The World of Hospitality Issue 32 2019 | Page 90

90 the World Of Hospitality editors choice Reduce your energy consumption whilst complying with ESOS legislation 2019 sees the second phase of the Energy Saving Opportunity Scheme legislation whereby any business with more than 250 employees (part or full time) has to carry out a business energy assessment. This can be carried out either in house or by using an external resource that has relevant hospitality experience. Either way, it will need to be overseen by a qualified ESOS Lead Assessor. Whilst some see ESOS as another cost burden, Richard Felgate a Director at Hospitality Energy Saving encourages businesses to view it as a route to increasing profit and gaining a competitive advantage. He says: “during the first phase of ESOS, all of the assessments we undertook identified potential savings of at least 15%, many significantly higher and lot of these can be achieved with little or no cost”. He also advises businesses not to leave their assessments until the December deadline “last time many businesses missed the deadline as they under estimated the time required to undertake the process and struggled to find a Lead Assessor with available capacity. With fines of up to £90,000 for non- compliance, it’s not worth the risk. Also, the sooner you do it, the sooner you can start to enjoy the savings”. Hospitality Energy Saving are experts in this sector and their Lead Assessors can help you delivery excellent energy savings, whilst ensuring compliance. Find out more at www.hospitalityenergysaving.com or contact [email protected] Reduce your energy consumption by up to 20% - We’ll show you how ! ESOS “Energy Saving Opportunity Scheme” We’ll make sure complying with the 2019 ESOS legislation saves you money, not costs you money WWW.HOSPITALITYENERGYSAVING.COM [email protected] Website: www.hospitalityenergysaving.com Linking Hygiene and Customer Satisfaction in the Hospitality Sector Washrooms that sparkle, dining areas that are clean and inviting, glasses, cutlery and crockery that are spotless, not to mention food preparation areas that are safe, sanitised and hygienic. All these elements combine to ensure that your customers enjoy the experience of eating and drinking out. Customers will return repeatedly if you can demonstrate the highest standards of hygiene. Also consider the back of house elements – warewashing, maintaining grease traps and so on – that customers never see but are equally important. This isn’t just about how customers feel, there are also regulatory reasons for maintaining high standards. Achieving this isn’t easy – and that’s why many businesses in the hospitality sector turn to Chemex International for products, advice and support. It’s not sufficient to simply use products that perform better than others – although this is a fundamental requirement – but your peace of mind comes from a local support service that is second-to-none – that identifies the correct product dilutions and regularly checks them for you, that trains staff in how to use chemicals safely and that will help you troubleshoot any hygiene concerns. For hygiene solutions that you can trust, contact Chemex on 0121 565 6300. Website: www.chemexuk.com