Compass Group sports and hospitality catering business Levy UK + Ireland has launched ‘Levy Merchandising’ to signal its strategic expansion into sports merchandising. Known for disrupting the stadia food and beverage market with the latest tech and sustainability innovations, Levy has consistently demonstrated a commitment to improving the matchday journey. The decision to enter the…
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The Johan Cruijff ArenA has selected Compass Group business Levy Europe as its new public caterer for two million visitors annually. Supported by a redesign and refurbishment, a wide range of food and drink experiences will be delivered through innovative services to boost enjoyment of football matches, concerts and other world-class events at the ArenA.…
Compass Group business Eurest has become the first caterer to roll out Heinz Brekkie – a new grab and go breakfast brand designed to meet the changing needs of customers on the go. As part of an exclusive partnership with the legendary food giant, it has stocked more than 200 of its restaurants in workplaces…
Compass Group has again achieved ‘Gold scheme’ status from the UK Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme following a revalidation by the Defence Relationship Management Team. The Gold commendation reflects the organisation’s work in supporting veterans, reservists, cadets and military families in its business. Compass signed the Armed Forces Covenant in 2016, securing gold in 2018.…
Compass Group business Eurest has won a new contract with Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in South Oxfordshire to bring transformative changes to the campus’s food and beverage offerings. Harwell, a leading UK science and innovation campus, is on track to grow its ‘Science City’ in Oxfordshire, making room for thousands more people to join…
Compass Group business 14forty has won a three-year contract to provide cleaning, security and managed services at a Solvay chemical plant in Warrington. The new agreement complements Compass’ existing catering service contract for the facility which was awarded to sister brand, Eurest, and took effect from July. Solvay, a global business with almost 100 sites…
Eurest has received four awards at this year’s Foodservice Cateys which celebrate and recognise the people working tirelessly to make sure their business delivers an exceptional service day in, day out. Part of Compass Group UK & Ireland, Eurest is dedicated to enhancing the workplace experience for a diverse range of businesses, with an array…
From October, Levy UK + Ireland partners KERB and Peppermint will take charge of food and beverage operations at Dreamland Margate, the picture-perfect seaside entertainment sensation and amusement park on the Kent coast. The one-stop shop for culture, food and festival fun will benefit from a food and drink overhaul when street food giant, KERB, assume…
Compass Group business Eurest and Heathrow Airport have won ‘Health & Wellbeing Initiative of the Year’ at the Airport Food & Beverage (FAB) + Hospitality Awards 2023. The accolade recognises Eurest’s role in mobilising Heathrow Airport’s ambitious free food scheme to support the airport’s colleagues over the winter through the cost-of-living crisis. The…
Compass Group UK & Ireland has been named ‘Employer of the Year 2023’ in the the Retail, Hospitality and Tourism category of this year’s Multicultural Apprenticeship Awards. Previously the BAME Apprenticeship Awards, the awards showcase talent and diversity within multicultural communities by celebrating the efforts of people who are working hard to overcome adversity to achieve…
Compass Group’s annual Apprentice Chef of the Year final saw eight of the company’s apprentices demonstrate their skills within a competitive setting. Held at the group’s headquarters in Chertsey, each finalist was presented with a box of mystery ingredients and then tasked with creating a two-course meal in just two hours. The competition was incredibly…
Mel Aston, Diversity and Inclusion Manager at Compass Group, explains how the company is marking National Inclusion Week in the United Kingdom. National Inclusion Week (NIW) is a time to celebrate the progress we have made in improving diversity and inclusion throughout our organisation. It is an opportunity to reflect on what more we can…
Compass Group facilities management business 14forty has introduced a series of new corporate policies and refreshed its brand identity as it marks its first 10 years in business. Centred around championing the company’s partners, people and the planet, the new commitments are embodied in the acronym, ‘FIRST’ – focusing on being Forward-looking, demonstrating Integrity and…
Levy Ireland has been awarded a 10-year extension of its catering and hospitality contract with The Convention Centre Dublin (The CCD). Fitzers Catering originally won the contract for the iconic conference and event venue when it opened in 2010. Supporting local suppliers and creating fresh seasonal menus was a mainstay throughout the long-standing relationship, and…
A partnership between Compass Group and not-for-profit The Ladder initiative will promote apprenticeships across Greater Birmingham. The Ladder initiative was launched a decade ago, initially in London, to bring together partners and showcase apprenticeships and the value they can bring to individuals, employers, and communities. The local Birmingham campaign, launched in 2018 – aiming to…
A £500,000 donation from Compass Group will support delivery of hospitality and professional services apprenticeships by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA). Made via the Apprenticeship Levy Fund, the funding will help people gain the skills, knowledge and behaviours needed to enter and progress within the hospitality sector and give West Midlands businesses access to…
Compass Group has launched a career hub for people who are struggling to gain employment. The Social Partner Hub will support candidates from a range of backgrounds who are facing barriers to entry into the job market, including ex-offenders, care leavers, long term unemployed and people with disabilities. The platform is being launched as part of…
Compass Group facilities management business 14forty has won a contract to provide soft and hard services for National Gas, the backbone of Britain’s energy system. This contract was awarded due to 14forty’s comprehensive experience within the industry and its capacity to seamlessly shift and collaborate to meet the specific needs of National Gas. National Gas…
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has awarded a three-year contract to Compass Group business Medirest to manage catering and facilities management services. The partnership, which commenced in July 2023, aims to elevate service quality and enhance the overall experience for patients. Our thorough procurement process required bidders to increase pay for all staff to…
Bedfordshire Police have awarded a catering contract to Compass Group business ESS to support the reintroduction of onsite food services. The territorial police force for Bedfordshire, England, with headquarters in Kempston serves an area of 477 square miles and a population of over 665,000 with more than 1,300 police officers and around 1,000 ancillary personnel.…
Compass Group UK & Ireland has been awarded the Living Wage Champion Award in the ‘Recognised Service Provider’ category of the Living Wage Foundation’s annual awards. The Living Wage, set by the foundation, includes both a UK rate and a London rate. It differs from the UK’s National Living Wage as it takes account of…
Morag Freathy, managing director of Compass Group workplace catering business Eurest, has been named as the Foodservice Caterer of the Year at the 2023 Cateys Awards. Eurest serves more than 4.5 million meals every year in organisations across the United Kingdom. In the face of a pandemic and a cost-of-living crisis, Freathy recognised that Eurest’s…
Compass Group has become a signatory of the Courtauld 2030 Water Roadmap and the first major UK food service operator to fund a ‘collective action’ project operated by WRAP, a global NGO committed to furthering environmental sustainability. The Courtauld 2030 Water Roadmap (“A Roadmap towards Water Security for Food & Drink Supply”) presents a collective…
The career of Rosa Losa, a Retail General Manager with Compass UK & Ireland, illustrates how supporting progression is becoming a pillar of the group’s ‘Social Promise‘ to support a million people by 2030. In 2014, Rosa Losa started as a Barista at Costa Coffee, with Compass Group’s Healthcare sector at The Royal Surrey County…
Compass Group UK & Ireland’s headquarters, Compass House in Chertsey, has embraced vertical farming with the introduction of an urban farm in collaboration with Square Mile Farms. This partnership allows the largest food and support services provider in the UK to bring ultra-fresh, sustainable produce to its on-site chefs and Compass colleagues, further reinforcing its…
EFL Champions, Burnley Football Club, have selected Levy UK + Ireland to deliver matchday concourse catering, hospitality, and conferencing and events services from the start of the 2023/24 season when they will rejoin the English Premier League. The collaboration will see the middle tier of Turf Moor’s Jimmy McIlroy stand, redeveloped into a revolutionary new…
From a handful of GCSEs to a full-time job, Haley-mae defied expectations. No university education, no support network, and the cruel twist of homelessness at 16 didn’t stop Haley-mae from becoming a Business Development Director at Compass Group UK & I. She began her career in the insurance industry, focusing on training for the future.…
Four talented chefs from Compass Group have received accolades at this year’s highly anticipated Craft Guild of Chefs Awards which have been described as the ‘Oscars’ of the UK’s culinary sector. The winners from Compass are: Scott Freeman, Culinary Director for ESS Defence, Marine & Aerospace, was honored with the Public Sector Catering Chef Award.…
Compass Group facilities management business 14forty has been Highly Commended at the Global FM Awards of Excellence for its forward-thinking approach to workplace catering. The awards were created to enable GFM Members – who include the Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management (IWFM) in the United Kingdom, the Middle East Facility Management Association (MEFMA) and…
ExCeL London is the first event space in the United Kingdom to open a frictionless checkout-free store with the launch of ‘Market Express’. Conceived by the venue operator and it’s long-standing catering partner Levy UK + Ireland, the store is powered by Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology and expected to speed up the customer journey…
The UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) has selected Compass Group subsidiary ESS to deliver catering, retail, leisure, cleaning, laundry and reception services at its Porton Down location in Wiltshire and Portsdown, West Hampshire. Over 40 employees have transferred to ESS’ payroll under the mobilisation, with the company working closely with the Defence Infrastructure…
Compass Group business 14forty has appointed Clare Coffey to enhance and strengthen relationships with its facilities management clients. With almost three decades of experience in account management and partnership growth, Clare has worked with several companies, including Costa, Whitbread, Co-op and Millennium Copthorne. In her role, she will collaborate with clients, operational and central teams…
Compass Group UK & Ireland has extended its partnership with the social enterprise, Change Please, with the aim of increasing national coverage of the plight of homeless people. Under the renewed collaboration, Compass will operate retail sites on behalf of Change Please in a range of settings, including hospitals, defence, travel, education and visitor attractions.…
The 30th Public Catering Awards took place at the London Hilton Metropole, celebrating teams and individuals who have provided exceptional and outstanding work in catering. The awards celebrate individuals and teams that work within the industry, crowned its winners last week. It was another successful night for Compass Group UK & Ireland – who scooped…
Jo Jackson, a senior health and safety manager with Compass Group and chair of the annual Relay For Life community festival in York, has been named a Cancer Research UK Honorary Fellow. Jo began raising money for the charity following the death of her friend, Larna Cooper at the age of 34. She says: “The…
Data from Compass Group’s first ethnicity pay gap report for the UK shows a higher representation of ethnic minorities working in locations and roles with higher wages than the national average. The report, which looked at gender and ethnic minority pay, calculated a ‘median pay gap’ of -7.9% which has continued to reduce from 16.6%…
Compass Group facilities management business 14forty recently supported Essar’s Stanlow oil refinery in Ellesmere Port during a vital shutdown event. Located in Ellesmere Port, the oil refinery covers a land area equivalent to 300 football pitches and produces 16% of the UK’s road transport fuel, operated by 1,500 engineers and support staff around the clock.…
Compass Group procurement business Foodbuy has retained its contract with NHS Supply Chain as the central resource for sourcing and procuring food across the publicly funded healthcare system. The new contract, which comes into effect in July, was awarded as part of the NHS Supply Chain ‘Operating Model implementation’ programme which sets out the design…
Compass Scotland is celebrating the success of its chefs and apprentices at the ScotHot 2023 Culinary Championships. The Culinary Championships which took place at the SEC in Glasgow comprised 14 entries in various categories from nine competing chefs, who come from Compass Scotland’s partner brands ESS Energy and Restaurant Associates, as well as students from…
Compass Group has strengthened its social value expertise with the appointment of Neely Mozawala, the founder of the successful NHS “No Hungry Staff Campaign”. Mozawala is joining the social value team, as “Social Value Lead” and will be responsible for helping drive forward the company’s purpose agenda. As one of the UK’s largest employers, employing…
Compass Group sports and entertainment catering business Levy UK + Ireland is continuing its partnership with the ExCeL convention centre in London’s Docklands following a long-term extension of its contract. Levy UK+I has been the catering partner at ExCeL since 2000 and is responsible for putting food and drink at the heart of events, delivering…
Compass Group UK & Ireland has reported a 36.11 per cent reduction in emissions from animal proteins in the first 18 months of a targeted climate action programme. According to the company, the reduction in animal protein emissions has contributed to a significant 187,084 tCO2e absolute reduction in emissions (-20.37%) reported in its food and…
Compass Group business Levy UK + Ireland is launching BUILT by Levy – a multi-disciplined service solution that gives venues the advantage of experts under one umbrella to reimagine food and drink spaces. BUILT by Levy’s expertise has been strengthened further with the formation of a new joint venture with long-term design and build associates,…
Compass Group business Restaurant Associates has won a contract to deliver food and guest services at Hinxton Hall Conference Centre in South Cambridgeshire. Hinxton Hall is located on a hundred-acre estate bordering the River Cam which forms part of the Wellcome Genome Campus – the home of some of the world’s leading institutes and organisations…
Russell Blake, Managing Director – Healthcare, Compass Group UK & Ireland, considers the impact of the National Standards for Food and Drink in Healthcare introduced by the NHS in November 2022. The NHS has implemented new National Standards of Hospital Food for patients, staff, and visitors under its NHS Standard Contract, published in November 2022.…
Compass Group healthcare business Medirest and its partner, Royal Surrey Hospital, have been awarded ‘Exemplar’ site status, for the early and proficient implementation of the 2021 UK National Standards for Cleaning. The recognition acknowledges the delivery of the best-in-class service and that they will share learnings and experiences to enable other trusts to follow suit.…
Levy UK + Ireland is sponsoring a demonstrator farm to support sustainable farming practices under a new collaboration with Yorkshire Water, Quorn Professionals and RegenFarmCo. The 92-acre Biohub at Ings Farm plot will be developed as a regenerative agricultural initiative that will also enable Levy UK+I to grow its produce that can be served in partner venues…
Compass Scotland has launched a new surplus food partnership with food charity, FareShare. This partnership will encourage Compass Scotland sites to work with FareShare to donate surplus food so that meals can be distributed to those who need it most. The announcement comes as more individuals and families struggle to cope with the rising cost…
As the UK marks Hospitality Apprenticeships Week, Jonathan Foot, Compass Group’s Head of Apprenticeships and Early Careers, discusses the company’s Junior Chef Academy and other initiative it is engaging with to attract talent into the catering and hospitality sector. Hospitality Apprenticeships Week is upon us and it’s the perfect chance to shout about the fantastic…
Compass Group (UK & Ireland) has paid tribute following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. In a statement, Robin Mills, managing director, writes: “We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Her Majesty The Queen and send our sympathies and condolences to the Royal Family. “The Queen was a shining example of public…
Compass Group UK & Ireland has expanded the range of services offered by its procurement business Foodbuy folowing the acquisition of Essex-based procurement and supply chain systems management company, Equinoxe Solutions. Both businesses strive to offer bespoke solutions by understanding individual customer needs and Equinoxe Solutions brings a wealth of sector experience, in particular in…
Compass Group business ESS Defence has been recognised as a Platinum Partner of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity (RNRMC). ESS enjoys a longstanding relationship with the RNRMC which is the principal charity of the Royal Navy, and exists to support sailors, marines and their families for life. This was marked at a recent…
Compass Group UK & Ireland hosted 60 people at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium at its annual Apprentice Chef of the Year dinner on 5th July. The event was catered for by Compass apprentices, with the menu being created and the brigade led by Lorcán Leavy, Apprentice Commis Chef for Restaurant Associates – Compass’ Apprentice Chef of…
Camilla Howard, who left the RAF in 2015 and joined Compass Group UK & Ireland, explains why the foodservice and facility services provider is supporting serving and former armed forces personnel and their families as a signatory to the United Kingdom’s Armed Forces Covenant. What does being a signatory of the AFC mean to employees…
Bethan James, managing director of Compass Group business Payne & Gunter, reminisces about The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012. Having worked for Payne & Gunter for 30 years, I have been involved with many events where Her Majesty has been in attendance, including state banquets which hosted commonwealth dignitaries from all over the world, as…
Noelle Jones was recently appointed Lead Ambassador of Compass Group UK & Ireland’s Women in Food network. With Compass Group UK & Ireland for almost 12 years, Noelle’s appointment as managing director of Chartwells Independent in 2020 followed on from her previous role as Business Director within ESS Government Services. In her current role she…
Rhian Thomas, Head of Insight – Shopper and Eating Out at advocacy organisation for Commercial Insight and Social Impact, IGD, reviews Compass Group chief, Robin Mills’ recent address to the annual Arena Savoy Lecture. The Arena Savoy Lecture returned the first time in two years, attracting 150 guests back to the impressive Lancaster Ballroom, for…
Compass Group has launched its new look Be A Star recognition programme to celebrate the hard work and outstanding achievements of its people across the UK and Ireland. Be A Star asks teams to nominate colleagues across three categories, who have gone above and beyond in: Helping Colleagues, Delighting Customers and Supporting Communities. These people…
ESS, the defence, energy and government services business of Compass Group UK & Ireland, has been awarded a new catering services contract with Scouts Scotland at the Scout Adventures facility in the Scottish Highlands. The residential centre at Lochgoilhead in Argyll offers high-quality outdoor learning in hill, forest and water environments, accommodating up to 150…
Levy UK+I, the sports and hospitality brand of Compass Group UK and Ireland, has announced a partnership with Dipna Anand, co-owner of the award-winning Brilliant Restaurant and winner of the Personality of the Year award at The British Curry Awards in 2012. Having already supported Levy UK+I in cooking for the Indian cricket team during…
Compass is partnering with Scotland’s only two Michelin-starred Chef, Stephen McLaughlin as he becomes Culinary Ambassador for Compass Scotland. This arrangement will see McLaughlin, head chef of the acclaimed Restaurant Andrew Fairlie, contributing as a consultant for Compass Scotland. He will play a central role in the esteemed Compass Scotland apprenticeship and training programme and…
Compass Group UK & Ireland has introduced supply chain changes to better support its transition to Climate Net Zero by 2030. With a focus on sustainable, local sourcing, the new policy announcements include: Banning air freight of fresh fruit and vegetable produce – the ban will see a focus on further increasing the use of…
Compass Group has introduced Feedr, the workplace delivered food technology platform it acquired in March 2020 to the City of Edinburgh. Developed in the United Kingdom, the foodservice solution offers employers a scalable way to feed teams, either on-site in the workplace or at home. Following its success in serving clients across London, Manchester and…
11.11.2021, 23:10 On the Road to Net Zero Compass Group UK & Ireland has adopted a 100 per cent electric car policy for new fleet vehicles ordered by over 500 employees by the end of the year. The move follows the publication of the company’s Our Climate Promise and Roadmap to Net Zero policies which support its wider commitment to…
05.11.2021, 13:14 Dietitian Acknowledged with British Dietetic Association Fellowship Medirest Dietitian, Maxine Cartz, has been awarded a prestigious Fellowship by the British Dietetic Association (BDA), for her outstanding work in driving forward standards of health and nutrition in the healthcare food service sector. The British Dietetic Association awards and honours the outstanding contributions individuals make…
27.10.2021, 10:40 Compass Group Academy to Drive Social Mobility Compass Group UK & Ireland has launched the Compass Group Academy, a multi-million pound investment to develop much needed skills in the hospitality industry with a focus on supporting young people from disadvantaged areas to build careers in the sector. Combining outreach and learning with Compass’…
With Hospitality Apprenticeship Week underway in the United Kingdom, Jonathan Foot, Head of Apprenticeships and Early Careers at Compass Group UK&I, explains why apprenticeships are relevant to people of all ages. At Compass Group UK and Ireland, we fully support any initiative which shines a light on our amazing apprentices, and Hospitality Apprenticeship Week does…
12.10.2021, 08:20 ESS Expands Mental Health First Aider Programme During the last 18 months, Compass Group subsidiary ESS has worked with Mental Health First Aid England to train over a hundred mental health first aiders. Employees ranging from frontline operatives to members of the company’s senior leadership team have participated in the programme which aims…
30.09.2021, 09:44 Changing European Supply Chains for the Better A new initiative led by Social Enterprise UK with backing from Compass Group, SAP and Zurich Insurance Group, is encouraging corporate buyers across Europoe to open up their supply chains to social enterprises. Like traditional businesses, social enterprises aim to make a profit but do so…
06.09.2021, 08:47 Bringing Street Food to a Major Events Venue ExCeL London and Levy UK & Ireland have announced a new partnership with street food collective and business incubator KERB. Focusing on authentic flavour, the new offerings on ExCeL London’s central Boulevard will include food from independent vendors, Baba Dhaba (Pakistani street eats), Club Mex…
26.08.2021, 08:56 Taking Culinary Apprenticeships Forward with Marcus Wareing Compass Group has launched a new apprenticeship programme in collaboration with Michelin-starred celebrity chef Marcus Wareing and hospitality training provider, HIT Training. ‘Forward with Marcus Wareing’ is an enhanced programme that complements the UK Level 4 Senior Culinary Chef and Level 5 Operations Departmental Manager apprenticeship…
A partnership at Southend University Hospital between social enterprise Change Please and Compass Group UK&I – Healthcare will help reduce local levels of homelessness. Change Please raises money for charitable causes through the sales of its award-winning coffee. Originally launched in London to train homeless people to serve its coffee as a means of getting…
02.08.2021, 09:49 Compass Group Announces New CFO Gareth Sharpe will succeed Sarah Sergeant as Compass Group UK & Ireland Chief Finance Officer. Sharpe joins the company from Tesco, where he served most recently as CFO for Asia during a 9-year career with the multinational groceries and general merchandise retailer that included time in the UK…
05.07.2021, 13:30 Delivering Better Hospital Hygiene with Cobotics Medirest, the healthcare division of Compass Group UK & Ireland, is introducing 12 cleaning robots to support cleaning operations at several NHS hospitals. Developed in partnership with cleaning innovation specialist, Killis, the innovative technology which is suited to large open areas in hospitals has been successfully trialling…
23.06.2021, 08:57 Imperial War Museum London Contract The iconic Imperial War Museum London has awarded Compass Group business Restaurant Associates Venues a three-year contract to provide catering and hospitality services. The new contract strengthens the relationship between Restaurant Associates Venues and IWM Group, who already provide catering services at IWM Duxford, HMS Belfast, Churchill War…
21.06.2021, 07:28 Anabas Expands Leadership Team Boutique UK facilities management provider Anabas has appointed Simon Whitehead as its new business development director. Whitehead, who has previously held national and international business development roles at MITIE, Compass Group and Interserve, will assume responsibility for sales and developing a pipeline of potential clients. He will report to…
17.06.2021, 11:45 Anglesey Awards Schools Catering Contract Anglesey County Council has awarded Compass Group subsidiary Chartwells a five-year contract for the tdelivery of meals to more than 9,500 pupils attending the Island’s 39 primary schools, five secondary schools and one special needs school. September will see Chartwells launching its new menus across Anglesey’s primary schools,…
A selection of recipes for the new school year from Compass Group UK&I business, Chartwells, have been created with CBBC celebrity Chef and Leon co-founder, Allegra McEvedy MBE. As part of the new menu, pupils will be treated to Chef Allegra’s Takeover Tuesdays – with a focus on offering fun and exciting dishes, introducing new flavours…
07.06.2021, 12:35 Newbury Racecourse Catering and Hospitality Contract Newbury Racecourse has selected Compass Group business, Levy UK + I, for a ten-year contract to support its raceday and corporate operations with catering and hospitality services. Levy will work with the racecourse and events venue in Berkshire to complementing a drive to deliver memorable experiences for…
25.05.2021, 18:03 One of the UK’s 100 Best Large Companies to Work For Rapport has been named runner up in this year’s listing of the “UK’s 100 Best Large Companies to Work For” from the Sunday Times. The company, which provides corporates with fully managed front and back of house guest services, ranked in 45th…
17.05.2021, 23:50 New President & CEO for Aramark’s Healthcare Division Bart Kaericher has joined Aramark from Compass Group NAD as President & CEO of its Healthcare division. Kaericher previously served as Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Retention & Strategic Partnerships for Compass Group’s Morrison and Crothall business, where he was instrumental in driving…
11.05.2021, 12:49 Compass Commits to Net Zero by 2030 Compass Group UK&I has announced its commitment to reach Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions across its own operations and value chain by 2030. The move aligns the group’s climate ambitions with a prior commitment to develop science-based targets to limit global temperature rises to 1.5°C above…
28.04.2021, 12:00 Chris Garside Joins Aramark Chris Garside, the former CEO of Compass Group UK and Ireland, has been appointed as Head of Sales and Business Development by Aramark International with effect from May 17. Garside comes to Aramark following a successful career with Compass Group. As a member of the Executive Board of Compass…
22.04.2021, 11:24 Novel Self-Service Community Store Concept A collaboration between Compass Group subsidiary ESS, Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Yeovilton and the UK Defence Infrastructure Organisation has developed a new convenience outlet concept dedicated to supporting local supply chains and charities. The store brings together fresh food to go, made in house, under the Deli…
01.04.2021, 11:50 Serving Healthy Meals at Milton Keynes University Hospital Patients at Milton Keynes University Hospital will be served a new menu prepared with Compass Group’s patented micro-steaming system, Steamplicity. Steamplicity steams fresh and raw ingredients within minutes to maximise nutritional value and will allow almost 30 dishes to be offered across lunch and dinner,…
23.03.2021, 15:12 Springboard Awards for Excellence Medirest, Compass Group UK & Ireland’s healthcare division, was the recipient of a ‘Best National Support for Key Workers’ award at this year’s Springboard Awards for Excellence. Leading industry charity, Springboard, has a vision to futureproof the hospitality talent pipeline, and recruit, train and prepare 10,000 young people to…
15.03.2021, 08:26 Closing the Opportunity Gap Compass Group has unveiled an action plan to increase access to career opportunities in partnership with former United Kingdom Secretary of State for Education, Rt Hon Justine Greening. The plan sets out a series of ambitions the company will work towards in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, with…
02.03.2021, 11:03 Food Waste Action Week A partnership between Compass Group and WRAP is encouraging organisations across the food and drinks sector to work together to prevent food going to waste as the UK commemorates its inaugural “Food Waste Action Week”. Compass was an early signatory of WRAP Courtauld 2025, a 10-year voluntary agreement bringing…
26.02.2021, 15:06 GRITIT Appoints Andrew Barry as Group Chief Executive Following the acquisition of surfacing and engineering business NMC Group Ltd., GRITIT Group has announced the appointment of Andrew (‘Andy’) Barry as Group Chief Executive with effect from 1 March 2021. With its heritage in winter services compliance, the GRITIT Group has scaled rapidly…
The Trafford College Group has named Compass Group UK and Ireland ‘Hospitality Employer of the Year’ at its annual Apprenticeship of the Year Awards. The award recognises the foodservice giant’s commitment to training and development during a two-year collaboration with the Manchester based Further Education provider. Lola Docherty, Apprentice Business Development Manager – Hospitality, Hair and Beauty at…
09.02.2021, 08:59 Hiring the Smile, Training the Skill Jonathan Foot, Head of Apprenticeships & Early Careers at Compass Group UK & Ireland, considers some of the benefits of apprenticeships during National Apprenticeship Week. This week we are celebrating National Apprenticeship Week across England and Wales. At Compass Group UK & Ireland we have a passion…