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ISS Eaton wins Business Diversity Award

ISS Eaton has won recognition for its best practice in diversity recruitment at a Scottish business awards ceremony. The Inverclyde & Renfrewshire Business Diversity Awards named the contract caterer and facilities management firm Overall Winner ...
Posted: 14 January 2010 | 12:44

Host Contract Management signs £50m deal with food supplier Brakes

Jerry Brand: deal with Brakes is unusualNational catering group Host Contract Management, run by entrepreneur Jerry Brand, has signed a £50m deal with supplier Brakes. Host’s 75 contracted units in business and industry, healthcare and education will be supplied with dry, chilled and frozen goods from the end of January.
Posted: 12 January 2010 | 11:51

Caterer Edwards & Blake boost sales to more than £8m

Shirley Edwards: 2009 was 'best year ever'East Anglian contract catering firm Edwards & Blake has announced strong trading results with annual turnover for 2009 exceeding £8m. The performance of the Norfolk-based firm was boosted by a string of high profile contracts across the region worth £2m in total. New clients include Bury St. Edmunds brewer...
Posted: 07 January 2010 | 16:27

Sodexo Prestige names new directors at Newcastle United FC

Newcastle United FC stadium at St James' ParkSodexo Prestige, the food and event management service provider at Newcastle United Football Club, has announced the signing of a new catering service director and sales director to join the catering team at the club. Colin Perkins has been appointed as catering service director...
Posted: 06 January 2010 | 14:39

Government urged to go back to basics on hospital food

£50m-worth of investment has failed to improve hospital catering in the past decadeIndustry leaders have urged the Government to go “back to basics” after a report warned that more than £50m has been wasted on efforts to improve hospital food. The report, entitled A Decade of Hospital Food Failure, found that the 17 separate schemes introduced since 2000...
Posted: 05 January 2010 | 12:40

Hospitality well represented in New Year’s Honours list

Cyrus Todiwala: received an OBEThe hospitality industry was well represented in 2010 New Year’s Honours list, with a number of familiar names recognised. Cyrus Todiwala, proprietor and executive chef at Café Spice Namasté, who was already an MBE, received an OBE for services to the hospitality industry.
Posted: 04 January 2010 | 10:53

News review of year - survival of the fittest

The row over the beer tie dominated the pub sectorThe industry can look back on 2009 with relief that predictions of widespread carnage had been exaggerated. Many businesses have proved resourceful in the face of economic meltdown, but the year hasn't been without its casualties, as Daniel Thomas reports.
Posted: 23 December 2009 | 12:24

Compass wins hospital deals worth £50m

Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham Contract caterer Compass has won a double deal to operate branded retail outlets at two new-build hospitals, in a deal worth nearly £50m. The company has signed 15-year contracts with the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham and the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, Fife, following a competitive tender.
Posted: 22 December 2009 | 12:30

Equipment - the changing face of staff dining

Catering at the Walkers Snack Foods factory in LeicesterStaff dining has come a long way in the past 20 years and is now more likely to resemble the high-street restaurants it is competing with. Diane Lane reports.
Posted: 15 December 2009 | 15:24

Caterersearch.com Web Award winners revealed

Caterersearch.com Web Award winners revealedItalian restaurant chain Strada has become the big winner in this year’s Caterersearch.com Web Awards, picking up the title of Website of the Year. Part of Tragus Holdings, Strada, which won the best website in the Restaurant – Group category, was voted the overall winner by the users of Caterersearch.com.
Posted: 15 December 2009 | 07:00

Chris Dury - My worst job

Chris Dury is general services manager at contract caterer Sodexo.
Posted: 11 December 2009 | 17:33

Sodexo wins Red Tractor Corporate Member status

The Red Tractor logoCatering and facilities management provider Sodexo has secured ‘Red Tractor Corporate Member’ status – the first company nationwide to do so. In addition, it has been named the first foodservice company to secure accreditation for its British meat. The company’s supply chain, systems and ...
Posted: 11 December 2009 | 16:46

School Food Trust welcomes plans to extend free school dinners

School dinnersEducation health body the School Food Trust has welcomed the plans to extend eligibility among children for free school meals, announced in yesterday's Pre-Budget Report. The plans will mean that there is at least one universal free school meals pilot in each English region...
Posted: 10 December 2009 | 14:35

Martin Brown joins ISS Eaton as S&M director for City dining venue

Martin BrownMartin Brown has joined fine-dining provider ISS Eaton as sales and marketing manager of the new City of London dining venue, One Moorgate Place.
Posted: 10 December 2009 | 12:04

Sodexo unveils corporate social responsibility strategy

SodexoSodexo has launched its ‘Better Tomorrow Plan’ which outlines the contract caterer and facilities management firm’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy. The plan has three strands: ‘we are’, which is focussed on values and ethics; ‘we do’, which outlines 14 commitments to action ...
Posted: 07 December 2009 | 10:37

Recruitment focus: contract catering - something for everyone

Contract catering opportunities range from oil rigs and schools to executive fine dining roomsIf you want a boring career, look away now. With contract catering you could find yourself anywhere - in a City dining room, on an oil rig, in a school, on a racecourse, at an airport... or pretty much anywhere that takes your fancy. Rosalind Mullen reports.
Posted: 04 December 2009 | 15:39

Diane Rollinson is new business development director at Graysons Restaurants

Diane RollinsonDiane Rollinson has been appointed business development director at contract catering company Graysons Restaurants to grow its market share and develop the Graysons education brand in the South East.
Posted: 02 December 2009 | 14:31

Compass boosts annual profits despite fall in sales

Richard Cousins: 'an excellent performance in a challenging environment'Contract catering giant Compass Group has warned that it is unlikely to see a return to sales growth in the coming year as the global economic downturn continues to affect corporate hospitality. Compass, which operates across 55 countries and holds UK contracts with the Bank of England ...
Posted: 25 November 2009 | 14:00

BaxterStorey named as Thames Valley’s most dynamic business

William Baxter: 'extremely proud'BaxterStorey has added another accolade to its collection after it was named Thames Valley’s Most Dynamic Business at a ceremony at the Madejski Stadium Complex in Reading, last week. The contract caterer received the award in recognition of its performance in a turbulent market...
Posted: 24 November 2009 | 15:06

Mark Blacker - My Worst Job

Mark BlackerMark Blacker is the marketing manager at Charlton House.
Posted: 24 November 2009 | 14:25

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