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Carla McKenzie’s latest article is featured in the spring edition of the Bursars Review Catering Supplement 2020, for the ISBA. The article looks at how artificial intelligence may affect the hospitality industry amid recruitment struggles, skill shortages and emerging dietary trends and requirements. As I sit down to write this, Boris Johnson and the Conservative Party have just secured […]

The prestigious Hutchesons’ Grammar School in Glasgow, has appointed MYA Consulting to help design its new catering operation.

The studio design team at MYA Consulting have put together the top five trends they expect to see in the restaurant and hospitality industry during 2020.

Happy New Year from the MYA team!

The MYA team are incredibly proud of young entrepreneur and client Louis Dixon. What a success story! Eighteen months ago, Deep Beat Entertainment had two very small café concessions. Today, it has twelve. MYA has been mentoring this team and also providing design and strategic business development support. On Saturday, the company will open its […]

We are delighted to announce that Nicholas Grenfell-Marten is joining MYA as an Associate Director. Nick has over 30 years’ experience as a school bursar and a very distinguished career which has seen him lead transformative projects for Bootham School York, Bradfield College, and The John Lyon School. Nick is highly regarded in the sector […]

We live in a changing world where it is essential to continually learn and develop. As the digital and technological revolution advances, it has never been more important for companies to update skills and ensure their teams are leading the way, offering the best ability and knowledge available.

Success in business can be defined in many ways but there is no doubt that personal challenges stretch a person’s horizons. The vulnerability that comes with the unknown heightens one’s levels of humility, and in its wake comes learning.

As Tricks of the Restaurant Trade was aired on Monday night June 17th on Channel Four, featuring a whole section on menu engineering, we were rather proud that our managing director, Carla McKenzie, had been part of the advising team.

It was great to see so many of our clients on the stand and testing out our headphone giveaway! Congratulations to Amanda Webb from Lady Barn House School, who won our first prize, a cookery course for two at the award-winning Bettys Cookery School in Harrogate. Our runner-up prize went to Julie Henrick from Solihull School, who won an MYA training course.

The MYA team are preparing for the ISBA conference in Manchester on the 21st and 22nd May 2019. We are looking forward to seeing clients and catering industry colleagues. Please visit our stand where a warm welcome awaits you, as well as the opportunity to win a training day for two at the award-winning Bettys Cookery School.

The fabulous London Screen Academy, supported by Working Title Films, opens this September. MYA Consulting are thrilled to have been appointed to support them in ensuring that their vision of nutritional well-being of pupils is delivered. Catering tender packs will be issued to interested companies shortly. We are very much looking forward to working with […]

Labelling and allergen management is at the forefront of many food service operators’ minds. In the wake of the Pret A Manger case, which received significant media coverage from the BBC and others, judicial changes are highly likely. The MYA team, in conjunction with solicitors Knights, have prepared sector specific template policies for the ISBA […]

Beautiful interior design is a speciality of MYA, but take a look at this. Inside the stables at Heaton Park is a new feature wall, created from studio paintings of the park. Managing director of Deep Beat Entertainment Louis Dixon said that the cost-effective look and feel created by the MYA studio has wowed the […]