Westbury Street Holdings (WSH), the company behind a number of foodservice brands operating in the UK and Europe, has acquired Bartlett Mitchell, a leading UK-based boutique caterer. The national and local restrictions enforced due to the COVID-19 pandemic have had a material impact on the workplace catering sector. WSH offers a robust proposition, creating a sustainable … [Read more...]
Sodexo announces new five year university contract
Sodexo has announced its partnership with Solent University, Southampton has been substantially extended following a competitive re-tender of the catering and hospitality services contract. Sodexo has secured the new five-year contract which will see a complete transformation of the University’s current catering provision. The new contract sees Sodexo’s team working with the … [Read more...]
Bartlett Mitchell aligns diversity, inclusion and equality with Black History Month
Bartlett Mitchell has today announced a series of measures aimed at strengthening its commitment to diversity, inclusion and equality. Launched to coincide with Black History Month, the company has committed to the values outlined in the ‘Business In the Community Race at Work’ charter. Bartlett Mitchell Black History Month The charter offers a strategic framework for … [Read more...]
Sodexo university concierge services launched supporting students now
Sodexo university concierge services, Circles, has been launched at two university campuses as part of its Residential Living programme. Designed to give students a helping hand, the launch is timely following a new survey from Sodexo which underlines how students are finding it hard to adjust to life during the Covid-19 pandemic. This research, conducted in partnership with … [Read more...]
Houston & Hawkes win new five-year catering and hospitality contract
Independent caterer, Houston & Hawkes, has won a five-year catering and hospitality contract at Belmont House, Uxbridge. The boutique caterer has been appointed to provide café, hospitality and free issue services for up to 800 customers at The Belmont Building in Uxbridge, a multi-tenanted office building owned by Aviva Investors. Houston & Hawkes will be … [Read more...]
Oxford Brookes University selects Co-op and Gather & Gather as latest franchisee
Gather & Gather, part of CH&CO is set to open its first retail shop as a Co-op franchisee at Oxford Brookes University. The Headington Campus Co-op of Oxford Brookes University will be one of the largest Co-op’s stores at a UK university, providing 21 new job opportunities for hospitality workers that have been laid-off by Covid-19, as well as for students … [Read more...]
Covid crisis could see hot meal service dropped at schools
Schools in England have faced a difficult return. With school leaders grappling with the challenge of ensuring pupil and staff safety and wellbeing, there are fears that hot and nutritious school meals could be the latest victim of Covid-19 and uncertain Government policy. Food for Life, a Soil Association programme, believes good food should be easily available for everyone, … [Read more...]
Bartlett Mitchell maintain action on sustainability and environmental protection
Bartlett Mitchell has reduced its emissions by 22.3 tCO2 in its second year of carbon footprint reporting with The Planet Mark - demonstrating its commitment to sustainability and environmental protection. The Planet Mark is a sustainability certification which recognises outstanding achievements, encourages action, and builds an empowered community of like-minded … [Read more...]
Commons Treasury Committee cast doubt on a return to city centres soon
London is currently occupied by a fraction of the normal density of tourists and workers, either is detrimental to the hospitality industry and both at the same time is bordering catastrophic. The language being used above is considered and used to emphasise the danger that many hospitality businesses face in trying to operate at the moment in London. The lack of tourists … [Read more...]
Covid & Brexit procurement planning with Allister Richards
The impact from Covid-19 continues to send ripples across the entire hospitality industry, and all segments within it. Most segments of hospitality have seen reduced volumes in every aspect of their operations, amidst this some level of adjustment will need to be made in preparing for the conclusion of Brexit. The UK has already left the EU and the transition period ends on 31 … [Read more...]
Mixed messages from government could derail a return to the workplace
A return to the workplaces of central London and many other cities around the UK is vital not only for the workplace foodservice sector, but for the wider hospitality industry. The pubs, cafes and restaurants that ordinarily are full of people are no longer, as employers and employees continue to work from home. Return to workplace foodservice The initial cause of empty … [Read more...]
The definition of hospitality
The definition of hospitality: The hospitality and catering industry across the UK has been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic in ways that less than a year ago were unthinkable. Many names across the industry have already disappeared, and unfortunately many others will follow in the months ahead. So, what is truly remarkable is the camaraderie that pervades, seeing people and … [Read more...]
BM delivered launched today supporting workplace foodservice
Bartlett Mitchell has today announced the launch of BM delivered - a new service developed to support clients looking for temporary food solutions during the post Covid lockdown period. BM delivered will be offered to all clients facing reduced building footfall over the next few months, or those looking for individually packaged meals for safe distancing … [Read more...]
Business & Industry Foodservice Procurement: It’s about we, not me
It really wasn’t that long ago that the situation the world finds itself in today was inconceivable for the vast majority of people. The novel coronavirus was something that we in the UK watched on the news, with ever growing sympathy, while life pretty much carried on as normal. But today, we find ourselves in a brave new world and it’s one that doesn’t look set to … [Read more...]
