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Brigad prides itself on being a company with a mission “to make work attractive and accessible to all”.
An innovative app has recently launched here in Manchester, and it’s already shaping the future of freelance working in the city’s bustling hospitality sector.
Manchester is a city known for its resilience and community spirit, and that has never been more evident than in this post-COVID world as we bounce-back and recover from one of the most significant challenges we’ve had to face, but it’s true that the hospitality industry has had to overcome a lot more than other sectors.
Which is why Brigad could not have come at a more perfect time.
With the staffing crisis within the hospitality industry said to be reaching points of over 3,000 ongoing open vacancies, Brigad is all about end-to-end collaboration between hospitality businesses and qualified self-employed professionals.
Having launched back in 2016, and having already made a name for itself both here in the UK and with our overseas neighbours in France, Brigad allows businesses to be put in touch with verified self-employed professionals in just a few clicks, which ultimately saves precious time as the entire administrative process is automated, and then on the other end, for freelance workers, it allows them to choose work freely every day from a large number of well-paid assignments that work ideally for their needs and time constraints.
Brigad prides itself on being a company with a mission, and its goal is simple – “to make work attractive and accessible to all”.
But what was it that made Brigad make the move to launch in Manchester? How is it looking to make positive change to an industry that provides so much to our proud city? And how can it benefit businesses?
With Brigad having already connected around 4,000 freelance workers with work opportunities across London, the company is adamant that there is no time to waste in applying these resources to the great city of Manchester.
Brigad says its decision to provide services to Manchester is vital to “ensure efficient post-pandemic recovery” of the city’s hospitality industry, as it’s a company that works within the framework of social responsibility and is all about empowering hospitality workers by connecting them to temporary freelance shifts with a decent and fair minimum hourly payment.
“The city itself has provided some of the most innovative people-based solutions to encourage the individual to be better valued when the greater industry does not provide this,” Brigad says.
“This is why we are launching Manchester.”
Manchester is said to be the first in “the long line of cities” the company wants to begin operating in, as it believes “the city’s values reflect our values perfectly.”
To sum Brigad up simply and how it helps businesses fill staffing vacancies, businesses offer their vacant shifts on their rotas to the app, and the workers will then accept those that best suit their timetable, lifestyle, career path, and income.
Brigad knows that as a restaurant owner or manager, sometimes you need qualified staff to fill in, which is why it aims to stop them from wasting time by looking for suitable casual staff as the profiles on the platform are the best freelancers in hospitality, and their skills and experience are rigorously checked and approved by the Brigad team.
The innovative app works in three simple steps:
Brigad says it holds “a hearty commitment and respect” towards those who work in the hospitality industry, and with such a vast network of innovative, progressive, and pioneering businesses and workers, Manchester makes “complete sense” for its next step.
The company says it supports the future of hospitality in Manchester as a tech solution for those looking for security, freedom, independence and financial prosperity.
“A city with an independent spirit deserves hospitality staff of the same mindset,” Brigad says.
“Brigad is on a mission to make work attractive and accessible to all,” explains Florent Malbranche, CEO and co-founder of Brigad.
“We are excited to be expanding into the vibrant city of Manchester and confident we will enable thousands of hospitality workers change their professional life for the better.”
To help meet and connect with more local businesses, and to show just how much of a benefit the app can be to the city’s hospitality industry, Brigad is hosting a two-day open day event here in Manchester city centre next Tuesday 10 and Wednesday 11 May, which is free to attend, and you can find out more information and sign up here.
There will also be an evening event with Team Brigad and businesses which use the app, and you can pose any questions you may have to them over some drinks and great food.
To find out more information and see how Brigad can help your business, head over to the company’s website here.
You can also follow Brigad on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
Featured Image – Arnaud Caillou (via Brigad)
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Wingstop has just opened a huge new restaurant inside the Trafford Centre, bringing its signature lemon pepper, hickory smoked BBQ and spicy Korean Q wings to the shopping complex.
The third Manchester site for the award-winning chicken wing favourite, it is located in The Orient on the centre’s ground floor.
Here, chicken fans can choose from a selection of ten bold flavours on either classic wings, boneless wings or tenders.
All are available hand-sauced-and-tossed to order, in sauces like Atomic, Mango Habanero, Original Hot, Brazilian Citrus Pepper and Garlic Parmesan.
Elsewhere, further sauce flavours on offer include the likes of Louisiana Rub and Hawaiian.
With a range of in-house dipping sauces including classics like Buffalo ranch, honey mustard or blue cheese, not to mention sweet potato or regular fries on the side, it’s the ultimate fast food treat.
Wingstop has also recently introduced a new Big Flavour Burger, which comes available in any of the outlet’s ten sauce flavours.
Served up in a buttery brioche bun with added coleslaw, ranch, and pickles, it’s already proving a hit with Wingstop regulars.
The restaurant group now has 24 sites across the UK and more than 1,600 locations worldwide.
Tom Grogan, Director of Lemon Pepper Holdings (Wingstop UK) said: “We are thrilled to be a part of Manchester Trafford Centre and expanding on our presence in Manchester city centre. Our Trafford location is set to be our largest and highest volume restaurant to date”.
Bruce Gardner, Brand Experience Director at Pradera Lateral, added: “We are delighted to welcome Wingstop, the award-winning concept, to our evolving food and beverage offering at Trafford Centre.
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“This will be its 24th UK location and I look forward to supporting the opening of the restaurant with a unique launch event to attract loyal and new customers to Trafford offering an all-round, extraordinary shopping and leisure experience”.
Open from today, Wednesday 31 August, customers can head down between 11am – 10pm for their fix from Monday- Saturday, and from 11am- 7pm on Sundays.
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A handful of blockbuster flicks are being screened at a hidden cinema in the city centre this bank holiday weekend to celebrate Manchester Pride 2022.
As August bank holiday weekend is always known as Pride weekend here in Manchester, plenty of venues across the region are going all out to properly-mark the annual celebrations, and one of the city’s finest and most popular hotels, King Street Townhouse, has decided to screen a selection of films from the last few years that “express [our] pride” inside the venue’s very-own exclusive cinema.
Proud of Manchester and proud of the LGBTQ+ people who make up the city’s vibrant community, King Street Townhouse has partnered with Manchester Pride for the special event.
The Pride Cinema will be taking over from Thursday 25 – Sunday 28 August.
King Street Townhouse’s vintage-style cinema isn’t always one that everyone’s familiar with, as it’s tucked away in the hotel’s cellars and seats only a handful of people at a time for the ultimate viewing experience, but it’s well worth a visit – and this bank holiday weekend couldn’t be a more ideal time.
First on the lineup at the award-winning hotel on Thursday is the 2019 Elton John musical fantasy biopic, Rocketman, which stars Taron Egerton as the lead, alongside Richard Madden, Jamie Bell, Bryce Dallas Howard, and more, and then on Friday, it’s the turn of the critically-acclaimed 2015 drama, The Danish Girl, starring Eddie Redmayne and Alicia Vikander.
Saturday’s showing is the 2018 musical biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody, starring Rami Malek in the lead role of Freddie Mercury, for which he won the Oscar for Best Actor.
Then, bringing the weekend to a fitting close is the 2014 Brit-flick underdog, Pride – which is based on the true story of a group of lesbian and gay activists raising money to help families affected by the 1984 miners’ strike.
Tickets to the Pride Cinema screenings include pick ‘n’ mix and popcorn start, and will set you back just £10 per person – with all proceeds being donated to the Manchester Pride charity.
You can grab tickets on the King Street Townhouse website here.
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