Article By: Chris Bray, Sodexo Sport & Leisure UK&I CEO Indoor dining and hospitality returning marks a huge milestone in the UK’s post-lockdown roadmap but as we make our way towards 21st June, the hospitality industry needs to reinforce its commitment to its people in order to fully reap its rewards. People should be at the heart of any good business model but … [Read more...]
New Head of Diversity & Inclusion welcomed at Sodexo
Sodexo UK & Ireland has made a crucial new appointment by making Raj Jones its permanent Head of Diversity & Inclusion. Raj started her career with Sodexo in 2007, taking on a role in Learning & Development for the Justice part of the business before moving to a secondment with the central Diversity & Inclusion team. After five years, she took up a role … [Read more...]
BaxterStorey join UN Race to Zero
WSH, the parent company of leading hospitality brands including BaxterStorey has signed a landmark pledge, committing to the Business Ambition for 1.5°C which will see them join the UN Race to Zero, setting a science-based net-zero target and making a critical contribution to limiting the impacts of climate change. Spearheading WSH’s focus on sustainability is Mike Hanson, … [Read more...]
Newbury Racecourse awards new 10 year foodservice contract
Newbury Racecourse has selected Levy UK + I, the sports, and hospitality division of Compass Group UK and Ireland, as its official catering and hospitality partner. The ten-year contract will build on the in-house capabilities Newbury Racecourse has used to date and enhance catering across the venue’s raceday and corporate operations. Levy will work together with Newbury … [Read more...]
Ethnicity pay gap report published by Sodexo
Sodexo UK has voluntarily published its ethnicity pay gap data for 2020, making it the first company in the hospitality and FM industry to do so. Sodexo has a long-standing commitment to fairness and equity and is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, and in 2019 publicly pledged, through Business in the Community’s Race to Work charter and through the … [Read more...]
Compass Group’s move to plant-based meals targets 40% by 2030
Compass Group plans to convert around 40% of its meat-based meals to plant-based alternatives by 2030, as part of wider plans to cut carbon emissions at least 65% by 2030. ProVeg UK, a non-profit organisation that works with school caterers to deliver more sustainable menus, welcomes the move. Its Director, Jimmy Pierson, said: “We need diet change not climate change, and … [Read more...]
CH&CO’s double commitment to Springboard and hospitality’s staffing crisis
CH&CO has strengthened its support of UK hospitality charity, Springboard, and its new initiative ‘Springboard to 2022’ with two clear commitments. The independent catering and hospitality business has pledged to advertise all its entry level roles with Springboard before advertising externally. It has also signed up to work with Springboard to create jobs through the … [Read more...]
Aramark introduces Mental Health Champions for struggling employees
Aramark Northern Europe is introducing Mental Health Champions as part of a long-standing effort to support employees struggling with mental health difficulties. The champions will support the entire UK, Ireland, and Global Offshore business under the Aramark Northern Europe structure. Following on from Aramark’s annual mental health campaign, TAKE15, employees were asked to … [Read more...]
Levy extend two major sports catering contracts
Levy UK + Ireland, the sports and leisure hospitality division of Compass Group, has announced major contract renewals with Jockey Club Racecourses and The Kia Oval. The contract announcements follow news that the government plans for large scale events to safely reopen this summer as part of the ‘Roadmap out of Lockdown’. Levy’s renewed contract with Jockey Club … [Read more...]
Hospitality businesses prepare to shed suppliers not living up to social values
Supplier businesses that fail to impress on policies around the environment and diversity at greatest risk, according to new research from Sodexo revealed today. Headlines from the research reveal: 66% of business leaders say they have already started replacing suppliers in the last year that don’t live up to their diversity and inclusion values. 65% have over the last … [Read more...]
Country Range Group Cares for Caterers with Latest Menu Solutions Guide
The Country Range Group has launched the next in its series of invaluable Menu Solutions Guides with the latest brochure focusing on the challenging work of a care sector chef, offering guidance and tips on how care caterers can navigate the complex sector and take their services to the next level. The beneficial guide is now available to the Group’s member wholesalers’ … [Read more...]
Lecture to celebrate 100th birthday of culinary legend Ron Kinton
Westminster Kingsway College and the Institute of Hospitality are to host a lecture to celebrate the 100th birthday of culinary legend Ron Kinton. The Ron Kinton Anniversary Lecture is being held in recognition of the chef, author and educationist’s huge influence on the catering profession and his lifetime of dedication to the industry. The lecture, which is to be an … [Read more...]
Perkee Coffee’s sustainable credentials power journey from foodservice to consumers
Perkee Coffee's sustainable credentials Perkee Coffee, a brand with sustainability and the empowerment of women at its core, has launched on Amazon, following a successful initial rollout in workplaces across the UK. The Soppexcca coffee, which is Fairtrade certified, has already won two stars in 2018 and one star in 2020 in the Great Taste awards for both caffeinated and … [Read more...]
Whistleblower calls operational costs at Sodexo government Covid test centres into question
Sodexo, a catering business that trades on its ethical credentials, is at the centre of a scandal brewing around operational costs at Covid testing centres being run for government. inews is reporting on a whistleblower’s claims that unnecessary operational costs are being added at a cost to tax payers. The whistleblower also asserts, that 'on the job benefits' provided to … [Read more...]
Sodexo and the IUF commit to supporting unions and workers rights
Sodexo and the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tourism, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations (IUF), the global trade union federation for workers throughout the food chain, have signed a declaration of intent on health and safety, reinforcing their commitments and priorities to promote the rights of employees to a safe and healthy … [Read more...]
