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Sodexo, the world’s largest services company, has launched a new vending concept at Southampton Solent University to encourage healthy eating. The Honest Café vending area sees Southampton Solent University become the first university to offer a healthy eating vending area which strikes soft drinks high in sugar and snacks high in fat from the menu. The vending area offers health-conscious snacks with locally-sourced low calorie organic options, a selection of juices, fruit teas, flavoured popcorn,…

Sodexo, the world’s largest services company, has won a four-year facilities management contract with Northumbria University, Newcastle. The £500k per year deal will see Sodexo provide a range of FM services at the university’s brand new 993-bed student accommodation at Trinity Square, Gateshead. Reception, helpdesk, energy management, mechanical and electrical maintenance, cleaning and horticultural services are among those to be managed by Sodexo at the site from September 2014. Northumbria University is a research-rich, business-focused…

59% of British businesses are not confident that current Government energy policies reflect their needs 73% of respondents think their business would be concerned about possible cost implications of Contracts for Difference, which could see bills increase by 10% by 2020,with over a quarter saying their business would be unwilling for their energy bills to increase in order to help fund Government low carbon energy schemes This comes as British businesses ranked energy affordability as…