ESS extend contract with Kent Police for further five years

To date ESS Support Services Worldwide, part of Compass Group UK & Ireland, has worked with Kent Police Authority for eleven years. ESS Support Services will provide staff catering at the Authority's seven sites including the Headquarters and the Kent Police Training Centre in Maidstone. The contract also includes catering for planned off-site events, such as festivals, and at unplanned events, such as murder investigations and the feeding of prisoners in custody. Over the coming months ESS Support Services will roll out its Lifestyle offering to each of Kent Police Authority's seven sites. Ian Sarson, Managing Director, Specialist Markets, said, "We are pleased to continue the relationship with Kent Police Authority and, through our catering provision, to support the good work they do in the area. The contract, due to its diverse nature, requires flexibility and the ability to act quickly and provide full catering with little or no notice. We have proved our capability over the past eleven years and look forward to continuing the relationship and introducing our Lifestyle offering into the sites." Compass Group UK & Ireland, through its education business, Chartwells, also recently retained the contract with Kent County Council to provide catering for 94 primary schools in the county.