Search

Cheshire-based Food Dudes, a social enterprise promoting healthy eating to schoolchildren, has announced the appointment of Ian Scothern as director of commissioning in the UK. The company runs evidenced-based programmes for schools encouraging...

New FreeFrom Eating Out Awards – designed to raise awareness of among foodservice operators of the growing numbers either needing or choosing to eat ‘freefrom’ – have been launched. The awards are now open for entry and this will close on August 31st...

Hobart Cooking Solutions is making some changes to its business approach to ensure resources are targeted at key growth areas to delivery maximum benefits. As a result sales director Steve Martin is stepping down and retiring at the end of September...

New research from Seafish, the body that supports the British seafood industry, has revealed that children in the UK have a ‘worrying lack of awareness’ when it comes to naming different species of edible fish. In a poll of Britain’s five to 11 year...

A YouGov poll commissioned by the National Farmers’ Union of over 1,100 parents found that 76 per cent agreed that food should be sourced from Britain wherever possible. Meanwhile, 87 per cent of parents responding to the survey thought that at least...

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has confirmed a case of avian flu outbreak in a duck-breeding farm in Yorkshire with very low risk to human health and no risk to the food chain. Preventative measures are being taken to...

The equipment suppliers PKL Group has launched its school food cube to assist schools with the increasing catering facility demands as the school leaving age increases to 18 by 2015. The food cube is a modular catering kiosk which can be used to...

To celebrate World Fisheries Day, three of Cardiff’s education caterers have pledged to offer sustainable fish on their menus as part of the city’s campaign to become the world’s first sustainable fish city. The Cardiff and Vale University health...

As stated at the time of the Comprehensive Spending Review last October, LACA (the Local Authority Caterers Association) was pleased to learn of the Government's intention to continue with the School Lunch Grant (SLG) and that it was amongst the...