Jeremy Hunt has just announced his new “Back to Work Plan” “to help up to 1.1m people with long-term health conditions, disabilities, or long-term unemployment to look for and stay in work.” While I applaud the sentiment of helping disabled people who wish to work...
This summer, Zest welcomed interns from the University of St Andrews as part the University’s new employability scheme, ‘Your Future, Start Now’. Our blog this week details the experience of Olivia M, our final intern, who was tasked with collating the findings of the...
This week, our focus for eco-Wednesday is responsible sourcing. This involves sourcing as much as possible from local suppliers, in turn reducing the carbon footprint of our supply chain. An added bonus of this is supporting other local small businesses and thus...
We had our second foray this weekend at the St. Andrews Rose & Thistle Makers Market, which is on every 2nd Saturday of the month. This market encourages support for local makers, bakers and artists whilst also supporting a good cause. The February market raised...
2020 has been a hard year for everyone, especially those working in the service sector who cannot work at home from their laptop, like our team here at Zest. I joined the team partway into the Covid crisis in August, after having left a job where I was treated quite...
Award-winning St Andrews social enterprise café Zest is reopening for takeaway on Thursday (April 15) with an even more inclusive welcome thanks to its latest staff training and investment during Lockdown. Well before the latest lockdown began, the South Street social...
