Education caterer Taylor Shaw wins £750,000 contract in Redcar

Redcar Community College, which currently serves up to 700 students and 111 staff, has appointed Taylor Shaw on a three-year contract to provide both its catering and cleaning services. Jim Lovett, managing director of Taylor Shaw, said: "Redcar Community College has really transformed itself in the past few years and to be part of that ongoing change in the years to come is a great opportunity for us." Stuart Rees, headteacher at Redcar Community College, added: "We were impressed by Taylor Shaw's commitment to providing quality, fresh food in an environment that our students will like. "We're really looking forward to them coming on board and bringing the standard of our catering as high as that of the rest of the school." Taylor Shaw specialises in education catering and operates across 400 sites nationally serving primary, secondary and independent schools, and colleges and currently employs more than 2,500 staff.