23rd Oct 2007 - 00:00
Abstract
Operon Catering has won a four-year contract to provide bar, restaurant and hospitality catering services at 3 Mills Studios in East London.
Worth in the region of £1.4 million, this is the fifth London client for Operon Catering, bringing the group total to 22. Supported by the London Development Agency, another Operon client, 3 Mills Studios is London's largest studio. Set on a 20-acre site and offering 15 stages, this niche studio attracts a varied client base across film, television, theatre and music. Recent credits include 28 Weeks Later, Sunshine, Eastern Promises, It's A Free World, The Bill. Hell's Kitchen, Billy Elliot The Musical, Wicked, The Lord of the Rings, KT Tunstall, Amy Winehouse and much more. Operon will be catering for up to 200 people in a typical day and many more during work on large-scale productions. Joe Mead, managing director of Operon Catering, said: "This unique opportunity offers Operon Catering the facility to grow its business in the media and film industry to whom a quality food service solution is extremely important.
"The contract further strengthens our growing portfolio of prestige business." Derek Watts, 3 Mills Studios executive, said: "3 Mills Studios sees the provision of catering facilities as a vital ingredient to the services we offer and we feel that Operon can increase and improve that offer to our clients and tenants." Operon is one of the UK's leading facilities management, design and construction companies. It employs over 1,000 people and has a turnover of more then £50 million. The company operates via a number of divisions comprising Facilities Management and Maintenance, Design, Construction, Environmental and Energy Management (GENEX), Private Finance Partnerships, Catering and Central Support, both in the United Kingdom and abroad.