Catering equipment: sustainability and innovation By Mick Shaddock, chair of CESA, the Catering Equipment Suppliers Association In recent years catering equipment manufacturers have made significant investments in developing new technologies for the foodservice industry. A key focus has been sustainability, but it’s not the only area of research: nearly every brand can point to big [...]
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Coping with the current flu outbreak, a guide for employers
January 12th, 2011
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LEGAL: Advice for employers: how to cope with the new swine flu outbreak By Lisa Jinks, Associate and Laura Burke, Solicitor, Employment & Employee Benefits, Greenwoods With reports that around 275,000 people were off sick from work with flu-like symptoms following the New Year bank holiday, we take a look at how employers can plan [...]
CFSP accredited to Level 4 by Thames Valley University
December 21st, 2010
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New Foodservice Industry Qualification Achieves Landmark Endorsement The Certified Food Service Professional (CFSP) programme has achieved accreditation by Thames Valley University. CFSP is the specialist qualification developed by CESA, the Catering Equipment Suppliers Association. Its objective is to raise the levels of professionalism throughout foodservice sector, by giving both catering operators and suppliers a better [...]
Stephen Fry helps The Clink restaurant join the SRA
December 15th, 2010
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The Clink restaurant at HMP High Down, Sutton has joined the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) with the intention of increasing its own and others environmental awareness levels. Stephen Fry, actor, writer, journalist, comedian, television presenter and film director, kindly offered to cover the joining fee, supporting and believing in the vision of The Clink. He [...]
Sustainable Catering Equipment, the FCSI Awards winners 2010
December 9th, 2010
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At the CESA Conference, Celtic Manor, November 2010 the FCSI announced the winners of the prestigious Sustainable Catering Equipment Awards The winners were: Falcon the overall winner for the Induction Range E2491i Induced Energy highly commended for the iPlate IE/IUS/2010 Mechline highly commended for their Waste Digester Waste 2.0 Many congratulations to all three. For [...]
Job of the week, CEDA looking for new MD
November 19th, 2010
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Peter Kay, the current Managing Director of CEDA has advised the CEDA Board that it is his intention to step down following the next conference in April 2011. Peter has been at the helm of CEDA for nearly six years and has been instrumental in driving the association forward in that time but wants to [...]
CEDA forms heart of Equipment Village at Restaurant Show
November 9th, 2010
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The Restaurant Show is the largest of the annual catering exhibitions in London. Running from October 11-13 this year at Earl’s Court 2, visitors were again treated to a unique show feature, organised by CEDA. The CEDA Catering Equipment Village brings together a variety of catering equipment suppliers and manufacturers. All of whom were offering specially [...]
NICs holiday scheme for new businesses launched
September 6th, 2010
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A new National Insurance contributions (NICs) holiday scheme to encourage new business start-ups in key UK regions was launched today. The ‘Regional Employer NICs Holiday for New Businesses’ offers substantial reductions in employer NICs for new businesses in those parts of the UK most reliant on public sector employment. Under the three-year scheme, eligible businesses [...]
Cooking, refrigeration, kitchen design, all your questions answered
August 27th, 2010
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The CEDA catering equipment village at The Restaurant Show, Earls Court 11-13th October 2010, expert advice and discounted prices. Every day at Restaurant Show, representatives from the most experienced and knowledgeable distributors in the UK will be manning the CEDA Village. They will offer advice independent of the manufacturers and give you the benefit of [...]
Sustainability in the commercial kitchen
July 24th, 2010
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Everyone has heard of global warming and the associated dangers. We are being told that we all need to do our bit to reduce the amount of ‘greenhouse gases’ that escape into the atmosphere and to think and act ‘Sustainably’. But what does this really mean? “If I’ve got customers waiting and 20 mains to [...]
