What is the future for Foodservice Training?
The industry I have worked in for the last 35 years has been suffering from persistent rising costs in all areas of their business and as such, firms have been cutting-back discreetly for quite some time. As always we have tried to weather the difficult times and have been using out 'less busy' times to do some volunteer work. However ....
We are still not closing down!
Overheads and cost outlays have continued to increase and for spare parts, we have had no choice but to pass on the increases. We have always tried to be fair with our pricing and last revised our charges in January 2025. This was a mere 2% and only to ensure that it is actually worth being self-employed.
Labour rates went up £1/hr to £51/hr from January 1st 2025 and whilst it is still hard out there, we intend to survive.
GDPR
To make it as easy as possible we decided on the approach of positively checking with the people we hold data for and if they wanted to remain on our data base, or not, so that we can continue to use those details in the course of our work. We asked for a one-word answer, YES or NO via email reply. Nice and simple we think you'll agree.
The data that we store is kept to an absolute minimum, (Name - Company - Company address - Position - Telephone number(s) and an email address).
Like many small companies, this information is only stored for the purpose of either
1. Sending you invoices/ statements/ quotations/ service reports/ reminders/ purchase orders - that is, normal business stuff.
2. Being able to identify you as one of our existing customers should you contact us.
3. Booking and or arranging work with you.
We definitely DO NOT share your information, in fact it is only stored securely on a limited number of devices and only accessible by one person in the company - Anthony Lee, the director.
We don't bombard you with circulars or spam email either.
We want you to have a choice of where your personal details are stored and so, if at any point in the future you decide you do not want this data to be held by us, simply send us a simple request via email to foodservicetraining@gmail.com or phone / text us on 07944 363490 and your record will be wiped - simple!
