Travel Plan Requests Sept 2015 - Member Responses – 11th Sep 2015

In August 2015 Amy Hill, Travel Plan Co-Ordinator, University of Exeter emailed the Transport Planning Community of Practice to ask Members if they could offer any ideas or...

Tags: Member responses | travel | policy | transport | Plan

Green Gown Awards 2015 – Sustainability Professional Award - Serena Bacuzzi - Highly Commended – 9th Sep 2015

When Serena started working at the College in 2009, sustainability was not a core priority. Initially Serena concentrated her work on creating policies, plans and procedures to...

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Green Gown Awards 2015 – Sustainability Student Champion - Margaret Jennings - Highly Commended – 9th Sep 2015

Student (Fine Art 2nd year) - Goldsmiths, University of London Margaret takes environmental conservation to heart. She is one of the more genuinely environmentally...

Tags: sustainability | green gown awards | waste | university | recycling | behaviour change | sustainability champion | volunteering | art

Green Gown Awards 2015 – Sustainability Professional Award - Katy Boom - Finalist – 9th Sep 2015

Director of Sustainability, University of Worcester Under Katy’s leadership the University of Worcester has developed and maintained an excellent performance profile,...

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Green Gown Awards 2015 – Sustainability Professional Award - Martin Farley - Winner – 9th Sep 2015

S-Lab Project Coordinator, King’s College London Martin Farley has helped pioneer innovative projects in a largely untapped area of sustainability - laboratories. To...

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Green Gown Awards 2015 – Sustainability Professional Award - Dr Peter Rands - Finalist – 9th Sep 2015

In the five years as Director of Sustainability Development at CCCU, Peter has been described, by an ex. colleague, as taking the institution from “zero to hero”...

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Harper Adams University - Farm to fork catering – 9th Sep 2015

Not many universities have an on site farm. Harper Adams has used theirs to create a farm to fork university catering philosophy.

Tags: sustainable | catering | farming | produce | Farm to fork | grow your own

Halton Borough Council - Excellence in Catering Procurement – 9th Sep 2015

Halton Council’s schools catering service has saved up to 21% on many different contracts. They now have increased buying power, higher supplier standards and staff have...

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Lancaster University - Loss to profit in just three years – 9th Sep 2015

Lancaster University’s in-house food operation has gone from making a loss to generating a healthy profit, in just three years.

Tags: procurement | catering | food services

Manchester Metropolitan University - Showcasing Excellence – 9th Sep 2015

In 2007 MMU’s catering department had a deficit of £780k. To reduce these losses and break even, a new employment model was introduced, along with an...

Tags: efficiency | catering | food and drink | food services

University of East Anglia - Showcasing Excellence – 9th Sep 2015

UEA’s food operation was making annual losses of £600,000 until a new catering head was hired. Disciplined management procedures have cut costs...

Denbighshire County Council - Excellence in Catering Procurement – 9th Sep 2015

Denbighshire Council has saved an average of 8% on school meals, keeping costs low and supplier standards high.

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Wirral Borough Council - Excellence in Catering Procurement – 9th Sep 2015

For Wirral Council, one of the biggest benefits of buying school meal ingredients through TUCO is the time it frees up for catering and Procurement staff.

Tags: procurement | food | food services | Excellence in Catering Procurement