors Brewdog and Stonegate.
This podcast is produced by Bird Lime Media.
www.onlyapavementaway.co.uk
Linkedin: Only A Pavement Away
Instagram: @only_a_pavement_away
Facebook: @Only A Pavement Away
#onlyapavementaway
#stabilitythroughemployment
Our host Mark Stretton speaks to Kate Nicholls OBE the CEO of UKHospitality. Kate is the voice of the hospitality industry, advocating, shaping and driving policy for the industry for the last 20 years.
They discuss the challenges the industry faces, the impact of Covid and opportunities for the industry as a force for good... Plus, how she saved beer and prawn cocktail crisps!
Each week the The Hospitality Against Homelessness podcast will shine a spotlight on purpose and positive change within the industry. Our host Mark Stretton will sit down with visionary industry leaders about their own journey in hospitality, how they have driven forward environmental, social, and corporate governance in their businesses, and championed diversity and inclusion.
Brimming with insider knowledge, tips and advice, we hope these episodes inspire the listeners to make a positive change in their hospitality businesses.
Thank you to our Podcast Partners Britvic and Imbiba and to Brewdog who donated their Podcast Studio.
This podcast is produced by Bird Lime Media.
Greene King CEO Nick Mackenzie reveals how he implemented a people first approach at the country's leading pub group, and placed values at the core of the business.
With a deep dive into the education, initiatives and policy change Greene King has undergone to progress its position on diversity & inclusion, Mark and Nick discuss how these changes have impacted the business, wider company culture and recruitment, and what is next for the hospitality industry in this space.
Each week the The Hospitality Against Homelessness podcast will shine a spotlight on purpose and positive change within the industry. Our host Mark Stretton will sit down with visionary industry leaders about their own journey in hospitality, how they have driven forward environmental, social, and corporate governance in their businesses, and championed diversity and inclusion.
Brimming with insider knowledge, tips and advice, we hope these episodes inspire the listeners to make a positive change in their hospitality businesses.
Thank you to our Podcast Partners Britvic and Imbiba and to Brewdog who donated their Podcast Studio.
This podcast is produced by Bird Lime Media.
Mark talks to Greg Mangham, the Founder of Only A Pavement Away about the reason why he left a lucrative consultant role to start a charity and where he sees the charity in 5 years time.
After almost 50 years in the hospitality business, in 2018 Greg and his wife Jill founded Only A Pavement Away Charity, hear his story..
Each week the The Hospitality Against Homelessness podcast will shine a spotlight on purpose and positive change within the industry. Our host Mark Stretton will sit down with visionary industry leaders about their own journey in hospitality, how they have driven forward environmental, social, and corporate governance in their businesses, and championed diversity and inclusion.
Brimming with insider knowledge, tips and advice, we hope these episodes inspire the listeners to make a positive change in their hospitality businesses.
Thank you to our Podcast Partners Britvic and Imbiba and to Brewdog who donated their Podcast Studio.
This podcast is produced by Bird Lime Media.
In our first ever episode, Mark is joined by Chef Tom Aikens. Tom opens up about his career to become one of Britain's most coveted chefs, positive changes he’s seen in the industry in the last 35 years and why he chooses to give back.
Tom Aikens is one of the UK’s most acclaimed and inspirational British chefs. His remarkable career has taken him to David Cavalier’s in Battersea, Pierre Koffman’s La Tante Claire, Pied-à-Terre and Joel Robuchon in Paris to name a few. At 26, Tom became the youngest British chef ever to be awarded two Michelin stars. Raised in Norfolk with a respect for fresh, seasonal ingredients, Tom works tirelessly to use the finest local and sustainable produce.
Each week the The Hospitality Against Homelessness podcast will shine a spotlight on purpose and positive change within the industry. Our host Mark Stretton will sit down with visionary industry leaders about their own journey in hospitality, how they have driven forward environmental, social, and corporate governance in their businesses, and championed diversity and inclusion.
Brimming with insider knowledge, tips and advice, we hope these episodes inspire the listeners to make a positive change in their hospitality businesses.
Thank you to our Podcast Partners Britvic and Imbiba and to Brewdog who donated their Podcast Studio.
This podcast is produced by Bird Lime Media.
Quick Serves: The Only A Pavement Away Mini Podcast On-the-Go
Alongside our monthly Serving Success episodes, Quick Serves brings you bite-sized conversations to keep you inspired, connected and up to date. Each mini episode takes you behind the scenes of our latest programmes, events, and initiatives showcasing how we’re rebuilding lives through employment in hospitality.
In this episode, Ria Garrett, Head of Employment Partnerships at Only A Pavement Away sits down with Katy Doolan, Relationship Manager for Scotland, to reflect on her first year of impact in Scotland. From overcoming the challenges of setting up to placing members into work with partners like Hilton and Greene King, Katy shares inspiring stories, her vision for the year ahead and how you can get involved in Scotland.
Thank you, as always, to our sponsors at Stonegate Group.
This episode is produced by Bird Lime Media.
www.onlyapavementaway.co.uk
Linkedin: Only A Pavement Away
Instagram: @only_a_pavement_away
Facebook: @Only A Pavement Away
TikTok: @onlyapavementaway
#onlyapavementaway
#stabilitythroughemployment
Quick Serves: The Only A Pavement Away Mini Podcast On-the-Go
Alongside our monthly Serving Success episodes, Quick Serves brings you bite-sized conversations to keep you inspired, connected and up to date. Each mini episode takes you behind the scenes of our latest programmes, events, and initiatives showcasing how we’re rebuilding lives through employment in hospitality.
Kicking things off with episode 1, Sammie Chudley from Only A Pavement Away sits down with Will Andrews, our Learning & Development Manager, alongside two incredible graduates from our latest Passport 2 Employment programme. Together, they reflect on a week filled with skills development and hands-on work experience.
Thank you, as always, to our sponsors at Stonegate Group.
www.onlyapavementaway.co.uk
Linkedin: Only A Pavement Away
Instagram: @only_a_pavement_away
Facebook: @Only A Pavement Away
TikTok: @onlyapavementaway
#onlyapavementaway
#stabilitythroughemployment