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Compass delivers ‘strong set’ of half year results

The food and support services business has announced double-digit organic revenue growth across all regions in its half year trading results for the six months ended 31 March 2024. The group reports a strong underlying operating profit growth of 18.7% ...

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Sodexo on a mission to support school cooks in the Gambia

Sodexo UK & Ireland’s Food Innovation & Sustainability Director, Schools & Universities, David Mulcahy, recently returned from a week-long Stop Hunger YEAH! Mission in the Gambia. This skills-based volunteering mission, organised in partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme ...

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Sodexo extends its support of veterans with new partnership

Sodexo Government has joined forces with Combat2Coffee, a community interest not-for-profit company (CIC) committed to supporting veterans and ex-uniformed personnel. Founded by Royal Anglian veteran Nigel Seaman, Combat2Coffee uses coffee as a vehicle of conversation to support the wellbeing and ...

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Sodexo to publish carbon labelling on menus at more than 300 sites in 2024

New research from Sodexo shows there is a growing expectation among consumers to see low-carbon options and carbon labelling on menus. As part of its commitment to ensuring 70 per cent of its main dishes will be low carbon by ...

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Compass’ chief people officer joins industry leading group for social mobility

Carol Sommerville, Compass Group UK & Ireland’s Chief People Officer, has joined the Social Mobility Commission’s Employer Advisory Group (EAG), which works to support organisations to create better socio-economic inclusion in their workforce. The Social Mobility Commission is an independent ...

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Sodexo launches Starting Fresh employer toolkit 

Sodexo UK & Ireland has marked the first anniversary of Starting Fresh with the release of an employer toolkit. The toolkit builds on resources the organisation launched last March to help bridge the gap between businesses struggling with skills shortages ...

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BaxterStorey strengthens female board representation

Hospitality food service provider, BaxterStorey, has promoted Louise Denton and Eimear Hargaden to its company board, as it continues to drive its ‘Fuel Your Individuality’ culture philosophy across a diverse portfolio of client businesses. Denton has been named as Regional ...

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Compass publishes industry-first transition plan

Food and support services company, Compass Group UK & Ireland has become the first in its sector to share a detailed transition plan aligned to the UK government’s Final Disclosure Framework following its recent release by the Transition Plan Taskforce ...

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Sodexo and AstraZeneca extend partnership

Global, science-led biopharmaceutical company, AstraZeneca, has extended Sodexo’s food and facilities management services contract in the UK, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Norway for a further five-years. The collaboration between the two companies began in 2008 in the UK with a ...

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Compass reports strong growth across all regions

The food and support services business has announced a “strong start to the year” in its trading results for the first quarter ended 31 December 2023. The Group’s organic revenue grew by 11.7% for the three months to 31 December ...

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