New editor
New editor
Forbes Mutch has become editor of Caterer & Hotelkeeper. Mutch, who was previously deputy editor of Flight International, replaces Gary Crossley, who becomes group editor of Reed Business Information's catering titles.
Name change
Bass's Holiday Inn Worldwide, the franchisor of Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inn Express hotels, has been renamed Holiday Hospitality.
Blanc expands
Raymond Blanc looks set to open his second Petit Blanc next February, at the 70-seat restaurant in the Queen's Hotel, Cheltenham, owned by Forte.
Pay increase
Unison has negotiated a 3.3% pay increase for 40,000 staff including catering employees at police stations in England. The pay rise means a minimum wage of £4.25 per hour.
Sun Associates
We have been asked to clarify that the design, operational consultancy and tendering process for the contract at Cisco Systems' new premises at Stockley Park, Heathrow, was carried out by Sun Associates and not by the "consultancy Richard Collins" as stated in My New Contract, Caterer, 21 August.