Mitie secured two prestigious honours at the Hospitality Assured Awards 2026, recognising excellence in customer experience, leadership and integrated facilities management. The organisation received the Highest Scoring Newcomer Award following its first full Hospitality Assured assessment on the EY Integrated ...

Sodexo UK & Ireland has relaunched its Grow with Sodexo Academy with a new pioneering dual-provider model, bringing together two providers, GLP Training and HIT Training, to strengthen leadership capability, improve workforce agility and support long-term career progression. Bringing together ...

Elior at Work, the regional B&I catering arm of Elior UK, has won a three-year contract with William Grant & Sons, in which it will deliver a refreshed workplace dining and hospitality offer at the Scottish distiller’s three sites in ...

By Dave Hawkes, Director, Houston & Hawkes What makes someone want to come into the office? This is a question facilities managers are increasingly having to answer as organisations continue to adapt to changing employee expectations. The ‘return to office’ ...

Oak View Group (OVG), a global provider of live entertainment infrastructure and services, has announced a new partnership with Stoke City Football Club with a long-term plan to reinvent the food and beverage experience at the bet365 Stadium. OVG will ...

Hospitality business BaxterStorey has appointed Chris Mitchell to the newly created role of Chief Operating Officer (COO) – recognising the company’s growth and reinforcing WSH’s long-term approach to developing leadership talent across its family of brands. The appointment builds on ...

Hospitality businesses are missing significant commercial opportunities by treating accessibility as a compliance exercise rather than a strategic business priority, according to senior leaders gathered at the latest Accessible Hospitality Alliance (aha) forum. Bringing together operators, employers, suppliers and accessibility ...

Convenient, highly reliable on-site charging for guests at up to 65 locations, home to brands such as Miller & Carter, Ember Inns, All Bar One, Toby Carvery and Harvester. Mix of standard plus (22 kW), rapid and ultra-rapid chargers (up ...

ESS Government, specialist provider of foodservice and facilities management to central government, police and secure environments, has retained its catering services contract with Thames Valley Police for a further three years. ESS has worked with Thames Valley Police since 2022, ...

“Government policy is ‘hollowing out’ the UK’s most socially productive sector” – with hospitality leaders warning the industry is being ‘”taxed out of existence”. That was the stark message from Kate Nicholls, Chair of UKHospitality, speaking at Arena Networking’s flagship ...