Education

The deal with the independent, day, boarding, nursery and preparatory school for girls, is worth £750,000.

Its catering services unit Food & More serves 32,000 meals a day to students across more than 200 schools as part of FM in Leeds, Barnsley, Redcar, Oxfordshire, Gateshead and Tameside.

Concerns listed among the 1,200 workers surveyed included stress, debt, unpaid overtime and a lack of training.

The contract is worth more than £2.5million over three years.

John Newton, head of PHE’s Health Improvement Directorate, said: “Severely obese children are at risk of developing a number of serious acute and chronic health problems.

Prestfelde School, an independent preparatory boarding school in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, and Highclare School in Birmingham, have both furthered their contracts with the firm by five years.

The Government health body will promote the move to healthier snacks through the launch of its Change4Life campaign.

The provider to 70,000 meals in Birmingham held a series of fundraising events during the year, finishing off with a Christmas jumper day.

Currently families receiving Universal Credit (UC) are eligible, but this will change once UC is rolled out.

The two-day event held on 25 and 26 January at the Radisson Blue Hotel in Durham will include the outcome of the APSE State of the Market 2017 – Cleaning and Catering Services, report, a collection