7 Day Catering… probably the best barbeque food in the world!
A delicious al fresco menu was served up by contract caterers 7 Day Catering at a recent Carlsberg promotional day. The event, held at the company’s brewery in Northampton, even included a visit from a famous Michelin-starred chef!
Jean-Christophe Novelli and over 160 customers enjoyed tasty food freshly cooked on the barbeque, including cajun spicy beef patties and lime, coriander and chilli chicken kebabs. The sticky BBQ pork loin chops, cooked to our own secret recipe, were especially popular.
Renowned chef and restaurateur Novelli admitted he was extremely impressed with 7 Day Catering and their use of fresh, wholesome ingredients. It was a pleasant surprise, he said, to find a contract caterer preparing dishes on site from raw ingredients, with not a frozen product in sight!
Catering Manager Justin Lilley was delighted with the role his team played in the day’s proceedings: “To be praised by such a talented chef as Jean-Christophe Novelli is a great honour. It highlights the excellent work 7 Day Catering are doing to provide the highest standards of food, people and service. The whole catering team worked hard from morning to night with great energy and enthusiasm, even when it rained!”
7 Day Catering are Independently run contract caterers who provide restaurant, coffee bar, hospitality and vending facilities, as well as design and installation services. They serve the business, industry and higher education sectors, with over 150 contracts throughout the UK.
Further information: Sarah Clives, Marketing Co-ordinator, 7 Day Catering Ltd, Tel: 01827 259600, sarah.clives@7daycatering.co.uk

Bbi expands it services in Leeds
Beacons Business Interiors (Bbi) has moved its Leeds operation to larger premises to cope with increasing demand for its services.
The firm has taken two new suites on Batley Business Park to accommodate the growth of its northern division, which now comprises ten multi-disciplinary staff.
A successful year with group figures of more than £17million, several new appointments over the last couple of months and an expanding client base have resulted in the need for larger premises from its previous facility based in Dewsbury.
Peter Burchill, director of the Bbi Leeds office, said: “Bbi is moving from strength-to-strength. We’ve had a fantastic year and in the design of our new office space, we have practised what we preach! We have tried to create an area that demonstrates the unique solutions we can offer our clients.
“As well as being a practical working area, our new office is also a show room, demonstrating the options available when creating a stylish yet workable office environment. We are showing that it is possible to achieve optimum results in terms of space and efficiency without sacrificing style.”
The new office in Leeds has been completely designed and refurbished by the in-house team. The finished result is a modern space featuring a mono-chromatic colour scheme, accentuated with red. Flexible seating options allow different seating arrangements to be easily assembled depending on staff preferences or the numbers present in the office at any one time.
Central storage areas have been installed to provide a clutter-free working environment and previously installed cellular offices have been removed to create an open-plan design that will encourage team communication.
The Leeds office of Bbi was established in 2003, and has been an integral part of the group’s 70% growth over this period. It has a broad client base, spanning both the public and private sectors. Clients include The Office for National Statistics, Haden, Unilever and Atkins.
Services offered to clients by Bbi in Leeds include a new Mechanical and Electrical (M&E) consultancy division, building and energy surveys, health and safety consultancy as well as general fit out and the provision of office furniture.
Andy Graham, Bbi group chairman, said: “This office move heralds a new phase of growth and development for Bbi, as we step up a gear in terms of our client expansion in the north of England.
“In terms of our long term ambitions for the company, the Leeds office, together with our bases in Gloucester and Brecon, forms a central part in our strategy of developing a UK-wide network of offices.
“Strengthening our base in the north enables us to provide support to a broad range of customers, while also meaning that we can work with national companies to deliver facilities support across the country.”

TC Contractors cleans up with £5 Million investment
Spend on new and refurbished equipment set to increase productivity and gear contract cleaning specialist for future growth
In a bid to further improve productivity, service delivery and employee retention rates, leading UK contract cleaning specialist TC Contractors (tel: 01737 814016 or visit www.tc-contractors.co.uk) has announced plans to invest some £5 million in high performance commercial cleaning equipment. This key move follows a number of significant new business wins and is set to gear the company for future aggressive growth within the retail, leisure and office markets.
After an in-depth review of the cleaning equipment market, Surrey-based TC is currently implementing a series of trials to determine which manufacturers it will eventually select as preferred suppliers. However, in line with a strict environmental policy, the company is likely to choose a mix of new and refurbished machinery.
The £5 million investment will cover a wide range of cleaning solutions including scrubber dryers; vacuums; sweepers; rotary machines; steam cleaners and foam pressure washers.
Kevin Meighan, Commercial Director, TC Contractors says: “TC Contractors is determined to provide clients with the best possible service by ensuring our cleaning operatives work with the most up to date and versatile equipment available.
“We firmly believe this latest investment will lead to huge paybacks in terms of reduced employee turnover rates, as well as increased productivity and operating efficiencies.”
Alongside its normal core cleaning, TC offers a wide range of specialist services including carpet cleaning; builders cleans for new facilities or post refurb; graffiti and chewing gum removal; high level and cladding; and diamond floor polishing for maximum cleanliness and shine.
Established almost 50 years ago, TC Contractors is still a family-owned business and achieves a turnover of approximately £48 million. It is ISO9001 and ISO14001 accredited, employs over 3,800 people and cleans some 550 premises across a wide range of markets with a strong focus on retail, office and pub, club and leisure facilities.
For enquires please contact Kevin Meighan, Commercial Director, TC Contractors. Telephone 01737 814016 Mobile 07919 598183 Email: kevin.meighan@tc-contractors.co.uk, www.tc-contractors.co.uk

On time, fast build puts soft furnishings company back on track
Recovery from a major fire, which destroyed most of the Telford factory of soft furnishings importer and manufacturer, Paul Rosco, has been accelerated by a fast response build by Shropshire based design and build specialists, Severn Valley Ltd.
The fire threatened the viability of Paul Rosco’s business and the jobs of its 80 strong work force. In order to continue trading, the company was forced to take on temporary and costly storage and manufacturing facilities.
As part of the solution, Paul Rosco elected to set up on a new site with sufficient land for later expansion.
Within seven months from initial concept, Severn Valley Ltd had obtained planning and building regulations and built a new single span, steel frame hi-bay extension measuring 137metres x 35metres x 14metres, with Kingspan external cladding to latest regulations.
Actual build time was around four months, including the installation of full racking and loading docks for Paul Rosco to begin full time operations. The racking was being installed as the building was erected.
Director at Paul Rosco, Nick Venezia was delighted with the speed of build. “Clearly it was a difficult time for us after the fire, but Severn Valley did an excellent job,” he says. “It was important that the project was completed within budget but from a business operating perspective, it was even more critical that we were up and running again as quickly as possible. Severn Valley’s capability for fast build, completed on time not only put us back on track but has given us the opportunity for future expansion.”
Severn Valley Ltd provides total design and build services for any size of industrial, commercial or retail new build and refurbishment project. An experienced team of designers and engineers provides a complete planning service from original and outline briefing, through build to project completion – including planning and building regulation consultancy services, where necessary.
All civil engineering and building works, steel fabrication and cladding are supplied in-house.
Severn Valley Ltd, Tel: 01746 766975, Email: sales@severnvalleyltd.co.uk, Web: www.severnvalleyltd.co.uk

Beat the credit crunch with the new Tinytag Current Clamp Logger, whilst reducing the impact on the environment
Gemini Data Loggers has launched a new Tinytag logger with Current Clamp, to help customers meet environmental targets like the Energy Performing Certification, needed for selling or renting homes from October 1st.
The logger monitors power consumption trends, for example, if air conditioning has been left on. It can also identify power-hungry devices and analyse if energy changes implemented are cost effective.
Current Clamp Loggers are compact, rugged and economical. They work with Tinytag stand-alone or wireless temperature and humidity loggers that have been successful in monitoring heating and cooling systems.
For more information please log on to www.geminidataloggers.com

E-Learning enables businesses to kick-start their understanding of health & safety and risk management
Online risk management resources can be a first step in proving that businesses are serious about reducing workplace risks, according to Norwich Union Risk Services.
Research conducted by NURS of over 200 businesses reveals that 97% of firms use, and refer to, online risk management resources in their operations.
John Phillips, training and consultancy manager for NURS, said: “Comprehensive and informative online content on health and safety is now providing both brokers and businesses with risk management advice at their fingers tips, either in the form of free information or cost effective online training.
“The value UK businesses place on resources in this medium is clear. Of those businesses surveyed, as many as 86% said that risk management advice published online, whether it is case studies, features, special reports or hardfacts guides, had helped them to ensure compliance with legislation, prevent accidents or save money.”
And in response to this demand, NURS has launched an online training package that covers the basics of health and safety, with modules including: The Basic Principles of Health and Safety; Accident Investigation and Reporting; and Fire Safety.
Phillips adds: “Health and safety law can be complex. For those businesses or employees that have no formal training, past experience or specialist knowledge of a subject, it may be difficult to know where to look for advice.”
“Conducting accident investigation and reporting, and considering fire safety conditions is crucial to protect a firm’s reputation and its employees, especially with the introduction of the Corporate Manslaughter & Homicide Act 2007.
“The ability to gain basic knowledge to complete risk assessments and understand basic health and safety principles is imperative.
“Where firms have limited time and resources, on-line risk management training can be a useful way of ensuring that the basics are understood.”
Further details of the content of the online training package can be found at http://www.nurs.co.uk or by calling the NURS team on 0500 55 99 77.

Ecovert FM wins Total FM contract at The National Archives
Ecovert FM has won the Total FM contract at The National Archives (TNA) in Kew, Richmond, Surrey, for a three year duration.
Full-service delivery to the contract will start on 1 January, 2009 with mobilisation beginning immediately.
Ecovert FM will provide M&E and fabric maintenance, porter services, mail room, pest control, reprographics, waste management, special projects and computerised helpdesk to the 65,190 m2 site, which spans over two buildings.
Erika Stoddart, Director of Corporate Services & Finance, TNA, says, "Following full competition of our requirements, we selected Ecovert FM because of their well planned approach to delivery across the full range of FM services and their experience working with clients in the archives and culture sectors".
For further information, please contact Joanne Matcham: joanne.matcham@ecovertfm.co.uk

Lucas Fit Out appoints Commercial Director
Lucas Fit Out has appointed Paul Aylward, 36, to the post of Commercial Director. He will work alongside Managing Director Danny Lucas to manage and develop the growing project workload for the specialist subcontractor formed earlier this year.
Paul is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor who worked for the last 10 years as a senior project surveyor for Wates Construction. His recent projects have included the refurbishment of the London Transport Museum and the Norman Shaw South building, formerly Scotland Yard and now home to Westminster MPs.
Lucas Fit Out was formed earlier this year by S Lucas, the specialist painting contractor to the construction industry. The company offers a complete range of fit out services and is working on a number of important projects in and around the London area including Heathrow Airport.
For further information contact: Peter Lippard on 01732 884022