Compass Group

  • TAQA and ESS launch platform to improve offshore nutrition

    ESS SUPPORT Services Worldwide has launched a new health and wellbeing programme onboard oil producers’ TAQA’s platforms, with the Cormorant Alpha rig being the first offshore installation to provide full nutritional analysis, labelling and education to its customers in the…

  • Eurest services to National Grid extended

    EUREST SERVICES, part of Compass Group UK & Ireland, has had its National Grid FM contract extended until 2016.   This deal strengthens the two decade long relationship between Eurest and the National Grid.   Under the contract extension Eurest…

  • New sustainability director for Compass

    ANDREW PICKUP has been appointed corporate affairs director at Compass Group UK & Ireland.                 This is a new position, in which Pickup has assumed overall responsibility for corporate responsibility and sustainability (CRS),…

  • Butcher takes responsibility for halal chicken contamination

    THE BUTCHER who supplied catering firm Chartwells with halel-labelled chicken sausages contaminated with pork has “taken full responsibility” for the supply chain breach.   Westminster City Council (WCC) found traces of pork DNA in the sausages as part of its…

  • Government urges caterers to cut salt

    THE GOVERNMENT says that more companies in the catering and take-away sectors must commit to cutting salt from their meals.   Launching a new drive to cut salt consumption by 25%, public health minister Anna Soubry said the voluntary approach…

  • Oxford Brooke’s ethical drive continues

    CHARTWELLS HAS signed a new £25 million contract with Oxford Brookes. The five-year deal will extend the partnership to a total of 25 years.   In the past two decades Oxford Brookes has become a leading university for ethical sourcing…

  • Video – Inaugural Footprint Health & Vitality Honours

    LEADING PERSONALITIES from the foodservice and hospitality industries, including the likes of Raymond Blanc OBE, LACA’s Anne Bull and Westminster Kingsway’s Gary Hunter, teamed-up with health and nutrition expert Dr Susan Jebb and Sodexo Health Ambassador Matt Dawson MBE to…

  • Fairtrade products up 12%

    FAIRTRADE PRODUCTS achieved double digit growth in 2011, according to the latest figures from the Fairtrade Foundation.   Estimated retail sales of Fairtrade products in 2011 reached £1.32bn, a 12% increase on sales of £1.17bn in 2010. Bananas, coffee, tea…

  • Something to Shout About

    Consumer-facing caterers such as McDonald’s and Starbucks love to tell the world about how they’re saving the planet. Their contract counterparts, on the other and, often remain guarded and fearful of publicity. But are contract caterers right not to shout…