The Association of Catering Excellence announced the winner of the 2019 ACE Robyns Award at its annual summer party held at Kings Place, London last night. Rebecca Armstrong, Operations Manager for The Genuine Dining Company was declared the overall winner in front of over 200 hospitality guests. She has responsibility for 8 sites around London, training and developing … [Read more...]
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Compass, quietly, acquires Dine Contract Catering
On 16th May 2019 Compass Group, UK and Ireland Limited filed with Companies House that they had acquired 75% or more of the shares of Dine Contract Catering. On the same day and since that day, Companies House have been further notified of a number of other changes to Dine Contract Catering being made to restructure the business in line with its new ownership and … [Read more...]
Wetherspoon today announce its pre-close trading statement for the financial year
J D Wetherspoon have today announced its pre-close trading statement for the financial year ending 28 July 2019. The preliminary results are due to be announced on 13 September 2019. Current trading For the 10 weeks to 7 July 2019 like-for-like sales increased by 6.9% and total sales increased by 6.6%. Year-to-date like-for-like sales have increased by 6.7% and total … [Read more...]
Tobun appointed to Arena committee
Tevin Tobun, chief executive at GV Group (Gate Ventures), has been appointed to the committee of Arena - the leading hospitality industry networking association. An active member of Arena for more than 10 years, Tobun has a long history of developing and supporting businesses which give back to both the sector and the communities they serve. He has been at the helm of GV … [Read more...]
UKHospitality writes to both potential future PM’s to end pubs’ pain
UKHospitality has underlined to Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson the urgent need for a new Prime Minister to implement policy changes to support the future of British pubs. With co signatories the BII, CAMRA, the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA), Pub is the Hub and the BBPA, a joint letter outlines the need for stability in the sector, which can only be delivered via a … [Read more...]