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Story of the week: England's visitor economy can grow from £97b in 2010 to £147b and create 225,000 more jobs over the next decade, according to VisitEngland.
John Footman is to become the new chef at the Goose in Britwell Salome, which was forced to close ...
Posted: 19 March 2010 | 16:36
Sodexo Europe boss Philip Jansen’s move to food wholesaler Brakes has been delayed by several months, with “bad blood” between the businesses blamed for holding up the move. Jansen, currently Sodexo’s group chief operating officer in charge of Europe, was originally scheduled ...
Posted: 19 March 2010 | 11:42
A consultation document on education funding has raised concerns that the Government will not continue its investment in free school meals.The document, Investing for the future, protecting the front line: school funding 2010-13, sets out how the Government will prioritise education spending.
Posted: 19 March 2010 | 11:26
Cash-strapped students are resorting to the unhealthy option and even skipping meals in a bid to make their money go further, according to research carried out by Sodexo. 42% of students are adapting their diet in order curb spending and many are missing meals...
Posted: 19 March 2010 | 11:06
Don't expect the good times to roll again, warns Jerry Brand, managing director, at Host Contract Catering. He says contractors will continue to have to adapt and find new ways of operating to build a profitable future.
Posted: 19 March 2010 | 10:21
The publication of the Nutrition Action Plan in 2007 highlighted the steps that needed to be taken to combat the rising scourge of malnutrition among the elderly. While there is still a long way to go, Janet Harmer reports on some of the care homes and local authorities that improving their catering offer for the elderly.
Posted: 18 March 2010 | 16:42
Sodexo has been named as the global leader in diversity, according to a new index published this week. The foodservice and facilities management firm ranked top of the list in DiversityInc’s Top 50 Companies for Diversity, which saw only four hospitality businesses represented.
Posted: 17 March 2010 | 17:16
We may still be in a recession, but there are always opportunities in the kitchen for people who are prepared to work hard and learn their trade. Rosalind Mullen reports.
Posted: 15 March 2010 | 14:03
This is the latest venture from Ben and Hugo Warner who also run restaurants at the V&A and Hyde Park's Serpentine Gallery. Located in the museum's Water House, it is open for breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea.
Posted: 12 March 2010 | 11:24
Compass Group has announced the appointment of Nick Potter to the role of managing director of its business and industry arm Restaurant Associates. Potter will report to business and industry sector managing director Jason Leek when he takes up his new position in April.
Posted: 11 March 2010 | 17:40
Sodexo Prestige has won a £5m contract to provide event and banqueting services for at number of venues for Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums (TWAM). Sodexo will provide locally-themed menus at the Discovery Museum, Laing Art Gallery, South Shields Museum and Art Gallery, and Segedunum Roman Fort and Museum. This is in addition to the Great North Museum: Hancock, for which Sodexo won the contract last May.
Posted: 10 March 2010 | 10:46
Hotel groups continue to lead the way for hospitality in the latest UK Business Superbrands list, with Hilton ranked highest against its closest rivals Marriott and Sheraton.The UK Business Superbrands 2009 honours the strongest business-to-business brands in the UK.
Posted: 09 March 2010 | 10:30
Story of the week: Industry figures have paid tribute to Rose Gray, the co-founder of the acclaimed River Café in London, who has died aged 71 after a prolonged battle with cancer. It was Hotelympia 2010 this week, and to round off the five-day event, the godfathers of the British culinary scene...
Posted: 05 March 2010 | 16:10
A Meals on Wheels delivery driver has been described as a heroine after she rescued an elderly customer from a burning building. When Lynn Vincent, who delivers meals for Apetito...
Posted: 05 March 2010 | 14:15
When contract caterer Elior renewed its deal with Waterstone's, it was given the entire fifth floor of the bookseller's flagship London store, resulting in a partnership of retail and food largely untried outside large department stores. Janie Stamford reports
Posted: 05 March 2010 | 11:11
The food and service management sector saw turnover increase in 2009 to £4.2b, according to the annual survey of the British Hospitality Association’s Food and Service Management Forum. The forum chair Phil Hooper, who announced the results of the BHA’s 21st survey at Hotelympia yesterday...
Posted: 03 March 2010 | 11:21
A team of chefs from the House of Commons took gold medal in La Parade des Chefs on the first day of Hotelympia 2010. Working in the glass-enclosed kitchens of La Parade and preparing a meal for 100 paid-for covers, the team, which consisted of Nick Wort, Luke Fouracre, Daniel Terry, David Bush,...
Posted: 01 March 2010 | 14:17
Malnutrition may have contributed to the deaths of nearly 50,000 patients each year in NHS hospitals, according to a study commissioned by government ministers. The figure is substantially higher than numbers reported previously. Ministers said last May that 239 patients had died...
Posted: 26 February 2010 | 16:27
Kevin Fitzpatrick has become Sodexo's new director of operational effectiveness, while Stuart Carter has moved to the post of director of investment and infrastructure. Carter joined Sodexo in 1998 from WS Atkins, intially to work on PFI and PPP projects.
Posted: 26 February 2010 | 09:05
With financial support from the government due to end next year, now is the time to help out the school meals programme, or risk wasting the work that has been done in the past five years to educate the young about healthy eating. Tom Vaughan reports.
Posted: 24 February 2010 | 14:43
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