Sodexo has won Partnership of the Year at the 2018 HSJ Awards for its collaboration with University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust. The HSJ Awards celebrated the outstanding contributions of staff and organisations to the healthcare sector. Sodexo’s award recognised the partnership between Sodexo and the estates and facilities team at University Hospitals of North … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2018
Imagine Inns opens fourth Star site with cafe facilities for local railway station users
North West pub company Imagine Inns is opening its fourth pub this week following a £500,000 investment with Star Pubs & Bars. The refurbishment has transformed The Railway at Bromley Cross near Bolton into a stunning family-friendly pub serving great food and also offering much needed facilities for users of the village station, which is next door. The pub will open at … [Read more...]
UKHospitality welcomes today’s step towards withdrawal statement from Theresa May
Earlier this afternoon, Theresa May in a brief statement made outside No 10 Downing Street hailed the EU draft agreement on post-Brexit relations as "right for the whole of the UK". Prime minister May stated that the political declaration - outlining how trade, security and other issues will work - had been "agreed in principle". The prime minister is making a statement … [Read more...]
Eventist Group purchases London luxury caterer Zafferano
Eventist Group is delighted to announce its acquisition of luxury brand Zafferano. This award-winning party and event caterer is renowned throughout London’s premium corporate, private event and wedding market. Zafferano boasts over forty of the capital’s landmark venues within its client portfolio, as well as producing elegant and aspirational private parties throughout … [Read more...]
Bella Italia raises £100k for the Dreams Come True Charity
To celebrate a landmark £100,000 raised over the past 30 months for the children’s charity Dreams Come True, Bella Italia presented a cheque to the chief executive, Richard Aston at the popular Italian restaurant’s Islington site in conjunction with the charity’s 30th birthday. The money, which has been raised by donating 25p from every Lenticchie pasta dish sold across its … [Read more...]
Rockliffe Hall launches “Aspiring Chef of the Year 2019” competition
Rockliffe Hall has launched a competition to find the most aspiring chef in the North East in a bid to help nurture young catering talent and bridge the skills gap. Chefs from the five star resort are inviting catering students from Darlington College to create an aspirational three course banqueting lunch menu, inspired by the North East of England. Students studying … [Read more...]
Views on making the ‘out of home’ sector healthier sought by Food Standards Scotland
Food Standards Scotland is inviting views from the out of home food sector, the public and all interested organisations on proposals to give the people of Scotland healthier options when they’re eating out. The consultation published today will be open for responses until 28 February 2019. Improving the Scottish diet and helping Scotland become a healthier nation is a key … [Read more...]
The Royal Marsden celebrate award-winning food for second year
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust have celebrated their second year of award-winning meals with the renewal of their Food for Life Served Here award from the Soil Association, the UK’s leading food and farming charity. They were awarded for their patient, visitor and staff meals in 2017 and have shown their continued commitment to providing fresh, ethical and more … [Read more...]
Opens today: Tom Kitchin’s new Edinburgh restaurant, Southside Scran
Today, Michelin-starred chef Tom Kitchin and his award-winning team will open their new restaurant, Southside Scran, in the heart of Bruntsfield in Edinburgh. Featuring an open rotisserie in the middle of the brass-accented dining room, the neighbourhood bistro’s menu will incorporate the best of Scotland’s produce, with hints of Tom's passion for French cuisine. It will be the … [Read more...]
Video Interview: Harry Murray MBE, The hospitality industry post Brexit
Harry Murray MBE, Chairman of Lucknam Park Hotel and Spa was one of the delegates that took part in the ‘Brand Britain in a post Brexit UK’ roundtable in July organised by Bartlett Mitchell’s Marketing Director Lin Dickens. The event saw hospitality industry leaders come together and discuss and debate the hospitality industry post Brexit. We interviewed Harry Murray … [Read more...]
SSP Group statement on departure of CEO Kate Swann
SSP Group has this morning announced that Kate Swann has decided to step down from her role as Group Chief Executive Officer on 31 May 2019. Swann’s departure announcement, after more than five years at the helm of the company comes the same day that full year operating profits were reported up 22%, and a further special dividend of circa £150m was announced. Swann will be … [Read more...]
Tim Martin to visit 100 of his pubs in two months to talk Brexit with customers
The founder and chairman of pub company JD Wetherspoon, Tim Martin, has today announced that he intends to visit more than 100 Wetherspoon pubs across the UK in the next two months to speak to customers and the local press about the huge economic advantages of leaving the EU on 29 March 2019 without a deal, and of adopting the free trade approach of countries like New Zealand, … [Read more...]
Signature Food Festival at The Chester Hotel donates more than £250k to Charity
Signature, Scotland’s only fine dining festival, has raised more than a quarter of a million pounds to charity; more than doubling the amount raised at the 2017 previous event. A total of £239,000 will be donated to the Friends of the Neo Natal Unit at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and £12,000 was also raised for Friendly Access a charity which supports those living with hidden … [Read more...]
Compass plans stockpiling contingency in a no-deal Brexit scenario
The world's biggest catering company Compass has said it could change its menus and use alternative ingredients as it announced contingency plans were in place for a no-deal Brexit scenario. Compass also has concerns over the impact on thousands of EU nationals in its British workforce. The UK business is only 10% of the group’s worldwide business but chief executive Dominic … [Read more...]
Scottish Government alcohol strategy must be proportionate
UKHospitality has reacted to the Scottish Government’s announcement of a strategy to tackle alcohol harm by cautioning that any measures must be proportionate. UKHospitality Chief Executive Kate Nicholls said: “UKHospitality, its members and the wider sector share the Scottish Government’s aims to tackle alcohol abuse and promote healthier attitudes. “Scotland’s … [Read more...]