People Who Make Hospitality

With Josh Littlejohn from the Social Bite and David Gallacher

Have you ever wondered what it is like to sleep outside through the coldest night of the year? Or how you can help to fight homelessness? Or even how George Clooney managed to put a small social enterprise café on the map? The latest episode of People Who Make Hospitality Podcast is about how we, as an organisation, are joining forces with an incredible charity Social Bite to help fight homelessness. 

This time we are joined by Josh Littlejohn and David Gallacher. Josh is one of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs and campaigners. He is a founder of the Social Bite, which is both a charity and social enterprise, who have in recent years run some national and global campaigns that have shifted the cultural dial on homelessness and pioneered some ground-breaking social impact projects. And having a conversation with Josh is David Gallacher, who is a Divisional Director in Mitchells & Butlers, overlooking some of the most loved and famous brands in the UK such as Toby Carvery, Harvester and Stonehouse. David has over 30 years experience of working in the industry, having worked for many well-known hospitality companies in the UK.

David and Josh chat about the story of the Social bite, which started as a small charity café in Edinburgh and now they are building social villages for people who are homeless. (A bit of a spoiler - George Clooney played a big role.) They discuss how people end up becoming homeless, a lack of support systems in the UK, surviving and pivoting through a pandemic, how we as an organisation are partnering with Social bite and what everyone can do to help to fight homelessness.

 

Want to get involved?

Social Bite website social-bite.co.uk

Social Bite Instagram @social_bite

Follow PWMH  @PWMH_podcast

Email jana.puisa@mbplc.com

 

Thank you for listening.

People Who Make Hospitality - welcome back!

Welcome back to the podcast! We are back with a new name and with plenty of plans for the future. People Who Make Hospitality - a podcast about and for people who make this industry what it is.

This time we chat about changes to the podcast and changes in our life - there are babies, puppies and houses involved. Everyone has been coping with the lockdown and coming back to work so differently and there isn't one way of doing it. We are sharing our coping tools and things that make us feel better. If you would like to be a guest on the podcast or have a cool story to share - get in touch!

People Who Make Hospitality Podcast is created by Jana, Mark and Natalie who are three friends that found themselves working in the hospitality industry for the last decade. They decided to create this podcast to start a conversation about amazing people who work around them. This industry has such a mixed reputation and they want to clear it up! All three have grown and developed while working in pubs and love it!! And can’t wait to tell you why.

You can follow the podcast on Instagram @PWMH_podcast

Jana Puisa @janapuisa

Natalie Morrison @_olivers.adventures

Mark Hobday @mark.hobday.mab

Isolation chat #1

Our very first #isolatonchat is here. This time we are joined by 5 colleagues and friends for a lovely chat. We talk about yoga, exercise, Disney, food, sign language, Paul and how we are staying sane. Or trying anyway.

Our guests are Jodie-Anne Maunick, who is a General Manager in one of our pubs in Manchester. She is the better half of Paul Aisthorpe, who was one of our guests in Season 1 and he also pops in to say hello this time. Liz Summers who is a District Trainer for All Bar One in Worcester. And she has the brightest hair! Rob Cozens another returning guest - a Regional Business Manager for Castle who his currently enjoying life in Chilterns. Jonathan Peach who is a Training Partner for the Premium Division and our wonderful colleague based in Hull. And our lovely Sally Baker is dropping in for a few minutes to say hello and tell us how she is getting on.

Things that we recommend and mention:

Yoga Down Dog app - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/yoga-down-dog/id983693694

Disney Plus - both Jodie and Natalie are huge fans! Disney episode anyone?

Houseparty app - https://app.houseparty.com/unsupported/

Joe Wicks - https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1

Eat the frog - https://blog.noisli.com/what-it-means-to-eat-the-frog/

Open University Free courses - https://www.open.edu/openlearn/education/free-courses

The City Division’s Podcast is created by Jana, Mark and Natalie who are three friends that found themselves working in the hospitality industry for the last decade. They decided to create this podcast to start a conversation about amazing people who work around them. This industry has such a mixed reputation and they want to clear it up! All three have grown and developed while working in pubs and love it!! And can’t wait to tell you why.

You can follow the podcast on instagram @citydivisionspodcast

Jana Puisa @janapuisa

Natalie Morrison @natalie_morrison86

Mark Hobday @mark.hobday.mab

Wellbeing special with Billy Spong

We are back with a special episode about wellbeing. Billy Spong who is our Employee Relations Manager, joins us this time to chat about incredible incentives and tools that are available for anyone who works in M&B to improve their wellbeing. In this fast-pace world, we need to look after ourselves and our wellbeing, so join us to learn what simple things you can do to make changes in your life style and all support tools available. Billy gives everyone a challenge to join wellbeing hub, he talks about his career journey and chats about why he drinks less now...

The City Division’s Podcast is created by Jana, Mark and Natalie who are three friends that found themselves working in the hospitality industry for the last decade. They decided to create this podcast to start a conversation about amazing people who work around them.

This industry has such a mixed reputation and they want to clear it up! All three have grown and developed while working in pubs and love it!! And can’t wait to tell you why.

Links from this episode:

Billy Spong's email

Employee Assistance Programme 0808 801 0550 https://www.licensedtradecharity.org.uk/

Wellbeing portal on Pickaperk (available to MAB employees through Mable)

Wellbeing Mab on instagram @wellbeing.mab

Wellbeing Mab on Facebook

You can follow the podcast on instagram @citydivisionspodcast

Jana Puisa @janapuisa

Natalie Morrison @natalie_morrison86

Mark Hobday @mark.hobday.mab

Christmas special

This episode is a bit different. We have gathered our People team (HR) in the City Division to record this Xmas special. Everyone is chatting about their favourite memories from working during festive time in pubs and restaurants. We really appreciate how hard the teams are working during December and we wanted to say a massive thank you to all of them! They are absolute legends! Keep being fantastic and enjoy as much as you can everything that December brings.  Thank you from your People Team: Sally Baker, Paul Burgess, Leanne Gwynn, Neal Patel, Natalie Morrison, Katie O’Sullivan, Mark Hobday, Tom Stephenson, David Marchbanks, Paul Aisthorpe and Jana Puisa. The City Division’s Podcast is created by Jana, Mark and Natalie who are three friends that found themselves working in the hospitality industry for the last decade. They decided to create this podcast to start a conversation about amazing people who work around them. This industry has such a mixed reputation and they want to clear it up! All three have grown and developed while working in pubs and love it!! And can’t wait to tell you why. You can follow the podcast on instagram @citydivisionspodcast Jana Puisa @janapuisa Natalie Morrison @natalie_morrison86 Mark Hobday @mark.hobday.mab

Rob Cozens

This time we are joined by one of the Regional Business Manager for Castle - Rob Cozens. We chat about his career story, how to water plants in the nursery and washing plates in Pizza Hut. And cats...is #catcast a thing??  Rob Cozens @robertcozens The City Division’s Podcast is created by Jana, Mark and Natalie who are three friends that found themselves working in the hospitality industry for the last decade. They decided to create this podcast to start a conversation about amazing people who work around them. This industry has such a mixed reputation and they want to clear it up! All three have grown and developed while working in pubs and love it!! And can’t wait to tell you why. You can follow the podcast on instagram @citydivisionspodcast Jana Puisa @janapuisa Natalie Morrison @natalie_morrison86 Mark Hobday @mark.hobday.mab

Sally Baker

For our very first podcast recording we joined by a very special guest - inspirational Sally Baker. Sally is the Head or People for the City Division. She talks about her journey in the industry and shares some great advice and her insights.

You can connect with Sally in LinkedIn: Sally Baker

The City Division’s Podcast is created by Jana, Mark and Natalie who are three friends that found themselves working in the hospitality industry for the last decade. They decided to create this podcast to start a conversation about amazing people who work around them. This industry has such a mixed reputation and they want to clear it up! All three have grown and developed while working in pubs and love it!! And can’t wait to tell you why.

You can follow the podcast on instagram @citydivisionspodcast

Jana Puisa @janapuisa

Natalie Morrison @natalie_morrison86

Mark Hobday @mark.hobday.mab

Emma Sharpe

We are chatting to a legend that is Emma Sharpe, who is Drink Quality Manager in MAB. Emma tells us how she fell in love with hospitality while working in France, we discuss an importance of a craft shed and what’s new coming up in the world of drink!

Emma Sharpe @sharpiedoesdrinks

The City Division’s Podcast is created by Jana, Mark and Natalie who are three friends that found themselves working in the hospitality industry for the last decade. They decided to create this podcast to start a conversation about amazing people who work around them. This industry has such a mixed reputation and they want to clear it up! All three have grown and developed while working in pubs and love it!! And can’t wait to tell you why.

You can follow the podcast on instagram @citydivisionspodcast

Jana Puisa @janapuisa

Natalie Morrison @natalie_morrison86

Mark Hobday @mark.hobday.mab

Kelly Parsons

This time we chat to incredible Kelly Parsons who is Regional Business Manager for All Bar One. Kelly has such an interesting career story which includes butchering, wanting to be a historian and waitressing. She tells us how she met David Beckham, hints about a brand new ABO and we chat about applying for the bake off.  Kelly Parsons @kellymarie1311 The City Division’s Podcast is created by Jana, Mark and Natalie who are three friends that found themselves working in the hospitality industry for the last decade. They decided to create this podcast to start a conversation about amazing people who work around them. This industry has such a mixed reputation and they want to clear it up! All three have grown and developed while working in pubs and love it!! And can’t wait to tell you why. You can follow the podcast on instagram @citydivisionspodcast Jana Puisa @janapuisa Natalie Morrison @natalie_morrison86 Mark Hobday @mark.hobday.mab

Paul Aisthorpe

In this episode we catch up with amazing Paul Aisthorpe. Paul is Kitchen Skills Trainer for our division and very recently has moved from Nicholson’s to Castle. We chat about French bulldogs having French accents, love for coleslaw, Mauritian food and running. But also his very interesting career journey and importance of all departments working together.

PS: there were building works happening next door, so apologies for the noise!

Paul Aisthorpe @paulaisthorpe or https://www.facebook.com/paul.aisthorpe.5

Also feel free to join us for one of these events:

- Hackney Half in May 2020

- Sleep walk Shelter in London December 2019

The City Division’s Podcast is created by Jana, Mark and Natalie who are three friends that found themselves working in the hospitality industry for the last decade. They decided to create this podcast to start a conversation about amazing people who work around them. This industry has such a mixed reputation and they want to clear it up! All three have grown and developed while working in pubs and love it!! And can’t wait to tell you why.

You can follow the podcast on instagram @citydivisionspodcast

Jana Puisa @janapuisa

Natalie Morrison @natalie_morrison86

Mark Hobday @mark.hobday.mab