Caterer that paid up over mice in school kitchen returns to profit

ABM has won £106m of contracts since 2018, the majority with primary schools. Photograph: Nick Sinclair/Alamy

A catering company owned by the billionaire Coates family has reported a return to profit, after it emerged that the company had served food from a mouse-infested kitchen to primary school children and failed to pay staff the minimum wage.

ABM Catering Solutions is owned by the Labour donor Peter Coates and his family, including his daughter Denise, who is known for her record-breaking pay deals for running the family’s Bet365 gambling empire.