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H&S Connect & Collaborate Webinar
As part of our ‘Connect & Collaborate’ webinar series, we recently reached out to bring our facilities client’s wider teams
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Catering for essential organisations during Covid-19
The government has recently announced that it’s safe to return to the workplace. There’s a lot of coverage and discussion
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Delivered-in food service launched
We’ve launched BM delivered. A new service developed to support clients looking for temporary food solutions during the post Covid-19
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Planning the future at ‘Connect and Collaborate’ webinars
Never has the need for the industry to pull together and collaborate as in these unprecedented times in order to
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Going forward agility is key
It is crazy to think that it has been 15 weeks since the UK government put in place a nationwide
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Beyond the masks – how one member of the #bmFamily💜💚 showed she cared
I started making face-covering masks when my sister showed me the ones she made for herself and our Mum. My mum
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Covid-19 Hub launched to support workplace reopening
We have today launched our Covid-19 Info Hub – giving clients, customers, team members and the wider industry a live
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Catering during a pandemic
There are many webinars and roundtables providing insights into what is happening and what may happen in catering. But who
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PearPay contact-free workplace app rolled out
We’ve launched PearPay – our new contact-free food app enabling customers to order food straight to their desks and minimise
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#bmFamily💜💚 celebrate Volunteers Week
As this week is Volunteers Week it’s a perfect time to celebrate some of the wonderful things the #bmFamily💜💚 have
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What do you do when your world is turned upside down?
One day Ian and I had quite a nice business and the next – woosh it was nearly all gone
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Cautious optimism shared by caterers
With the working world looking very different, contract catering is going to see many changes. What does the future hold for
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Observations on the ‘next normal’ in contract catering
The ‘next normal’ is the phrase we’re using to describe the iterative nature of the next 18 months in workplace
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The future of hospitality
Our CEO Ian Thomas was recently interviewed by H&C News about the current situation in the B&I sector and what
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Pulling Together
A short time after the lockdown began one Saturday morning, my phone rang… it was Wendy Bartlett, our founder and
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Positive Thinking at Challenging Times
In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Week, I’ve decided to share a different side of dealing with an illness whilst
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Stay Connected in Lockdown
It’s been challenging to stay connected and positive during lockdown. I had several choices. I could maximise the time to
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Communicating with team members in lockdown
During the lockdown, to maintain engagements with team members and business continuity there is a very clear and obvious need
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Staying connected with my work family
It never crossed my mind that I will ever live through something like Covid-19 where there is so much uncertainty,
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Catering and FM experts urge businesses to adapt
Workplace ‘takeaways’, shift-based lunches and more pre-ordering are all likely to be the new ‘normal’ when the COVID-19 lockdown period
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The upside of lockdown
Whilst not wishing to make light of this incredibly serious situation we find ourselves in, there may just be some
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Support continues during an unprecedented time
This has been a challenging time to say the least, but I’m really inspired by what I’ve seen from so
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Lessons learned so far during the Coronavirus ‘lockdown’
What is life like running a business in these very unique circumstances? It’s nothing like you would have imagined. And
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Our response to Corona-virus (COVID-19)
We want to share how we are responding to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. In line with our foodies values, we are