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Rising food costs has caused Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons to rethink its plans to increase the use of organic produce. Chef-patron Raymond Blanc explains.
Posted: 30 September 2010 | 11:40
QHotels has reduced the energy consumption across its group of 21 hotels by 61%, smashing its target of 30%. In 2009 all of the company's hotels and its central office were awarded either a silver or Bronze Green Tourism Business Scheme accreditation as a result of energy-saving initiatives...
Posted: 06 August 2010 | 17:11
Guildford-based contractor Pride Catering has been awarded the Soil Association’s Food for Life Silver Catering Mark for its work at St Stephens School in Twickenham, which is also one of Food for Life’s flagship schools.
Posted: 21 June 2010 | 11:08
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Premier Inn bans vuvuzelas to protect customers sleep; late-night bars to pay the cost of policing drunken disorder; Qatari government interested in Savoy hotel and Grosvenor House and more
Posted: 21 June 2010 | 10:30
To mark the launch of its Green Start initiative, which helps hospitality businesses to go green, VisitEngland gathered together some of the finest sustainability brains in the sector to share their tips and discuss the challenges for the industry. The event, chaired by VisitEngland chairman Penelope, Viscountess Cobham, took place at Shoreditch Trust's eco-friendly training restaurant, Acorn House. Neil Gerrard listened in.
Posted: 18 June 2010 | 12:05
For starters, a cycle-to-work scheme can help save money. Employers can avoid the 12.8% national insurance contribution on the value of cycling equipment.
Posted: 11 June 2010 | 10:47
The response to the newly launched Sustainable Restaurant Association has been surprisingly mixed. So does the industry really need it? Rosalind Mullen reports.
Posted: 10 June 2010 | 15:22
Sodexo, Aramark and Whitbread have once again made it into Business in the Community’s (BITC) newly-published, pan-industry Corporate Responsibility Index 2009. Launched in 1996 to help companies benchmark their environmental management and performance...
Posted: 08 June 2010 | 10:59
Every business is trying to be greener, but for many caterers it's impossible to cut back on disposable items when so many customers are eating and drinking on the move. John Porter looks at what suppliers are doing to solve the problem.
Posted: 02 June 2010 | 17:01
As the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme makes energy management a serious board-level issue, Brian Rickerby explains how complying with energy legislation can promote your business and lead to long-term financial benefits.
Posted: 21 May 2010 | 10:37
NH Hoteles is believed to be the first major hotel group to switch to oxo-biodegradable plastic for all its professional packaging requirements. The Spanish-based group, which has three hotels in London and 393 properties across the world...
Posted: 11 May 2010 | 10:22
Eden Foodservice has become the first catering firm to be given the Silver accreditation Food for Life catering mark for a group contract by the Soil Association. The company has worked in partnership with Croydon Council to achieve the accreditation,...
Posted: 26 April 2010 | 10:15
Story of the week: Hotel, café, pub and restaurant customers all face the risk of being unceremoniously shunted off the information superhighway by a heavy-handed piece of government legislation passed hurriedly last week.
Posted: 16 April 2010 | 15:34
Operators are to be pitted against each other in a mandatory scheme to rank and reward the best energy efficiency performers. All businesses that had at least one half-hourly electricity meter during 2008 must register for the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme by the end of September.
Posted: 16 April 2010 | 11:20
The UK’s first fully vegetarian and low-carbon restaurant chain is set to launch in London’s West End this summer. Otarian, which is opening two restaurants in New York City this month, will launch two sites in the capital on Shaftesbury Avenue and Wardour Street in June.
Posted: 15 April 2010 | 15:13
London restaurant Sushinho has become the first sushi outlet in the capital to take tuna off its menu.
The restaurant on King’s Road in Chelsea has made the decision on the back of the EU’s recent decision to support a ban on international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna until stocks recover.
Posted: 15 April 2010 | 11:02
Guests using the gym at the Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers will not only get fit, but they will also soon start producing electricity for the hotel. The 366-bedroom Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers, which describes itself as one of the world’s greenest hotels, is to install electricity producing bicycles on 19 April in an effort to become more energy efficient.
Posted: 14 April 2010 | 17:11
UK sales of organic food slumped by 12.9% in the last year as falling consumer demand and the toughest trading environment for 20 years took their toll. The hardest-hit organic products were fruit, vegetables, meat and bread, which have the biggest price differential...
Posted: 12 April 2010 | 10:17
A new 216-bedroom hotel, incorporating innovative carbon friendly initiatives, is to be built at East Midlands Airport. MAG Developments, the property and development arm of the Manchester Airports Group has signed contracts with the Azure Property Group to soon start construction of the hotel, which is expected to be ready within 18 months.
Posted: 16 March 2010 | 16:11
The deadline for the Considerate Hotel of the Year Awards 2009/10 has been extended to the end of the month. Organised by the Considerate Hoteliers Association (CHA), the awards aims to celebrate the best in environmental and corporate social responsibility performance...
Posted: 15 March 2010 | 10:22
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