AGATESHEAD firm has been acquired by a catering giant that operates in care homes, schools and work canteens across the UK. Hospitality Catering Services Ltd (HCS) has been snapped up for an undisclosed sum by Caterplus Services Ltd of Watford in a deal that also involved Caterplus merging with Warrington-based Taylor Shaw, an educational and corporate catering firm.Read
STRONGER measures on equality are needed. The fact that last week’s launch of a new White Paper ahead of a Single Equality Bill has been met with neither rapturous endorsement nor stinging criticism probably means that Harriet Harman has got the balance of the new requirements on employers and public-sector agencies about right.Read
OUTDOOR clothing specialists J Barbour & Sons has been recognised as one of the Ones to Watch in a prestigious league table of fast-growing companies.Read
AS the Government announced a relaxation of credit rules, one innovative Teesside business is providing interest-free loans for cash-strapped employees.Read
