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• Supporting children in Zambia

  Posted on April 12, 2012 at 3:23 pm Leave a response
  

  In February beacon purchasing, in conjunction with one of our customers Liaise Loddon donated many pieces of stationary, to help the children attending the newly developed UTH school in Zambia…

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• Would you like to save energy and increase profitability?

  Posted on April 2, 2012 at 2:35 pm Leave a response
  

  Would you like to save valuable energy resources and increase your businesses’ profitability? If so, please read on to access the handy energy savings calculator…

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• Hotelympia visitors urged to sign energy efficiency pledge

  Posted on February 24, 2012 at 4:01 pm Leave a response
  

  The online pledge initiative has been developed by RHP and supported by beacon purchasing and 5 of our sustainable suppliers, Mico Lighting, Wolseley, Initial, Waste2 and Kohler Mira – who provide the sustainable technology and products that the pledges are based on.

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• beacon donate over 275kg to The British Heart Foundation

  Posted on February 14, 2012 at 10:30 am Leave a response
  

  In July 2011 the beacon purchasing and Best Western hotels head offices decided to work more closely with the British Heart Foundation and bring a donation bin perminantly into the office…

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• Green tourism organisations join forces

  Posted on February 1, 2012 at 5:16 pm Leave a response
  

  Three of the leading green tourism organisations in the UK have joined forces to promote sustainable tourism and hospitality businesses.

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• Recycle your hotel soap and save lives

  Posted on January 25, 2012 at 2:40 pm Leave a response
  

  Every day, almost 3 million bars of hotel soap are thrown away. In the hands of vulnerable populations, that soap can decrease the rate of disease and death. The Global Soap Project is a nonprofit organisation that turns the discarded soap from hotels into new bars and gets them into the hands of the people…

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• How to make your restaurant more eco-friendly

  Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:41 am Leave a response
  

  Eco-friendly policies can often reduce costs as well as your carbon footprint. For example, replacing a traditional light bulb with an energy-efficient light bulb of the same brightness will save you around £3 per year, or £55 over the life of the bulb.* The more bulbs you change, the greater your saving. But there are…

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• beacon and Hospitality Action wish you a Merry Christmas!

  Posted on December 22, 2011 at 2:19 pm Leave a response
  

  Instead of sending our usual e-Christmas card this year, we’ll be making a donation to our chosen charity for 2012 – Hospitality Action.

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• Reduce your food waste and save thousands

  Posted on December 6, 2011 at 9:56 am Leave a response
  

  Reducing food waste is one of the biggest challenges for the hospitality industry worldwide. In the UK alone, over 4 million tonnes of organic waste is thrown out every year – and this number is increasing! Food waste is costly for both businesses and the environment. It is estimated that every tonne of food waste…

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• Top tips to help you to be more ‘green’

  Posted on November 22, 2011 at 3:16 pm Leave a response
  

  Many people imagine that it would be hard to go ‘green’, but you can start by making a few easy changes at home. One member of the beacon team came across some handy hints at the weekend and we thought we’d share them. For example, rather than feed your lawn with chemicals bought at the…

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