WORLD OF HOSPITALITY

Linen for hire

Several months ago Sketchley launched its Silver Linen Service to allow companies to hire top-quality linen with a built-in cleaning and replacement programme.

Take-up of this service has been rapid, with around 150,000 linen items currently being processed a week.

At the exhibition Sketchley will introduce a new development within linen service, details of which are being kept under wraps until the show. The company will only say that it bypasses the entire manual packing and unpacking process that linen formerly went through as it travelled from laundry to hotel room.

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Kitchen hygiene

February sees the launch of the Catering and Institutional (C&I) division of Lever Industrial hygiene products. To accompany the launch, C&I Division will introduce Sumapilot, a kitchen hygiene procedure tailor-made to suit each kitchen, to control and improve hygiene and bring it into line with all key hygiene regulations.

In addition, the division will show the Sanctif bathroom hygiene programme, combining effective environmentally friendly products with thorough bathroom hygiene procedures.

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Health and safety

For the duration of the exhibition, the HCIMA will demonstrate its breadth of knowledge on such matters as health and safety, hygiene legislation, career planning and training at its Business Advice Centre.

Operators, suppliersand industry consultants will be on hand throughout the show to provide free advice.

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Disposables

On the Plastico stand, the catering disposables company is offering visitors to World of Hospitality a free bar safety consultation.

Following its backing of government efforts to improve levels of safety within public bars earlier on this year, the company has published a booklet containing research carried out by Surrey University into violent incidents in public bars - currently running at around 20,000 incidents per year, many of them serious.

The booklet offers advice aimed at reducing or minimising the damage caused by incidents, such as using plastic tumblers and ashtrays as opposed to glass. The booklet will be available on the stand and there will be someone on hand to advise on how to make bars safer.

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Specialist items

Presentation products specialist Perstella will show its complete range of items, emphasising what it terms the flexibility and versatility of its bespoke service.

From menu boards and covers to in-room stationery and conference notepads, Perstella's handmade products are available in leather or leather look with matching suede lining.

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All-electric

Chef Geoffrey Corin will demonstrate an all-electric kitchen on the Electricity Association stand, featuring induction and halogen hobs, microwave combination ovens and electric steam combination ovens. He will be assisted by senior catering students from the Norfolk Schools of Art and Technology at Kings Lynn.

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