Sodexo Prestige has been awarded a £4.5m, three-year contract with Conference Aston – the Birmingham venue that includes two conference centres and the 162-room Conference Aston Hotel – to provide conference and banqueting catering and other services.

David Johnson, managing director for Sodexo Prestige England & Wales, commented: “We are delighted to start building our venue portfolio in the Midlands, which will increase the appeal of our venue group to event organisers.”

Fiona Foster, Conference Aston’s director, added: “Conference Aston was keen to partner with a successful organisation who will not only enable consistently high quality service delivery in keeping with a premier conference venue and hotel, but who share our values and will pro-actively contribute to our mission.”