The second cohort of up-and-coming Compass Group UK & Ireland chefs have started their journey on the ‘Forward with Marcus Wareing’ programme, building on the success of the first group who have focused on subjects including sustainability, commerciality, people, and ...
Read More »BM wins £20m of new contracts
More than £20 million of contracts have been secured by workplace catering firm, BM, in the last six months, with businesses operating in the financial, tech, media, construction and legal sectors. As part of these multi-year deals, BM will provide ...
Read More »The importance of catering in the workplace
In today’s workplace catering has never played such an important component to the overall operation. You might have the need to offer staff feeding on your site, or perhaps a café for visitors. You may have meeting rooms that require ...
Read More »Eurest helps Heathrow to roll out free food scheme for staff during cost-of-living crisis
National workplace caterer and part of Compass Group UK&I, Eurest, has helped Heathrow Airport launch a free meal scheme for its 6,000-strong workforce during the cost of living crisis. The airport wanted to offer every single colleague on site access ...
Read More »Restaurant Associates wins at Hinxton Hall
Restaurant Associates, part of Compass Group, has been awarded the hospitality contract at Hinxton Hall Conference Centre, for the delivery of new services across all conference, accommodation and guest services. Located in South Cambridgeshire, Hinxton Hall resides within a one-hundred-acre ...
Read More »Swansea City makes a return to Levy’s stadia portfolio
Following a five-year hiatus, Swansea City A.F.C. has made a return to Levy UK + Ireland’s Welsh stadia portfolio, joining Cardiff City Stadium and the Principality Stadium. The sports and entertainment division of Compass Group UK & Ireland, says its ...
Read More »Range of single-use plastics to be banned in England from October
Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey has announced there will a far-reaching ban on single-use plastics in England, which will include plates, trays, bowls, cutlery, balloon sticks, and certain types of polystyrene cups and food containers. The ban will come into force ...
Read More »Elior UK donates £15,000 to fund trainees
Contract catering firm, Elior UK, has committed to fully fund five trainees – at a total cost of £15,000 – through a training and employment programme provided by social enetrprise, Change Please. As well as funding training, Elior UK will ...
Read More »Veganuary: Sodexo reports increase in sales of vegetarian and vegan dishes in 2022
To mark Veganuary 2023, Sodexo has published its food sales data showing a year-on-year increase in the proportion of vegetarian and vegan meals sold across 476 of its UK and Ireland client sites. Released today, Sodexo’s data shows that the ...
Read More »Head of nutrition & sustainability appointment at Eurest & 14forty
Senior Nutritionist Rees Bramwell has been promoted to Head of Nutrition & Sustainability at contract caterer Eurest and its sister company, facilities management provider, 14forty. Appointed in 2018 as Eurest and 14forty’s first permanent in-house nutritionist, Bramwell has since made ...
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