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Surrey Research Park is pleased to invite our business community to join us at this year’s Guildford Beer Festival (GBF) for an evening of beer, music and networking.
With the Festive Season fast approaching, we wanted to share with you changes to our opening times for the Christmas break and into the New Year, effective from Tuesday 24th December / Christmas Eve.
There’s exciting news from The Hub on the Park Café! The new management team from Campus Services Cateringis now starting a week earlier than planned, eager to refresh the space and enhance your experience.
To make this happen, the café’s kitchen will close from Monday 28th to Wednesday 30th October. During this time you’ll be able to buy street food and speciality coffee from a mobile catering team in front of the STC.
In the last edition of Park Life we said the team was looking forward to bringing their fresh, sustainable, and innovative experience to the Park from Friday 1st November.
Now, however, they’re eager to use the slightly longer handover period as a golden opportunity to enhance the interior and re-brand the space – offering a better visual experience for customers.
What does this mean for me?
To enable this to happen, the main kitchen will now need to close for three days from Monday 28h October to Wednesday 30th October, reopening on Thursday 31st October.
Will I still be able to get coffee, breakfast and lunch?
During this transition period, Campus Services Catering will partner with a top mobile catering company to ensure none of our Park community misses out on hot breakfast, lunch or, more importantly, their coffee fix!
So, for the few days of the transition, they’ll be doing something a bit different – serving street food-style food and (of course) speciality coffee from a mobile catering van in front of the STC. Indoor seating will still be available inside the café.
Extended Introductory Offer
As a token of appreciation throughout the transition, the team are extending their introductory offer of half-price coffee to cover two days - Thursday (31st) and Friday (1st Nov).
As well as being a great opportunity to experience the Chimney Fire brand coffee – the new team will serve a selection of food and drinks from a special one-off pre-launch menu.
The kitchen will begin ramping up fully from the following Monday (4th November).
Corporate Hospitality
Campus Services Catering will manage and deliver all corporate hospitality requests booked from Monday 28th October onwards. If you have any questions about your catering, please email srpcafe@surrey.ac.uk
Will you be offering catering services across business on the Research Park?
Thanks to Jemma Draper for positing this excellent question. Yes, Campus Services Catering is excited to share news that they are planning to extend their hospitality service to businesses on the Park from the New Year.
Please look out for more details on this in a future edition of Park Life.
A New Sustainable Offering
Sustainability will be a core priority for the new team.
With Campus Services Catering sourcing local ingredients from local suppliers, using more compostable and biodegradable packaging, and offering a greater vegan choice, while meticulously planning menus and food orders to minimise leftovers and waste.
And if you love coffee, then you’re in for a special treat!
For coffee connoisseurs we’re thrilled to see the Surrey-based, award-winning Chimney Fire Coffee become the supplier of choice for The Hub on the Park Café.
Not only will this mean you’ll be able to grab a premium quality, sustainably sourced coffee from Brazil and Peru, but when you purchase a coffee, you’ll also be supporting the company’s philanthropic projects in these countries, helping growers and their communities!
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Posted: September 2024
We’re thrilled to share with you exciting news about a new era of refreshments and catering for the Surrey Research Park community and Park visitors.