MITIE, the FTSE 250 strategic outsourcing company, has announced the launch of a new brand for its catering business: Gather & Gather. Based around a culture of bringing food and people together, the new identity will feature as the new trading name and customer facing identity for MITIE’s catering business. Gather & Gather will focus on bringing together the … [Read more...]
Chartwells sustains Oxford Brookes University with new £25m contract
Oxford Brookes University’s partnership with Chartwells – which has helped it to become a leading university for ethical sourcing and sustainability – will continue for a further five years in an extension of its catering contract worth £5 million per year. Under the new contract, Chartwells will continue to provide catering and retail services to 18,000 students, staff, … [Read more...]
Hotel & Catering Show 2013 celebrates British hospitality and the talented south
The Hotel & Catering Show 2013 (H&CS) returned to Bournemouth International Centre in style last week, 5 - 6 March, with a clutch of new show features by new owners Evisstar, designed to support and engage hospitality operators in the south of England and across the UK. H&CS delivered with senior hospitality professionals from independent and small businesses … [Read more...]
Doncaster Rovers and Lindley team up in 10-year deal
Doncaster Rovers FC has signed a new 10-year deal with Lindley Venue Catering – the specialist sports stadia/leisure sector division of The Lindley Group – to manage all of the match day and non-match day catering, and to provide sales and marketing services to promote the League 1 club’s Keepmoat Stadium as a premier events venue. The £10 million-plus partnership venture … [Read more...]
Government’s tourism investment outlined at Hotel & Catering Show 2013 keynote
Officially opening the two-day Hotel & Catering Show 2013 (H&CS), Deirdre Wells OBE, Head of Tourism for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), set the agenda for the revamped hospitality event in a keynote which addressed ways in which the government is helping tackle economic recovery through tourism investment in the South of England: “Economic … [Read more...]