Contract catering
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VisitBritain has called upon UK business to invite friends, relatives and past customers from around the world to visit Britain in 2012, as part of the latest phase of the national tourism agency's 'GREAT Britain - You're Invited' marketing programme.
Posted: 06 January 2012 | 11:14
The biggest challenge in 2012 will be the economic uncertainty. No one knows what will happen and we're all crossing fingers that there won't be a double-dip recession. But in challenging economic times opportunities arise. As some operators struggle, sites might become available, giving young guns the chance to get in.
Posted: 05 January 2012 | 16:36
Now that the festive period is over and we slip into January's low season, it is time to contemplate the year ahead - a year that promises one or two once-in-a-lifetime opportunities, as well as more traditional challenges
Posted: 05 January 2012 | 16:01
How To Build a Perfect Business: Do you have all the right parts in place to deliver a great hospitality experience? The Secrets of Great Hospitality: Leading experts and respected critics provide advice for hospitality operators seeking to take their businesses forward
Posted: 05 January 2012 | 12:57
Pride Catering has scooped a hat trick of silver Food for Life Catering Marks for its school meals work in the South-east. The caterer's contracts at Vineyard, Heathfield and Brookland schools - all in the South-east - were previously bronze. Pride now holds one gold, four silver and seven bronze catering marks.
Posted: 05 January 2012 | 12:21
The once in a lifetime opportunity presented by this year's Olympic Games and the continued staycation effect have created cause for optimism that 2012 will be a successful year for hospitality operators, according to exclusive Caterer and Hotelkeeper research.
Posted: 04 January 2012 | 11:25
Independent caterer Pabulum has kicked off the New Year with a new school meals contract at Brakenhale School, in Bracknell. The three-year deal is expected to be worth around £435,000 in total turnover...
Posted: 04 January 2012 | 10:59
School caterers have been given fresh ammunition to compete with the take-aways following a Government decision to allow price promotions. New powers mean that schools will be able to target particular groups of pupils with cut-price lunchtime deals...
Posted: 03 January 2012 | 12:33
Catering consultant Vic Laws and hotelier Willy Bauer are among the hospitality stars to be named in the New Year's Honours list awarded by The Queen for 2012. Laws, founder of AVL Consultancy, has been made an MBE for his services to the UK hospitality sector. His industry career began...
Posted: 31 December 2011 | 14:11
Luxury hotel group Von Essen's collapse into administration in April this year, with debts of nearly £300m, sent shockwaves around the industry. Many were surprised, while others claimed they could see it coming.
Posted: 30 December 2011 | 11:00
For the first time since its launch 100 years ago, Michelin released two guides to Great Britain and Ireland in the same year - the first in January and the second in October after it brought forward the publication of its 2012 guide. Four chefs celebrated winning a second star.
Posted: 30 December 2011 | 08:00
Aramark has reported a record 95% like-for-like annual increase in business retention, from £38.5m in 2010 to £78m in 2011, in what the company has described as its "best year yet". The catering giant was re-awarded...
Posted: 29 December 2011 | 10:35
Can it really be six-and-a-half years since the International Olympic Committee awarded London the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games? It seems only yesterday that I was in the Brakes development kitchen in Covent Garden, listening to the screams of delight from the crowds gathered in Trafalgar Square.
Posted: 23 December 2011 | 14:49
British Hospitality Association chief executive Ufi Ibrahim appeals for the industry to get behind the campaigns to cut VAT for hospitality
Posted: 23 December 2011 | 14:41
Preheat the oven to 190°C. Begin by making the filling. Slowly bring the cream to the boil, remove from the heat and stir in the chocolate until melted. Stir in the Drambuie and mincemeat and leave to set in the fridge. When set, mould into balls, roughly 125g each.
Posted: 23 December 2011 | 14:24
It might not have the most alluring title, but Odd Bits is initially more appealing than Jennifer McLagan's previous two books, Fat and Bones. The cover picture looks like a tray of exhibits from a crime scene, but do not be sidetracked by this offal and giblet bravado...
Posted: 23 December 2011 | 14:22
Emma Powell, a chef-manager at Wilson Vale, has become the company's first female area manager, assuming responsibility for a portfolio of clients in the Midlands. A chef for the past 13 years, Powell joined the contract caterer as a relief chef manager in May 2010.
Posted: 23 December 2011 | 12:21
Could you benefit from the Government's youth unemployment package by taking on apprentices? Legal expert Emilie Bennetts explains how to offer valuable internships without being accused of taking advantage
Posted: 23 December 2011 | 11:51
Christmas is a fabulous time for the hospitality industry, but it's also a time for reflection. Shelter from the Storm charity founders Louie Salvoni and Sheila Scott tell Lisa Jenkins how hospitality apprenticeships are getting the homeless back on their feet
Posted: 23 December 2011 | 11:34
Aramark has announced that Graham Merchant, a divisional director with the contract caterer until November 2010, has died. In a note to colleagues, the UK chief executive Andrew Main said that Merchant passed away on December 16 following a short illness related to a hereditary kidney condition.
Posted: 22 December 2011 | 13:15
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