People Who Make Hospitality Jana Puisa

Lauren Farrell makes her debut as a presenter of Raising the Bar as Jana is now on maternity leave after having her baby. Congratulations to Jana. 
In this episode we speak to Paula Smith from the Licensed Trade Charity (LTC). She talks to us about her recent fundraising trip to Sri Lanka, the history of the LTC, what support they can offer to you and what you can do to support them.
Please don't forget that the helpline is available to you 24/7 365 days a year, so if you feel you need to speak to someone or need any support then please don't hesitate to call them on 0808 801 0550. You can also download the app in your app store, that will give you access to great resources and support.  

Hello and welcome to Raising the Bar and the People who make hospitality podcast Episode 7.
Jana Puisa and Jonny Blake are back again to bring you some brand-new content.
In this episode, Jonny and Jana have made a special episode to mark this year's Holocaust Memorial Day.
Jonny shares his story of how the Holocaust has affected him and his family. We discuss:
The history of Jonny's family in Hungary
The story of their capture and transportation to concentration camps
Why it is so important to discuss the Holocaust
What it is like to be Jewish
How we can stop these atrocities from happening again
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This episode is all about fantastic work that Social Bite does and how Mitchells and Butlers is partnering with them. Social bite is a charity and chain of social businesses on a mission to end homelessness and they provide homes, jobs, food and support to empower people to transform their own lives.
Jonny and Jana have two interviews this time. The first interview is with Mel and Gemma from Harvester in Hillington. They chatted about the Jobs first, who as part of Social Bite, help people from challenging backgrounds to come back into work. Gemma's story is very touching and heartfelt, so we hope you enjoy it listening to it.
The second interview was recorded just outside Charing Cross station. They chat with Sara Reed who explains what the Festival of kindness is all about and how anyone can support people who are experiencing homelessness this year.
 Across the Scotland and parts of the UK social bite have been putting up trees of kindness to encourage people to donate gifts for people experiencing homelessness and we have the interview with Sara from social bite there. But also we're supporting the festival of kindness within our businesses, so this is for the third year running. We've we supported this.
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You can support Social Bite here Buy a Gift | Social Bite (social-bite.co.uk)
Incredible brownies from Social Bite Brownies | Social Bite (social-bite.co.uk)

Hello and welcome to Raising the bar and the People who make hospitality podcast. Jana Puisa and Jonny Blake have joined forces to create some really good content for you. You might have listened to the podcast previously, but now the podcast is even better and even bigger. Raising the bar is a new place to find out what's happening within MAB. From the horse's mouth to you, without any of the waffle. Just real people telling their stories.
Welcome to the latest episode - behind closed doors at the PRIDE event. This time Jonny and Jana had an exclusive peek behind the curtain to see how this event actually gets created and how much effort goes in each time.
They spoke to Gary Richmond, who leads MAB apprentices in Hilton kitchens and  Peter Skyhammar, who created the winning dish that was served on the evening for the City Division. 
Jonny also interviewed to some of our drink suppliers - Nick Clements and Luke Morris from Asahi who have been working with MAB for years. They gave an insight into what's it's like to work at the event and why it is so important to them to support MAB managers.
And finally Jana chatted to Nikki Yeomans who has been the key organiser of the event for quite a few years now. She spoke about how long it takes to put the event together, how many people are involved and finally, what gave her an inspiration for the theme this year. 
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Hello and welcome to Raising the bar and the People who make hospitality podcast. Jana Puisa and Jonny Blake have joined forces to create some really good content for you. You might have listened to the podcast previously, but now the podcast is even better and even bigger. Raising the bar is a new place to find out what's happening within MAB. From the horse's mouth to you, without any of the waffle. Just real people telling their stories.
 
In this episode Jana and Jonny are talking to four people, who work in some of our businesses and are balancing parenthood with their careers. They chatted to Steph (part-time AM) from Toby Carvery, Dom (GM) and Sarah (Shift Supervisor) from Nicholson's, and Craig (Accredited Kitchen Manager) from PCP. They all have different ways of balancing work and parenting. In this conversation they share what works for them, their top tips and more importantly they try to answer a question 'Is it harder to men or women?'.

Welcome to Raising the bar and the People who make hospitality podcast. Jana Puisa and Jonny Blake have joined forces to create some really good content for you. Raising the bar is a new place to find out what's happening within MAB. From the horse's mouth to you, without any of the waffle. Just real people telling their stories.
In this episode Jonny and Jana are talking about diversity and inclusion, specifically LGBTQ+ community. Jonny and Jana talk to five amazing people from across of our businesses  - Tom Crouch (RBM All Bar One), Hannah (KM Court), Danny (GM court), Maddie (GM O'Neil's Watford) and Harrison (SS O'Neil's Carnaby St). Main topics they cover:
Birmingham Pride event
How things have changed
Allyship
Discrimination
Being 'too woke'
Ask for Clive charity.
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Get in touch with Jana and Jonny:
Jana.puisa@mbplc.com
Jonny.blake@mbplc.com
 
Join M&Be yourself Facebook group - M&Be Yourself - LGBTQ+ | Facebook
Learn more about 'Ask for Clive' - AskforClive | Everyone is welcome here
Absolut Queen cocktail - https://www.allbarone.co.uk/pride#/