Cod Gets Time Off at The Palace

All hail The Palace Hotel, Oxford Rd, Manchester. Cod, the mighty white fish we all love has not been served in The Palace Hotel for two years! When you think about this huge hotel and the hundreds of thousands of people who have met, dined and conferenced there over the past two year not one of them has been served with Cod. This is a huge achievement and much needed for the recovery of Cod stocks.

How did they achieve this thoughtful and much appreciated feat? They substituted other tasty white fish like the marvelous Pollack, most of us would not be able to taste the difference. Pollack is a fantastic fish and it isn't threatened.

I also hear that the Palace have been doing their bit for lobsters too. Tiny lobsters can now thrive in British coastal waters thanks to the Marine Act which came in to force last year allowing conservation areas to be developed so that some sea creatures can restore their population with protection. The Palace has been leading the charge at their end by suggesting to customers that they make a £2.50 donation and in return they fund a tiny lobster down on the South Coast. Cute.

Why take this kind of care you might ask, well General Manager Richard Morrell is keen on fish and takes action. Simple really. I think its admirable. Well done to the kitchens and The Palace for having some imagination, well done to Richard for taking action and smile when you think of all those cod still enjoying the towering seas and young lobsters peering out of their rocky homes.

Is it good for business, well it seems it is, corporate CSR programmes mean companies are paying more attention to the places they do business. Having a clear and committed environmental policy is good for business. The other story I heard this week concerns a florist who use grey water to water their plants, on making this fact known they won a number of local authority contracts. It seems that if you apply your CSR programme well and with imagination AND tell people about it you will find new customers and new markets.