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He said: “Small businesses are the lifeblood of our economy and we want to do what we can to support them.

Style Services was founded in 2007 by John Rathbone, Ruth Fenton and Jim Walker. The business employs 95 people and has a combined turnover of £1.9m.

Building on the success of the inaugural awards in 2012, organisers say this year’s event is set to be even bigger with prizes for the individual winners including mini-iPads and a range of career

Premier executive chef Mark Rigby, who will be judging entries, said that research shows consumers are more than twice as likely to choose sausages and mash off a menu when it is served with gravy.

The company behind it, Nestlé Professional, says it is a touch screen self-serve coffee machine that can deliver up to 400 drink varieties and is designed for use throughout the on-the-go coffee ma

The FM sector in the UK was valued at £106.3bn in 2012 and this is anticipated to increase to £117.2bn by 2017.

Hazel Curtis of Seafish said: “There has been a substantial improvement in the status of North Sea cod stocks over the last seven years and now ICES estimates that the stock is around three times t

The hospitality industry winners are:
Mentor of the Year Award: Debrah Dhugga – general manager, Dukes St. James London

In addition this collective lack of action is generating more than a million additional tonnes of carbon every year, the equivalent in cost to three pence for every meal served in the UK.

Nearly three quarters of these admissions were to deal with problems complicated by obesity such as asthma, breathing difficulties during sleep, and complications of pregnancy, rather than obesity