Guest services provider, Portico, has been awarded Accredited Learning Department status from The Learning and Performance Institute (LPI) – the only professional body dedicated to workplace learning. The prestigious accolade is given to companies that approach L&D in a forward-thinking ...

Sodexo UK & Ireland’s commitment to DEI is “leading edge” according to inclusion in EDI Maturity Curve, which has awarded the company with Platinum accreditation – making Sodexo the highest scoring organisation within the hospitality, travel and leisure industry – ...

Barnet Hospital in partnership with Medirest, the healthcare division of Compass Group UK & Ireland, has achieved the prestigious NHS ‘Exemplar’ status across portering, catering and cleaning. A team of NHS England representatives visited the hospital in July this year ...

BM Caterers has received a one-star rating by Best Companies, its 10th successive year of being accredited (excluding the pandemic years). Published annually, the list recognises the UK’s most attractive and effective employers. Participating businesses are judged on factors including workplace engagement initiatives, staff ...

Royal Surrey County Hospital and its partner Medirest, the healthcare arm of Compass Group UK & Ireland have been awarded the first NHS Exemplar status for outstanding portering services, which has only been recently introduced to the portfolio of Exemplar ...

BaxterStorey has been named as the first ever Business & Industry sector caterer to achieve ‘World Class’ status by Hospitality Assured, the quality standard developed by the Institute of Hospitality. Hospitality Assured assesses nine steps of the Hospitality Assured standard; ...

Facilities Service provider, NEC Services Group, has received the prestigious Cyber Essentials accreditation. This government-backed and industry-supported scheme is designed to assist organisation’s in safeguarding themselves against prevalent online threats. Achieving Cyber Essentials accreditation involves rigorous assessments of an organisation’s ...

Secured by Design (SBD) is the flagship UK police initiative to help ‘design out’ crime through high-quality, innovative products and processes 2N devices came through rigorous tests to assess their resistance to forced entry The announcement follows the Office for ...

CHAS Managing Director Ian McKinnon outlines how adoption of the Common Assessment Standard has gathered pace since its rollout began in 2019 with multiple major contractors now specifying the scheme and explains why now is the time for contractors who ...

The roll-out of a new data-sharing agreement between the Common Assessment Standard providers means the benefits of qualifying for and specifying the scheme are greater than ever. CHAS, Managing Director Ian McKinnon explains more. What is the Common Assessment Standard? ...