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 ...
Read More »AVA hosts MPs in Parliament for vending engagement
AVA: The Vending & Automated Retail Association recently hosted a dinner at the House of Lords, bringing together MPs and vending industry representatives to raise the profile of the UK vending sector, introduce parliamentarians to the people and businesses behind ...
Read More »Compass Group UK & Ireland CEO to retire
Robin Mills, CEO of Compass Group UK & Ireland, will retire this summer after 19 years with the business, including seven years as CEO and as a member of the Compass Group PLC Executive Committee. Known for his people-centred and ...
Read More »Sodexo brings together FM and hospitality in pioneering dual-provider apprenticeship programme
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 ...
Read More »Mitie named Top 50 Employer of Veterans for third year running
For the third consecutive year, Mitie has been named a Top 50 Employer of Veterans by Great British Employers of Veterans, in recognition of the company’s ongoing commitment to supporting veterans, service leavers, reservists and military families. Recognising the adaptability ...
Read More »School food standards unviable unless government addresses funding and operational challenges facing schools and caterers
This was the warning that came from leading voices from across the education catering sector during Arena’s Feeding the Future: Rethinking Catering in Education event in London, where operators, suppliers, wholesalers and sector experts gathered to discuss the future of ...
Read More »Sanaway recognises internal talent with promotion
Clinical waste, washroom services, and matting provider, Sanaway, has promoted Washroom Service Agent, Matt Illsley, who has been working for the company for five years, to the new position of Senior Service Engineer. In his new role, Illsley oversees operations ...
Read More »BCIA welcomes tougher commercial building energy standards
The Government has announced that privately rented non-domestic buildings over 1,000 square metres in England and Wales will be expected to achieve a minimum EPC B rating by 2031, describing the move as an important step forward in improving the ...
Read More »Climate X and Mitie form partnership focused on physical climate risk
Climate X, a leader in climate resilience analytics, has announced a new partnership with Mitie to help organisations identify, quantify and mitigate the physical impacts of climate change across their assets and operations. Through the partnership, Climate X’s climate risk ...
Read More »Elior at Work secures contract win with William Grant & Sons
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 ...
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