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Tim West

Tim WestTim West built Elior into the UK’s fourth largest contract caterer and then quit to seek the new challenge of building up the much smaller Lexington Catering group in the role of chief executive.
Posted: 21 September 2006 | 00:00

Alpha Airports rebuilds its executive team

Alpha logoAlpha Airports, which had its shares temporarily suspended from the London Stock Exchange early this year, has made two senior appointments as it looks to rebuild its executive team.
Posted: 15 September 2006 | 14:43

Principal Hotels sold for estimated £300m - For more hospitality stories, see what the weekend papers say

A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: US tourists not deterred by foiled air attack; Breakfast boost for Wetherspoon; Wetherspoon props up sales slump in Scottish pubs and more...
Posted: 12 September 2006 | 10:47

Jamie Oliver criticises parents for kids' 'disgraceful' packed lunches

Jamie Oliver and school kidsJamie Oliver has called on the Government to take the lead in the battle against childhood obesity and give teachers the power to confiscate junk food at the school gates.
Posted: 08 September 2006 | 10:39

Hereford Racecourse signs new three-year deal... and other food service news

Food service newsA round-up of the latest news from the contract catering industry including: LACA set to air new TV ad; ESS wins British Army contract; Smith & Nephew extends Sodexho deal and wins more school deals...
Posted: 08 September 2006 | 10:23

Exclusive: LACA's new TV ad promoting school meals goes live

CHOT 150905 CatererSearch has an exclusive preview of an ad by the Local Authority Caterers Association (LACA), which is due to hit TV screens for the first time on GMTV next Monday (11 September).
Posted: 07 September 2006 | 17:28

Caterers will need VAT clarification

New rules for VAT on food sold by caterers will cause major confusion among contractors, legal experts have warned.
Posted: 07 September 2006 | 14:48

School meals cash hike is welcomed by the industry

CHOT 150905 Caterers have hailed the Government's £240m pledge to extend healthy school meal funding in England between 2008 and 2011 as a victory for the industry.
Posted: 07 September 2006 | 14:37

Compass dismisses link with Kofi Annan's wife

Compass Group has denied speculation that links between the buyer of its SSP travel concession business and the wife of UN secretary-general Kofi Annan will affect the investigation into procurement irregularities by the caterer at the UN.
Posted: 07 September 2006 | 00:00

Woodward Foodservice buys DBC Foodservice for £25m

Woodward Foodservice cheif executive, Ed HyslopSupplier Woodward Foodservice has bought rival DBC Foodservice for £25m, creating a new group with annual turnover of more than £400m.
Posted: 06 September 2006 | 17:03

Government pledges £240m more for school meals

School foodThe Government has earmarked an extra £240m to subsidise healthy ingredients in school meals until 2011.
Posted: 04 September 2006 | 14:04

Fast food is as dangerous as fast driving, warns RAC

Fast food offered in road-side service stations can be as dangerous to motorists as fast driving, the RAC breakdown service has warned.
Posted: 01 September 2006 | 12:11

Mike Audis tells managers they're way off target

Mike AudisThe chief executive of Elior UK, the UK's fourth-largest contract caterer, has slammed his company's efforts to hit its financial targets.
Posted: 31 August 2006 | 10:31

Food service sales to grow by a third in just five years

Rising numbers of households and more mobile lifestyles will fuel a 33% growth in global food service sales by 2010, experts have predicted.
Posted: 31 August 2006 | 10:30

Table Talk

Some people just don't know when they're beaten. A recent case in point was chip maker McCain, which has written to caterers and head teachers grumbling about the Government's "simplistic" decision to limit deep-fried grub to twice a week.
Posted: 31 August 2006 | 00:00

Eden denies it will quit state school catering

Eden Foodservice (formerly Initial Catering Services, part of Rentokil Initial) has denied speculation it will pull out of the state school market.
Posted: 31 August 2006 | 00:00

Hospitals warned to be aware of patient malnutrition

elderly patient getting foodMore than half of the older patients in UK hospitals suffer from malnutrition which may set back their recovery because nurses do not have time to help them eat, campaigners have warned.
Posted: 29 August 2006 | 12:41

School caterers fear losses with guidelines

CHOT 150905 Caterers fear they will lose cash in secondary schools when the Government's nutritional guidelines kick in next month.
Posted: 24 August 2006 | 13:00

Jamie Oliver effect hurts catering profits at Rentokil Initial

Rentokil InitialThe Jamie Oliver effect wiped a third off catering profits at Rentokil Initial in the second half of 2006 as school meal uptake continued to fall.
Posted: 24 August 2006 | 12:16

Harrison Catering Services: Kids' stuff

Lambeth school kidsJamie Oliver's school meals campaign has had the unfortunate side effect of robbing some caterers of the volume, and thus the income, they need to improve the situation. Dan Bignold discovers how Harrison Catering Services is coping
Posted: 24 August 2006 | 00:00

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