Sky News reports that the owner of Roadchef, one of Britain's biggest operators of motorway service stations, is preparing to sell the business for about £350m. Roadchef is owned by the Delek Group, an Israeli conglomerate with interests in energy, financial services and infrastructure assets, which is reported to have appointed bankers to oversee the sale. Roadchef owns … [Read more...]
Chefs De Partie – On-going Contracts – Kent
Chefs Jobs UK require a number of Relief Chefs De Partie to work in a very busy Gastro pub in Kent, starting as soon as possible on an on-going basis. The ideal applicant will have a good knowledge of working in a particular section within the kitchen and you must be able to take orders from Sous Chef and Head Chef within the kitchen. This role offers an excellent rate of … [Read more...]
Elior takes to the high street with Coffee Connection
Elior UK has gained a further contract with Wakefield and District Housing (WDH) to operate its high street coffee shop, Coffee Connection, in Wakefield city centre. The caterer already holds the contract to provide catering services to two WDH Extra Care sites in Ossett and Featherstone, which mobilised in September 2013. The coffee shop will fall into the existing seven-year … [Read more...]
Premier Inn acquired 1.6 m sq ft of new space for 5,020 bedrooms in 2013
Whitbread Hotels & Restaurants acquired a record 1.6 million sq ft of hotel and restaurant space across 48 new hotels during its financial year ending Feb 2014. The scale of acquisitions – which exceeds the total footprint of Westfield’s gigantic Stratford shopping centre in East London – included space for 5,020 new bedrooms across 48 new hotels, with 2,000 of the new … [Read more...]
United Coffee UK & Ireland to rebrand as UCC Coffee
United Coffee UK & Ireland has announced plans to rebrand and change its name to UCC Coffee UK & Ireland. The change of identity, effective from 1 April, will align the brand globally and reflect the company’s expanding portfolio of products and services as the UK’s leading ‘Total Coffee Solution’ provider. Its €500m acquisition in 2012 by UCC of Japan, the first … [Read more...]