The latest Contract Catering Tracker shows sales are substantially up year-on-year and are approaching pre-COVID levels. However, it also acknowledges the impact of record levels of inflation hitting the contract catering businesses hard along with the challenge of servicing hybrid ...
Read More »Skills shortage: Protecting the wellbeing and performance of staff
The Open University’s Business Barometer 2022, published in partnership with the British Chambers of Commerce, has found that 78 per cent of UK organisations are seeing reduced output, profitability or growth as a result of skills shortages. Three-quarters (72 per ...
Read More »Majority of food buyers report surge in food waste
Unprecedented pressure on supply chains has led to food buyers in the UK’s biggest organisations reporting a 60 per cent increase in food waste over the last six months, according to a new study commissioned by Sodexo UK & Ireland ...
Read More »Terms of engagement
With the furlough scheme coming to an end on October 31st, many firms will be forced to change their employment strategies to stay solvent. Can employers persuade staff to take a cut in hours or take holidays? Karen Holden, founder ...
Read More »Career Ladder talks to UK Workplace Manager at Amnesty International
Q: How did you progress in FM to your current role? I stumbled into the world of Facilities when I started working as Receptionist in a multi-tenanted building, a mix of commercial and office space. I quickly realised I wanted ...
Read More »Healthy eating: Wellbeing at work
Employers and employees alike are waking up to the benefits of healthy eating at work. But how are caterers responding to this growing awareness? The 2017 Food Service Management Market Report from the British Hospitality Association reports that suppliers are helping ...
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