News & Views

Did you know Red Box are an approved Highfield Assessment Centre. We have approved tutors ready to deliver a range of courses as detailed below. We can deliver these to a group of delegates at their place of work or in our dedicated training and meeting room in Harrogate. All our courses are competitively priced and our experienced training consultant will tailor the speed and content of the course to suit the specific needs of the delegates.

We welcome Louise to the business and hope she will settle into working with the wider team and clients over the coming months. Louise started with Red Box in June and has been chipping away at some of our larger and more complex projects to support a handover of workload within the team. We hope Louise can bring a sense of fresh eyes to the processes Red Box currently offer and deliver reassuring strategy, insight and expertise. We wish you the best of luck in your new position!

Red Box can provide the expertise and support fully integrated facility management to ensure the catering service and facilities management services within your schools achieve high standards. So how do we do this?

An exciting opportunity for the right candidate. No school experience required but skills in driving standards and relevant qualifications are.

Soil Association Food for Life launches the first ever Food For Life Served Here (FFLSH) Impact Report, revealing the huge impact the independent award scheme has across the UK and showing the Government needs to get serious about buying standards in the sector. The education settings, care homes, hospitals, businesses and leisure attractions who are certified can evidence that the food they serve is audited and are serving fresh, local and honest food with the majority being cooked from scratch.

A new standard has been launched to provide better support for mental wellbeing in the workplace. It might be time to take steps to manage the risks in your business.

Wishing all our Clients a very happy and healthy festive period. Many thanks for your continued support and partnership throughout 2021. We look forward to seeing you all following New Year celebrations. Neil, Liz, Lauren, Chris, Maggie, Judith and Fergus x

We are seeing a high level of discomfort within contracted and inhouse services at present where the struggle to maintain adequate staffing levels is exasperated by the pandemic and employee burn out, as well as a lack of applications within recruitment.

Food within the independent school marketplace is a cornerstone for parents and pupils. With a focus on nutrition, sporting endurance, welfare and mental health all being attributed to a catering service within your prospectus, the advice from Red Box would be to ensure your dining experience is a positive one. Are you at a crossroads in determining if your facilities should take these services in-house or to outsource? Red Box summarises the two positions.

Sustainability is now an important factor across many industries. Underwriting sustainability in procurement can be managed through investigation and understanding of the environment and social contexts as well as the benefits of building long term sustainable practices into the strategy and processes of your services.