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CSI received UKTI grant
[Posted: 13 July 2009]

We have been awarded a grant by UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) which is the Government's international business development organisation.  This money will be used to upgrade our website with a view to enhancing the Company's presence.

CSI team expands rapidly [Posted: 02 May 2013]
Well it's certainly been a whirwind start to the year and we have been rapidly expanding our recruit...

First Year's Service [Posted: 02 May 2013]
 Well done Fiona Brazington on completing your first year at CSI in Cheltenham...it only feels ...

Good Luck in your NEW JOBS! [Posted: 02 May 2013]
CSI would like to wish a HUGE good luck to Nicolas Mauran, Hicham Rouaz, Dean Pithers, Mark Beck, Mi...

Good Luck in your New Jobs.... [Posted: 20 March 2013]
Best of luck to Amy Pittman, Robert Maw and Rebecca Charles - all starting new jobs this week - we'r...

Cheltenham Team Expands [Posted: 14 March 2013]
This week we welcome Maja Podolska to the ever increasing Cheltenham recruitment team!  Maja wi...

Consultant's 1st day at work [Posted: 25 February 2013]
Welcome aboard Paul Metcalfe...an experienced chef and people manager, who joins our team in Swindon...

New Year...New Career [Posted: 10 January 2013]
Good Luck to Daniel who's starting his career as Commis Chef at Cowley Manor tomorrow... Break a leg...

Employee of the Quarter [Posted: 04 January 2013]
The prestigious award for employee of the quarter for Oct - Dec 2012 goes to Sir Alex Oliver of Brig...

Cardiff's Success Celebrates New Consultants [Posted: 24 December 2012]
We welcome David Rowlands to the CSI recruiting team in south Wales.  David has a wealth of e...

Veteran Recruiter Tops the Leaderboard [Posted: 30 November 2012]
After several years overseeing the operation of country house hotels and gastro pubs, Ashley Jenning...

Swindon Branch Manager Enjoys 4th Year of Success [Posted: 30 November 2012]
The role of Branch Manager within hospitality recruitment is a very demanding one and Mark Sing...

More Chefs join the legendary team in Cardiff! [Posted: 28 November 2012]
Jamie is an award winning chef with years of experience in various fine dining establishments throug...

Talented Events Manager joins Bristol CSI team [Posted: 28 November 2012]
Abbie Weeks, a dedicated and commited events manager from a 4 star hotel background has led many pro...

Brighton Consultant Enjoys Success [Posted: 15 November 2012]
Congratulations to Alex Oliver, following 6 very successful months at CSI!  An award winning ch...

Credit Controller Sums Up for 8 Years [Posted: 15 November 2012]
Huge congratulations to Sally White, our friendly and talented credit controller, upon completing a ...

Cheltenham goes from strength to strength [Posted: 15 November 2012]
In her intial 6 months Fiona Brazington has established herself well within the team and built a gre...

Employee of the Quarter [Posted: 15 November 2012]
Goes to Magalie Giraud.  It is not all about Consultants.  Magalie quietly gets on with he...

Jayne celebrates 1 years service at CSI [Posted: 12 November 2012]
Congratulations to Jayne Smurthwaite on a very successful first year within the Exeter branch office...

Olympic Games begin in Cardiff [Posted: 25 July 2012]
Our Cardiff branch office is bustling with activity today as Cardiff MIllennium Stadium hosts the fi...

Employee of the Quarter [Posted: 04 July 2012]
GRAHAM 'the legend' SMITH!   Well done Graham.  Graham (with the recent assistance of Ru...

Increased Business Creates Job Vacancies [Posted: 03 July 2012]
We have successfully gained preferred supplier status to several national companies such as The Indp...

Bath Boules Champions At Last?! [Posted: 03 July 2012]
Sadly not!  The CSI team played a formidable rollercoaster of a tournament at this year's Boule...

Excited Staff deliver at X Factor Auditions! [Posted: 27 June 2012]
Our Cardiff branch office are proud to boast a successful team supply at the X Factor Auditions on M...

Sunshine creates increase in trade for all [Posted: 24 May 2012]
The improvement in the weather has created an influx of requests from Clients all over the UK. ...

New National Accounts [Posted: 26 April 2012]
We are proud to boast an ongoing agreement with a national Care company who own and manage over 250 ...

New Clients [Posted: 13 April 2012]
Special thanks to Julie Davis in our coventry branch office, who engineered negotiations - we a...

We are Preferred Suppliers! [Posted: 21 March 2012]
We are proud to boast another 2 national / international preferred supplier accounts with outstandin...

Promotion in Bath [Posted: 21 March 2012]
Congratulations to Philip Hobson, promoted to Branch Manager of our Bath office!  Phil has dedi...

CSI takes on Olympic challenge! [Posted: 22 February 2012]
Exciting news!  We have officially been selected as a preferred supplier for hospitality staff ...

Jayne joins the team in Exeter [Posted: 30 January 2012]
A warm welcome to Jayne Smurthwaite who is spearheading the Exeter branch office. Jayne’s...

Graham celebrates 1 year at CSI [Posted: 30 January 2012]
An excellent  first year for Graham Smith in our Southampton branch.  Over the past 12 mon...

An Eventful Year! [Posted: 23 December 2011]
We have enjoyed a very eventful year here at CSI, including building new relationships with hundreds...

Christmas Parties and Events [Posted: 20 December 2011]
Many thanks to our very loyal and professional events teams throughout the UK who have served countl...

New Clients [Posted: 09 December 2011]
We now boast Preferred Supplier status to South Glocuestershire Council, adding to our ever growing ...

Join us on Facebook! [Posted: 24 November 2011]
http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=7530201533 Do you have a facebook or twitter account? ...

chefVchef Competition 2012 [Posted: 23 November 2011]
Entries now open for the 2012 chefVchef competition!  Simply visit www.chefvchef.co.uk for furt...

More Promotions in Brighton [Posted: 14 November 2011]
As the South Coast team embark on the events season, we are proud to boast the appointment of Hannah...

TV Contestants Required!! [Posted: 21 October 2011]
Have you seen the TV show ‘Dinner Date’?  We are spreading the word among...

New Contracts Awarded [Posted: 30 September 2011]
Due to outstanding customer service and supply of quality, professional staff, we have now been awar...

AWR news [Posted: 14 September 2011]
Implementation of Agency Workers Regulations – October 2011   We provide this informa...

Promotion in Brighton [Posted: 13 September 2011]
Congratulations to Nathan Reuby on his promotion to Branch Manager of CSI Brighton! ...

New Premises in Swindon! [Posted: 02 August 2011]
Due to increased business and expansion plans, our Swindon office has relocated to larger premises i...

CSI enters team into Bath Boules tournament 2011! [Posted: 19 May 2011]
We are excited to confirm our team has been accepted for this year's Bath Boules tournament and we a...

Consultants required! [Posted: 13 May 2011]
Business is so busy we need more consultants!  Ideally we are seeking catering / hospitality pr...

Internal Promotion [Posted: 06 April 2011]
Congratulations to Sara Ackrill (previously Branch Manager in Exeter) on her promotion to Area Manag...

New Chef Consultant in Southampton [Posted: 06 April 2011]
We are proud to introduce Graham Smith, our new Recruitment Consultant based in Southampton.  G...

Uganda Consultancy Success [Posted: 05 April 2011]
Md Andrew Berman has returned to Uganda for another review of our recent consultancy and the safari ...

Annual chefVchef competition success [Posted: 17 February 2011]
This year's chefVchef competition was held at the City of Bath college and boasted outstanding culin...

The Brighton Team is Expanding [Posted: 12 October 2010]
Nathan Reuby recently joined our Brighton branch office as Temp Controller.  He has a vari...

Consultancy Continues in Uganda [Posted: 08 October 2010]
Following his initial consultancy to set up a catering establishment in Uganda, Andy has recently re...

Keeping up the Team Spirit [Posted: 21 July 2010]
Well done to all the consultants who participated in this year's Bath Boules competition.  A gr...

Goodwood Festival of Speed [Posted: 21 July 2010]
Congratulations to our extremely hard working branches in the South and South East of England who wo...

CSI goes to the Festivals! [Posted: 21 July 2010]
CSI have supplied various catering staff for a multitude of festivals this summer so far and many mo...

Student Employer of the Year Awards [Posted: 07 May 2010]
Congratulations to our Exeter branch manager Sara Ackrill for achieving 'Highly Commended' status at...

Our MD Returns!! [Posted: 07 May 2010]
Following a very successful trip to Uganda for 6 weeks (and another week stranded due to...

International Consultancy in Uganda! [Posted: 04 March 2010]
Managing Director Andrew Berman is embarking upon a 6-week adventure to Uganda! He will be un...

Taking Charity to New Heights! [Posted: 22 October 2009]
Congratulations to Chris Massey, our Cheltenham branch manager for his heroic climb to the top of Mo...

Bath Life Awards 2009 [Posted: 28 September 2009]
CSI scooped the Professional Services of the year award at The Bath Life Awards 2009!  Right -...

National Minimum Wage freeze! [Posted: 28 September 2009]
CSI have frozen all rates!  The National Minimum Wage increase will not be passed to you -...

Welsh Chefs Conference [Posted: 22 September 2009]
The following delegates attended the Welsh Chefs Conference at The Botanical Gardens in Carmarthensh...

New Websites! [Posted: 18 September 2009]
With the assistance of a UKTI grant CSI have updated their websites! www.cateringinternational.co.u...

Nellie Gilling Joins Bath Branch [Posted: 01 September 2009]
Nellie Gilling joins Bath branch as FOH Temp Controller as of 01 September 2009....

Howard Todd leaves the Company! [Posted: 20 August 2009]
After 10 years service Howard Todd leaves the Company!  Howard spearheaded the Cheltenham and W...

Help for Heroes [Posted: 17 July 2009]
Chris Massey, branch Manager in Cheltenham, has taken up the gruelling challenge of tackling Mount K...

CSI sponsor race @ Brighton racecourse [Posted: 14 July 2009]
An annual event! CSI once again sponsored the 'Catering Services International' race at Brighton, t...

Our Client turns 5! [Posted: 13 July 2009]
CSI were recently invited to celebrate one of our Client's 5th anniversaries!  After several ye...

Surviving the Recession! [Posted: 13 July 2009]
A number of competitors have failed to survive the severity of the recession however CSI look s...

Insider Awards 2009 [Posted: 10 July 2009]
Andrew Berman was listed as number 1 entrepeneur of the year in the under 42 category! See www.insid...

Sara Ackrill Joins Exeter branch [Posted: 20 April 2009]
Sara Ackrill has joined the Company as branch Manager within the Exeter branch.  Sara was previ...

Cheltenham Festival [Posted: 06 March 2009]
CSI are pleased to be supplying 100’s of staff in all Catering roles to the Cheltenham Festival....

2009 Chef v Chef competitions [Posted: 02 March 2009]
The 2009 Chef v Chef heats all successfully took place last week in Bath, Bristol and Cheltenham. Br...

New Exeter office [Posted: 11 February 2009]
We have moved the Exeter branch to a more spacious office and can now be found at 14 Gandy Stre...

Christmas Party [Posted: 06 February 2009]
For this year's Christmas Party, Andrew Berman Managing Director flew all Internal Employees to...

Results of Chef v Chef Regional Final [Posted: 28 October 2008]
On Tuesday 21 October, City of Bristol College held the Chef v Chef Regional Final which saw the com...

Chef v Chef Regional Final [Posted: 12 September 2008]
As the main sponsor of the Chef V Chef competitions held annually in Bath, Bristol & Cheltenham,...

New Branch in Exeter [Posted: 11 July 2008]
The Catering Services International team are delighted to announce its new branch opens in Exeter in...

New Division - CSI VANTAGE [Posted: 30 June 2008]
We are pleased to announce CSI VANTAGE a new division which offers a tailored service specifica...

Addition to the team in Bath [Posted: 24 June 2008]
We are delighted to announce that Jonathan Parry is the newest addition to the team in Bath. J...

Internal Promotion [Posted: 28 May 2008]
Chris Massey in our Cheltenham Branch has just received promotion to Branch Manager, CONGRATULA...

CSI in Berlin [Posted: 30 January 2008]
Well after a fantastic 2007, all the team spent a very relaxing weekend in Berlin. For some of the g...

Watch out Berlin [Posted: 21 January 2008]
Not long now and the CSI team will be heading off to BERLIN for our belated Christmas party. After a...

New Supplier status!! [Posted: 19 October 2007]
Great news that we've been chosen to be a Strategic Supplier to the largest caterer on the planet!!!...

Great Teams in Cheltenham and Worcester [Posted: 24 July 2007]
During the terrible flooding that hit the Cheltenham and Worcester areas during the Summer, our fant...

ChefVChef 2007 confirmed for two venues [Posted: 08 September 2006]
Sponsors of the highly successful ChefVchef competition Catering Services International are delighte...

Internal Promotion [Posted: 08 September 2006]
September brings the promotion of Mr. Mark Nacchia as the new Branch Manager of CSI's Bristol Branch...

New Accountant for CSI [Posted: 11 August 2006]
Mrs. Jennie Gardiner joins CSI as the new Company Accountant. Jennie had previously spent 13 years w...

Business of the Year Awards [Posted: 19 July 2006]
2003 - CSI achieves runner-up at the Bath Business of the Year Awards sponsored by the Bath Chronicl...

New Branch on the coast [Posted: 19 July 2006]
Jan. 2005 - Grand opening of Brighton CSI. With the successful appointments of Stacey Pederson &...

National Division [Posted: 19 July 2006]
2005 - A huge increase in requirements nationwide prompts the opening of The National Division heade...

Recognition for M.D. [Posted: 19 July 2006]
2005 - CSI Managing Director, Mr. Andrew Berman wins Young Business Man of the Year at the Bath Chro...

Group Sales Manager appointed [Posted: 19 July 2006]
Jan 06 - Cardiff Branch Manager, Simon James is promoted to Group Sales Manager with the remit of in...

New Branch Openings [Posted: 19 July 2006]
2006 - CSI branch out with the successful opening of the Coventry, Leicester & Worcester branche...

Promotions [Posted: 19 July 2006]
May 06 - Coventry consultant, Julie Davis is promoted to Branch Manager & Area Manager, Sarah Ja...

New Employee [Posted: 19 July 2006]
12th June 06 - Irma Goder is employed from a hospitality background as a consultant in the new but p...

Chef V Chef [Posted: 19 July 2006]
2006 - CSI sponsors the hugely successful annual Chef V Chef competition held at the City of Bath Co...

International Division [Posted: 19 July 2006]
2006 - With the increase in staff shortages abroad, The International Division is established and qu...

Nominated Supplier Status [Posted: 19 July 2006]
2006 - National contracts with All Leisure, Aramark, Host Management, Maclellan International & ...

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General Manager full of creative flair and imagination wanted at a new restaurant venture in Brighton. The ideal candidate should have the following...

Management Roles, Europe

Retail Manager – Branded Restaurants retail shop - Berlin 30,000 Euros - 32,000 Euros Excellent company benefits   The...

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Up to £25,000 With exceptional package benefits, Our client operates a fantastic chain of chic city centre restaurants across the...

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