TGI Fridays has announced that it is set to further expand in the UK throughout 2015, following several years of phenomenal growth. The iconic brand, helmed by UK CEO Karen Forrester, will be creating over 700 new careers in the hospitality industry before the end of 2015 with six new openings. A further ten new restaurants are planned for 2016.
CEO Karen Forrester commented: “We are delighted to have won the Sunday Time Best Big Company to Work for in the UK – it has been a long journey to receive this incredible accolade and I couldn’t be more proud of our Fridays family for their hard work and belief in our brand as they have been the ones that have made this possible.
“We’re also very pleased to be creating at least 700 careers this year right across the UK. We will therefore be on the lookout for great candidates to come and join the Fridays family in 2015, forge their careers with us in the hospitality industry, and live our four key values of pride, passion, personality and protection.”
Best Big Company to Work for in the UK
TGI Fridays is celebrating its latest success after being named the ‘Best Big Company to Work for in the UK’ in this year’s Sunday Times Best Companies to Work for 2015. The feat is all the more remarkable as it is Fridays first entry in the ‘big companies’ category, where it competed against some of the largest organisations in the UK.
The Best Companies award results are based on feedback from team members, with Fridays scooping top spot on team, leadership, training and wellbeing. This was coupled with employees feeling ‘a strong sense of family (82%), ‘fun’ (86%) and that they work with ‘teams they get a buzz out of’ (77%). Team members also said that working at Fridays is ‘good for personal growth’ (80%) and that they ‘love working for the chain’ (79%) – again, all achieving number one scores.
Fridays was further recognised in the awards for the industry-leading training it offers – both on-the-job and at the recently opened ‘Fridays Academy’, based in Luton, where all leadership and management courses are held. It also runs an extremely popular and respected apprenticeship programme – last year, Fridays gained 111 team members through this scheme and currently has 180 learners on its course.
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