Sodexo has delivered two of three fruit and vegetable gardens to a London primary school, as part of a wider scheme to get children to learn more about the food they eat. Montem Primary School in Hornsey Road, Islington, received the gardens as part of Sodexo’s STOP Hunger campaign.

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Talkington Bates has retained the contract to provide contract catering services at Epson (UK)’s headquarters in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. The 12-month contract extension continues a 12-year relationship between the two companies.

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High-end caterer Searcys has outlined plans to expand its day visit offer with the opening of the Roman Baths Kitchen in Bath city centre. Set to open later this month, the Roman Baths Kitchen will comprise a deli style café …

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Upmarket caterer Searcys has already scooped more than £500,000 of business at the Royal College of General Practitioners’ (RCGP) new 30 Euston Square headquarters, which is scheduled to open in September…

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Profits at Enterprise Inns for the six months to 31 March 2012 slowed as the size of the company’s pub estate decreased and it absorbed increased leasehold costs from its sale and leaseback programme.

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Two of Channel 4′s biggest stars, celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay and retail expert Mary Portas, are joining forces to run a hotel for a new reality television programme. Hotel Britannia is intended to become a training round for a group of unemployed people…

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Ilkley Brewery is hoping to highlight the plight of pubs to MPs, as its “Save the Pub Beer” was put on tap in the House of Commons Strangers’ Bar. Its “Save the Pub” ale will be enjoyed by MPs in support of the All Party Parliamentary Save the Pub group chaired by North-west Leeds MP, Greg Mulholland…

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The owners of Lima, a Peruvian fine-dining restaurant set to open in London next month, have unveiled full details of the new venture. Set to open on Rathbone Place in Fitzrovia at the end of June, the restaurant is the first London venture from Virgilio Martinez (pictured), chef-patron of the Central fine-dining…

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Former Manchester United football star Gary Neville had been given the green light to build a £20m hotel close to Old Trafford, despite objections from his former club. Trafford Council has granted planning permission for the three- to four-star, 139-bedroom hotel, which will incorporate the Old Trafford Supporters Club.

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Albert Roux’s Young Highland Chef of the Year competition is now open for entries, offering the winner a week’s work experience at his son Michel Roux Jnr’s two-Michelin-starred restaurant, Le Gavroche in London. Chefs from the Scottish Highlands and Islands are being invited to submit a three-course dinner menu.

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