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LPG Gas: The Safe Siting of Cylinders

When it comes to LPG, we all have a collective responsibility to keep things safe...

48 Hours to Avert Crisis: Industry Leaders Warn Chancellor on Spring Budget

Today, a coalition of trade bodies and associations representing over 100,000 businesses across the UK’s...

Take The Night Time Economy Hospitality Survey Today

Calling All Businesses in Hospitality, Night-Time Economy, Supply Chain & Events Sector! Your voice matters!...

Ask your MP to support Independent Hospitality Week

NCASS is asking for members’ help to encourage their local MPs to raise the importance...

What to Expect From the Spring Statement

Ahead of the Spring Statement next week we have been meeting with MPs, local government...

Walk for Wellbeing expands into five more UK cities

UK charity Hospitality Action’s annual fundraising event, Walk for Wellbeing, continues to grow in its...

New Food Hall Opening at Saint Paul’s Market in Birmingham

A huge brand new food hall, Saint Paul’s Market, from the teams behind Independent Birmingham,...

Digbeth Dining Club to tour the West Midlands this spring and summer

Digbeth Dining Club (DDC) is back on the road for 2025 as the award-winning street...

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Fire Safety

Out now

If you are the responsible person in your business then you will need to record both your fire risk assessment and fire safety arrangement in full, regardless of the size or purpose of the business or premises. 

Top Tips for Implementing a Social Media Strategy into your Food Business

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The guide features a handy checklist and top tips for tone of voice, in addition to advice from NCASS members who have accumulated thousands of followers online. Learn how you can utilise these free marketing tools into your business.

Gas Engineer Partners

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We have launched an LPG Gas Safety Partnership scheme for mobile & outdoor event caterers in an effort to eliminate potential safety hazards or illegal practices in the industry.

The partnership scheme currently features LPG approved gas engineers across the nine government regions of England and areas of Wales and we hope to roll the scheme out in Scotland and Northern Ireland in the near future. If you would like to talk to us and learn more about the planned services or make arrangements to enable better mobile LPG and gas safety awareness within your business, event or local authority, please contact [email protected] and speak to one of the team.

New Health and Safety course

New health & safety course

Out now

Our brand new Health and Safety course is coming soon – containing everything you need to know to operate safely and surely

Coming Soon: The NCASS Digital Safety Management System

The NCASS Digital Safety Management System

Live now

Manage your safety online with our new system built for NCASS members – our brand new, innovative Digital Safety Management System (DSMS).

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INDEPENDENT HOSPITALITY WEEK

May 2024

This is a week for everyone to back independents, share food and drink experiences and back the businesses that make our cities, towns and villages what they are. We’re asking businesses to join IHW and for their customers to shout about how much their local bars, cafes, restaurants pubs, street food traders, event & festival traders mean to them. Collectively we want to make as much noise as possible about how important these wonderful food and drinks businesses are.

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The Safe Use of LPG in Mobile and Outside Catering

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This course is essential for anyone working with or assessing the suitability of mobile LPG setups. It outlines the key essential safety rules for using LPG appliances and provides an understanding of handling LPG cylinders in any scenario or environment. This course will enable the learner to effectively undertake day-to-day LPG related tasks such as transportation, storage, connecting and disconnecting appliances to cylinders etc., safely and with confidence.

Making Winter Downtime Count

November 2023

Our comprehensive new guides features helpful advice and resources to get you planning through the quiet winter period for a successful 2024.

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SFBB or SMS? Let’s see them side by side.

November 2023

We have created a comparison guide to help food & drink businesses understand the key differences between the NCASS food safety management system and the FSA’s system. This guide shows what, how and why the NCASS system works for our members and how it can work for you. 

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podcast

NCASS Podcast

September 2023

Effective Allergen Management with Ani – part two

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Starting Small

Starting up small guide

August 2023

Our Starting Small guide is tailored towards stripping back the potential intimidation and showing you how simple it can be for you to try out a potential dream venture.

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NCASS Partnership

August 2023

NCASS is delighted to announce Hospitality Action (HA) as its chosen partnership, a vital charity providing hospitality workers with advice and support whenever times get tough.

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New HACCP Training Course

HACCP Training Course

June 2023

Our brand new, revamped HACCP course is here – get ahead of the game with NCASS

Training Page

New Learning Management System

June 2023

We are excited to announce the launch of our new training platform. We have migrated all training courses and users to the new and improved system and we are sure that these upgrades will significantly enhance your training experience. 

Allergens & Alcohol guide

May 2023

This guide runs through the relationship between allergens and alcohol.

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The Guild of Caribbean Cuisine

 2023

The Guild of Caribbean Cuisine has been launched with support from NCASS, in order to push forward Caribbean cuisine, chefs and food businesses.

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Summer Guide

May 2023

Get Ready, Set for Summer with our free guide.

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New Safety Management System

January 2023

Our Safety Management System has been developed to assist food and drink businesses to comply with and exceed all Food Safety and Hygiene, Health and Safety (H&S) and Fire Safety requirements.

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