12 September 2017
New training initiative explains Principles of Food Service to newcomers to the industry The catering industry is suffering from a skills shortage and the need to recruit more staff. Brexit is likely to increase this pressure. What’s needed is a way to encourage people to enter the industry and, once here, to quickly pick up the basics and build a career. That’s why CESA has launched the Principles of Food Service (PFS) training initiative. It aims to give newcomers the...
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29 August 2017
Moving Forward in a Changing World: economic business and technological changes The CESA Conference 2017, in association with Cedabond, ENSE and the FCSI UK & Ireland. 15th and 16th November at the DeVere Wokefield Estate near Reading CESA’s 2017 conference at the DeVere Wokefield Estate welcomes back Steph McGovern, economist and broadcaster as Conference Facilitator. Steph is there to kick off the day’s agenda with an economic and business session as well as to link expert speakers from business and...
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22 August 2017
CESA’s technical consultant, Bryan Whittaker, receives BSI Distinguished Service award Bryan Whittaker MBE, CESA’s technical consultant, has been honoured by the British Standards Institute (BSI) with a Distinguished Service Certificate. The award is a reward for decades of dedicated and professional service, especially in relation to establishing standards in line with EU directives.
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9 August 2017
CESA accesses DIT funding for UK companies planning show at Milan CESA met with Department for International Trade (DIT) on July 4 and, as a direct result of the Association’s lobbying, received ten grants of £1500 each for exhibiting companies at the Host Milan exhibition. “Host Milan is Europe’s leading Ho.Re.Ca show for catering equipment,” says Steve Goodliff, CESA’s Export Group chair. “It attracts tens of thousands of VIP visitors. It’s a big opportunity for British companies to talk to...
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26 July 2017
Unprecedented uncertainty brings opportunities as well as pitfalls CESA has launched a series of high profile seminars designed to help catering equipment companies not only prepare for, but also to exploit the unprecedented challenges the foodservice market is facing. The Building Business seminars are aimed at CEOs, managing directors and business owners and are free to attend for CESA member companies.
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