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LIVERY W/E: 6 – 8 May, Manchester

This year's Livery W/E was held in Manchester, organised and hosted by Master, Ken Cupitt. Located in the heart of Manchester, the Midland Hotel is steeped in fascinating social and architectural history.  It was opened in 1903 by the Midland Railway Company, initially constructed [...]

2022-08-04T10:57:51+01:009th May, 2022|Home, Master's Blog, News|

TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIP TOUR OF THE SWISS LAUNDRY: 15 February 2022

Guy Turvill hosted the Open Day sharing the Swiss journey from 1904, when then business was formed in Cambridge to support the University Colleges and the Domestic market. In 2004 Swiss acquired Camplings in Great Yarmouth and both businesses have grown steadily since then, [...]

2022-02-16T20:08:24+00:0016th February, 2022|Education and Scholarships News, Home, Master's Blog|

PRESENTATION TO DEPUTY MASTER

On Monday, 7th February, following the meeting of the Court, Master presented Deputy Master, Major Jack Strachan, with a commemorative book by way of appreciation for continuing for two years as Master during the recent COVID crisis.  On behalf of the Livery, many thanks, Jack.

2022-02-09T12:04:55+00:009th February, 2022|Home, Master's Blog, News|

ADMISSION OF FREEMEN TO THE COMPANY: 24 January 2022

On Monday, 24th January 2022, three Freemen were admitted to the Company.  The Admission Ceremony was followed by an informal lunch at Launderers' Hall where Master and Wardens welcomed Helen Demosthenou, Harry Fordham and German Chacartegui.

2022-01-25T15:50:55+00:0025th January, 2022|Home, Master's Blog, News|

JACK FROST ILLUMINATED THAMES RIVER DINNER CRUISE: 14 January 2022

On a chilly Friday evening of 14th January, the party of fourteen met on the quayside for the Thames River Illuminated Bridges Dine and Dance Cruise.  To be able to view the illuminations from the vantage point of the river as well as the remnants [...]

2022-01-19T12:58:43+00:0017th January, 2022|Home, Master's Blog, News|

MASTER’S BLOG: DECEMBER 2021

28th of November 2021 after overnight genome sequencing, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) confirmed that 2 cases of COVID-19 with mutations consistent with B.1.1.529 (so-called Omicron) had been identified in the UK which once again caused panic and chaos to our Hospitality sector.  Why [...]

2022-01-19T13:00:50+00:0017th January, 2022|Home, Master's Blog, News|

MASTER’S BLOG: NOVEMBER 2021

November started on Monday the 1st with an evening visit to the Guildhall for the John Keats Anniversary Lecture. Keats was an English poet prominent in the second generation of Romantic poets, along with Lord Byron and Percy Shelley, although his poems had been published [...]

2022-01-19T13:01:29+00:0021st December, 2021|Home, Master's Blog, News|

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