Leading hotel The Old Stocks Inn is one of the best places to work

The Old Stocks Inn in Stow-on-the-Wold have been announced in The Caterer’s ‘Best Places to Work in Hospitality 2018’. The hotel have taken the 8th place in this year’s, recognising them as one of the best in the industry.

The Old Stocks Inn operates within a 17th century coaching inn which lies in the heart of the stunning Cotswolds National Park. The Inn consists of a bar and restaurant along with their 16-bedroom boutique hotel which has recently been refurbished to incredible standards. Reclaiming the majority of the special 17th century features of the building was key to the redevelopment. Filling the space with bespoke furniture or each room matching the bespoke nature of the menu holders in the restaurant, had crafted by Smart Hospitality Supplies.

The Inn has up to 30 employees in high season with the average employee having served for 2.2 years. This represents an incredibly low staff turnover of 16%. Purple Cubed and The Caterer asked staff to take an anonymous survey rating their employer on many key areas of employment. These categories included communication, respect for work-life balance and the teams having respect for each other.