To mark Youth Employment Week 2026 (6-10 July) Sodexo UK & Ireland has pledged to recruit 100 foundation-level apprentices to help, primarily 16–21-year-olds kick start their careers in catering and hospitality services as part of the government’s Youth Guarantee scheme. ...

Levy has extended its catering and hospitality partnership with Goodwood for a further 10 years. The Goodwood Estate is celebrated globally for the sheer diversity and scale of its annual events portfolio. Welcoming over one million visitors each year, the ...

What cultural and sporting moments reveal about the future of work By Jade Boggust, Managing Director, Corporate Services, Sodexo UK & Ireland Every major tournament exposes the same uncomfortable truth: people will travel, queue and rearrange their entire week for ...

Arsenal Football Club has appointed Legends Global as the new Official Caterer of Emirates Stadium. The multi-year agreement, which commences from the start of the 2026/27 season, will see Legends Global delivering all matchday and non-matchday food and beverage operations, ...

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 ...