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ANDY BURNS CELEBRATES 20 YEARS AT VISION

Andy Burns celebrates 20 Years as a Key Accounts Manager at Vision Commercial Kitchens...

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JED CLEGG JOINS VISION AS NATIONAL SERVICE MANAGER

We are delighted to welcome Jed Clegg as our new National Service Manager...

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2024 CATERING INSIGHT AWARDS SHORTLIST

We are proud to share that Vision Commercial Kitchens have been shortlisted for 2 awards at The Catering Insight Awards 2024...

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SOPHIE TAYLOR JOINS THE CEDA ACADEMY LEADERSHIP TEAM

We’re thrilled to share that Sophie Taylor, our Projects & Sales Support Coordinator, will be joining the ceda Academy Leadership Team...

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WINNERS AT CEDA GRAND PRIX AWARDS 2024

Vision Commercial Kitchens are extremely proud to be awarded the Project Management Excellence award at the ceda Grand Prix Awards 2024. 

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THE CEDA ACADEMY 2024

On 16th May, 3 members of the Vision team jetted off to Germany with the Ceda Academy to visit the headquarters of Hupfer and MKN, both proud ceda partners...

 

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THE YORKSHIRE THREE PEAKS CHALLENGE

On 11th May, 8 members of Team Vision took on the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge to raise money for The Christie and Andy's Man Club...

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DOUBLE VISION WIN AT CI AWARDS 2023

Vision Commercial Kitchens are proud to have been awarded 2 awards at this year's Catering Insight Awards...

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VISION SPONSORS ENTRY AT MARBELLA CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023

Vision Commercial Kitchens are pleased to sponsor Megan Senior at the Marbella CrossFit Championships 2023...

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OVERALL WINNERS AT CEDA GRAND PRIX AWARDS

Vision Commercial Kitchens were extremely proud to be awarded both Design Project over £500K and Overall Winners at the 2023 ceda Grand Prix Awards...

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KEY ACCOUNT MANAGER FACES FUNDRAISING CHALLENGE

Vision Commercial Kitchens' Key Account Manager, David Bryant, is taking part in the London Winter Walk to fundraise for The Darby Rimmer MND Foundation...

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DISTRIBUTOR OF THE YEAR: NORTH OF THE UK

Vision Commercial Kitchens are proud to have been awarded winners of the Distributor of the Year: North of the UK award at The Catering Insight Awards 2022.

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CATERING INSIGHT AWARDS SHORTLIST

Vision Commercial Kitchens are proud to have been shortlisted for 2 awards at The Catering Insight Awards 2022.

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VISION SEE AWARD SUCCESS AT CEDA GRAND PRIX AWARDS

Vision Commercial Kitchens were proud to be awarded winners for the Design Project £50K-£200K category at the 2022 ceda Grand Prix Awards, for our work at Opheem. 

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VISION SUPPORT VETERANS IN COMMUNITIES

Vision Commercial Kitchens were pleased to support Veterans in Communities at their 10th Anniversary Dinner, which took place on Friday 30th September at Burnley Football Club...

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VISION CELEBRATES 20TH ANNIVERSARY

Vision Commercial Kitchens celebrated their 20th Anniversary on Friday 16th September. The company was founded in 2002 and has...

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MANCHESTER 100

Vision's Designer, Dave Dillon completed the Manchester 100 bike ride, to fundraise for The Christie charity...

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VISION'S FUNDRAISING FOUR

Two of Vision's Directors, Key Account Manager and Designer have been busy taking on fundraising challenges over the past few months...

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CHARITY FUNDRAISING 2021

Corporate social responsibility is extremely important to Vision Commercial Kitchens as a business and the company recognises that we have a wider social responsibility. Therefore we were...

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VISION WIN OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE AWARD

We're feeling extremely proud after winning two awards at the annual Catering Insight Awards. Vision were presented with Distributor of the Year: Corporate Social Responsibility for...

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DOUBLE VISION WIN AT THE CATERING INSIGHT AWARDS

We're feeling extremely proud after winning two awards at the annual Catering Insight Awards. Vision were presented with Distributor of the Year: Corporate Social Responsibility for...

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CEDA GRAND PRIX AWARD SUCCESS

We're feeling very proud to have won the award for the Design Project £200K-£500K category at the ceda Grand Prix Awards for our work at Lu Ban Restaurant...

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KITCHEN & EQUIPMENT AWARDS WEEK

The team at Vision are extremely proud to have won 2 awards at the Kitchen & Equipment Awards week, winning both Distributor of the Year: Nationwide & Distributor of the Year: Corporate Social Responsibility...

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CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) GOVERNMENT & INDUSTRY ADVICE

A selection of documents including government and industry advice.

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UPDATE - CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) CONTINGENCY PLANNING

Following on from our message last week, we have now implemented stage 2 of our contingency plan which involves moving to remote working for a large proportion of in-house staff...

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CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) CONTINGENCY PLANNING

With the current News coverage of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), we are preparing for any impacts the business may face and are putting contingencies in place...

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TEAM VISION GRAND TOTAL FOR THE CHRISTIE

This year 'Team Vision' have come together to take part in several events in order to raise money for their chosen charity of the year - The Christie charity. We are delighted to announce...

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VISION AWARD WIN

Vision Commercial Kitchens are very proud to have won the Distributor of the Year - Corporate Social Responsibility Award, sponsored by DC Warewashing & Icemaking Systems...

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TEAM VISION TO FACE TOUGH MUDDER

'Team Vision' are continuing their year of fundraising for The Christie Charity by taking on Tough Mudder...

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GLEE HAS VISION

Vision Commercial Kitchens are pleased to be exhibiting at glee again this year...

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TEAM VISION TAKE ON ROUGH RUNNER

Team Vision have completed Rough Runner in June to fundraise for The Christie charity...

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GREAT BRITISH BUSINESS

Vision Commercial Kitchen's Managing Director, Jack Sharkey has been featured on an interview for...

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VISION WIN PROJECT MANAGEMENT AWARD

Vision Commercial Kitchens are extremely pleased to have won the Project Management Excellence Awards at...

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TEAM VISION TAKE ON GUNG HO CHALLENGE

In April, Team Vision took on their first challenge - Gung Ho, which is the world's biggest inflatable 5K run!

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CEDA GRAND PRIX AWARDS SHORTLIST

Vision are thrilled to have 4 projects shortlisted in this year's ceda Grand Prix Awards. Our shortlisted projects are...

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CHRISTIE BEAR ATTENDS OUR SALES MEETING

We had a special visitor at our latest Sales Meeting when Christie Bear joined us. This year 'Team Vision' are coming together and taking part in several events...

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TEAM VISION ARE FUNDRAISING FOR THE CHRISTIE

The team at Vision Commercial Kitchens don't just design and deliver outstanding projects, our amazing team want to do a little good too! So this year 'Team Vision' are...

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SUCCESSFUL EVENING AT CEDA AWARDS

Vision Commercial Kitchens are honoured to have been crowned winners of the Project Management Excellence category at this year's ceda Grand Prix Awards...

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VISION COMPLETE WORK ON CARIBBEAN RESORT

Silversands on the island of Grenada in the Caribbean is the eagerly awaited new luxury resort designed by Paris-based designers AW2. Vision are honoured to have been involved...

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CEDA GRAND PRIX SHORTLIST 2018

Vision Commercial Kitchens are extremely proud to have three projects shortlisted at this year's ceda Grand Prix Awards, a prestigious industry event...

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VISION RECEIVE HEADLINE HONOUR

The annual Catering Insight Awards held last Thursday was an evening that honoured the very best of the commercial catering industry, and Vision are thrilled...

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VISION WIN TECHNICAL GROUNDBREAKER AWARD

Vision are extremely pleased to have won the Groundbreaker Award at the Joint Industry Technical Conference. The conference was held by CESA and ceda...

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MACMILLAN COFFEE MORNING 2017

Last Friday, Vision put on our annual Macmillan Coffee Morning, selling lots of delicious treats in aid of the Macmillan cancer charity. A mixture of cakes, scones and...

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GLEE 2017

Glee is the UK's most valuable garden and outdoor living trade show and Vision will be returning over the three days to discuss your catering projects and showcase...

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CHRIS ROUINE'S KAYAK CHALLENGE

On Saturday 10th June, Vision's Business Development Director, Chris Rouine kayaked the length of Lake Windermere to help raise money for Alzheimer's Society. This was...

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HTA CATERING CONFERENCE 2017

Vision Commercial Kitchens will be at the HTA Catering Conference on Tuesday 13th June and Wednesday 14th June. The conference is a must-go if you want to know the...

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VISION WIN CEDABOND AWARD

Vision Commercial Kitchens were extremely pleased to be awarded winners of the Most Improved Member category at the 2017 Cedabond Awards. The awards...

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£1500 RAISED FOR CANCER RESEARCH UK

In March, Vision Commercial Kitchens set out to walk a combined total of 120,000 steps a day for the Walk All Over Cancer challenge. We are delighted to announce...

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CEDA GRAND PRIX AWARDS SHORTLIST

CEDA have revealed the final shortlist of prestigious projects for this year's Grand Prix Awards. Vision are extremely pleased to have 2 projects in the final shortlist...

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VISION WALK ALL OVER CANCER

This March Vision Commercial Kitchens are taking part in the Walk All Over Cancer event to raise money for Cancer Research. The 12 employees taking part have...

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NEW YEAR, NEW RECRUITS

Vision have made an exciting start to 2017, with four new members of staff joining the team. John Mills joins us as National Sales Manager, heading up our major expansion...

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DAVID BRYANT CYCLES THE FESTIVE 500

This year our keen cyclist David Bryant, Key Accounts Manager, is taking on the Rapha Festive 500K Challenge. This means he must ride 312 miles on the eight days...

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JONATHAN WALTON JOINS OUR SALES TEAM

Last month, we were pleased to appoint a new Key Accounts Manager, Jonathan, who brings a wealth of experience in the commercial catering industry...

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VISION APPOINT ANOTHER PROJECT MANAGER

Colin Pepperell is Vision's newest recruit, joining us as a Project Manager. Colin is from Essex and began his career as a kitchen designer. He then went into...

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GLEE 2016 ROUND-UP

Glee 2016 was another successful year for Vision Commercial Kitchens as the stand attracted visitors from garden centres all over the country. Catering within this...

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THE FINAL GLEE REVEAL!

For the past few weeks, we have been counting down to Glee 2016 by revealing different elements of our stand and what visitors can expect to see: Reveal 1...

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THIS YEAR'S GLEE COMPETITION

Not only will Rational be cooking up some delicious food at our stand in a couple of weeks time, we will also be giving visitors the chance to win a really great prize...

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SUCCESSFUL EVENING AT CEDA AWARDS

Vision Commercial Kitchens are honoured to have been crowned winners of the Project Management Excellence category at this year's ceda Grand Prix awards for our work...

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THE COUNTDOWN TO GLEE CONTINUES

Last week, we begun our 4 week countdown to Glee 2016. As you may have seen, our first reveal was about our light equipment, which you can find on our shop website...

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MARKETING TEAM DOUBLES UP

Last month, Vision welcomed a new member to the team. Olivia Murray joined us as part of our marketing department and will be assisting our Marketing & Events...

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COUNTING DOWN TO GLEE 2016

This September, for another year, Vision will be at the UK's biggest garden and outdoor living tradeshow. Glee Birmingham takes place from the 12th-14th and we are...

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CHARITY GOLF DAY

Last week saw the 10th Celebrity Golf Event hosted by The Nicholls Spinal Injury Foundation which raises money for the charity, helping them to fund research and development...

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CEDA GRAND PRIX AWARDS - SHORTLIST

Two of Vision's projects have been shortlisted for the prestigious CEDA Grand Prix Awards 2016. Vision's shortlisted entries are for our work at North St Standard which is...

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CATERING INSIGHT AWARDS

The winners of the 2015 Catering Insight Awards were revealed at the exclusive Hurlingham Club in London. The event included 14 awards for both Distributors and Suppliers...

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VISION WEAR IT PINK

Vision took part in Wear It Pink on Friday 23rd October to help raise money for Breast Cancer Now - the UK's largest breast cancer charity. The overall Wear It Pink...

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HTA CATERING CONFERENCE

Vision Commercial Kitchens were proud to be the Headline Partners at the HTA Catering Conference at The Belfry on the 9th-10th June. The conference included a number...

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THE BABYGROW APPEAL

Vision's Key Accounts Manager, Andrew Burns and his family's story has been featured on The Daily Mail website. They are raising awareness about The Countess of...

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IBSA WORLD GAMES

Vision's Key Accounts Manager, David Bryant was selected to referee in the IBSA (International Blind Sports Federation) World Games. The 2015 World Games took place in...

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CEDA GRAND PRIX AWARDS 2015

Three of Vision's projects have been shortlisted for the prestigious CEDA Grand Prix Awards 2015. Vision's shortlisted entries are: Large Project - Fortnum & Mason at...

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WEAR IT. BEAT IT.

Vision have taken part in Wear It. Beat It. to help raise money for the British Heart Foundation. The charity asked the nation to show their support by wearing red and hosting...

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BLEAKHOLT ANIMAL SANCTUARY

This Christmas, the Vision team have been collecting food and toys for the animals at Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary. Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary is a charity committed to...

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VISION DO MOVEMBER

Vision Commercial Kitchens are taking part in Movember in order to raise money for The Baby Beat Appeal which is a charity which aims to maintain and raise standards in...

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GLEE COMPETITION WINNER

This year at Glee, we gave visitors to our stand the opportunity to enter a prize draw for the chance to win an 1800W Panasonic Commercial Microwave. After announcing...

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GLEE PRIZE DRAW WINNER

At the Glee exhibition this year, visitors to our stand had the opportunity to enter our free prize draw for the chance to win an 1800W Panasonic microwave. We have...

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ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL SHOW

Vision Commercial Kitchens had another successful show at Glee 2014 at the NEC in Birmingham. The exhibition was a three day event which showcased the latest innovations...

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GLEE 2014

At Glee you can discover a fresh, new vision for your business. With our help and expertise, many garden centres have found that they get more revenue from their catering offer...

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VISION'S SALES DIRECTOR HONOURED

Vision Commercial Kitchen's Jack Sharkey is one of 18 individuals from within the broader hospitality community to be included on CESA's Foodservice Order of Merit...

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DIRECTOR STEPS UP TO THE CHALLENGE

The early morning runs, aching limbs and blisters won't stop Phil Shea, Projects Director for Vision Commercial Kitchens, who is determined to run the BUPA Great Manchester...

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ALTIUS ACCREDITATION

Vision Commercial Kitchens has once again proved its excellence in business performance after passing a rigorous independent assessment and accreditation process...

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SNAPSHOT OF ACTIVITY

Vision recently sent our lovely photographer, Martin Bird, out around the country to shoot some of the great projects we've just completed. With such a busy office and...

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VISION LEAD THE WAY AT GLEE

For the second year running at Glee Vision Commercial Kitchens led the way by providing inspiration in one of the fastest growing profit opportunities for garden retailers - catering...

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LEON RESTAURANTS AT HEATHROW T2

Leon Restaurants is set to embark on its largest kitchen fit-out yet after securing the rights to open a 130-cover restaurant at Heathrow Terminal 2. Vision Commercial Kitchens...

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VISION AT SALFORD CITY COLLEGE

FutureSkills@MediaCityUK is Salford City Colleges brand new £6m state of the art centre, which opened earlier this year. The new centre will offer a range of cutting edge courses...

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15 UK RESTAURANTS GAIN MICHELIN STAR

Fifteen restaurants in the UK were last week named as new recipients of Michelin stars, while two of the country's finest restaurants were promoted to two-star...

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GET PEELING FOR POTATO WEEK

The third annual Potato Week takes place from 7th to 13th October and you can join in by putting a variety of potato-based recipes on your menus. Organised by the Potato...

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THE UK'S TOP 10 RESTAURANTS ANNOUNCED

The publishers of the popular Good Food Guile today announced the UK's top 10 restaurants for 2014. Simon Rogan's Cumbrian restaurant, L'Enclume, achieved the coveted top...

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GLEE 2013

Vision Commercial Kitchens are proud sponsors of the Food and Catering Zone at Glee 2013. Join us at Glee to see the latest high street thinking, all delivered with...

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ENERGY EFFICIENCY

The UK's catering industry could save more than £250 million in energy bills every year if it optimised and improved its kitchen design, equipment selection and...

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VISION COMPLETE PROJECT AT BRIGADE

Recently opened, the Brigade bar, bistro and cook school at The Fire Station, Tooley Street, London, will offer 25 disadvantaged people a six-month apprenticeship alongside...

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LODGING HOUSE MISSION

Vision are delighted to ave been appointed as commercial kitchen suppliers on the Lodging House Mission project in Glasgow. Vision's involvement is all the more pleasing...

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VISION'S STAMP FEAT

It is with delight that Vision can announce they have been approved for both ISO14001 and OHSAS18001. Not only were they approved on both stamps, but the auditors raised...

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