Seafood

Former Young’s Seafood factory to reopen and create jobs

01-Oct-2012 - A former Young’s Seafood factory is set to reopen and create new jobs in Amble, Northumberland.

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£1.35M price tag for Cromer Crab site

19-Sep-2012 - Estate agents marketing Young’s Seafood’s former Cromer Crab factory say they have received about half a dozen expressions of interest.

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Fresh catch

04-Sep-2012 - Novel packaging is netting new fish and seafood consumers, reports Paul Gander

Scotland celebrates £4M seafood investment

04-Sep-2012 - Sco-Fro's Galloway Seafoods factory at Newton Stewart hosted a visit by Scottish Cabinet Secretary Richard Lochhead last month to celebrate its £4M investment in new processing facilities.

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Morrisons opens Grimsby fish plant

03-Sep-2012 - Morrisons’ new fish processing plant in Grimsby began operations today (September 3) − five months after work began on converting a disused factory at Europa Park.

Grimsby’s £75M plan for 970 new food jobs moves closer

29-Aug-2012 - A local council’s plan to boost Grimsby’s seafood manufacturing industry by £75M and create up to 970 jobs has been given government’s first seal of approval.

No more fish in the UK sea for food manufacturers - this year

24-Aug-2012 - The UK’s annual supply of fish from home waters ran out this week – making food manufacturers reliant on stocks from as far afield as China, warns a report from think tank the New Economics Foundation (NEF).

Microwaveable convenience fish products divide opinions

10-Aug-2012 - Sharp differences are emerging about the future direction of in-pack convenience packaged fresh fish products.The market share of pre-packed fish sales are growing as fewer...

Factory door closes for the last time at Cromer Crab

07-Aug-2012 - Cromer Crab Company’s factory door closed for the last time on Friday last week (August 3).

Grimsby’s £75M seafood plan to boost manufacturing with 970 jobs

18-Jul-2012 - A local council has formed a plan to boost Grimsby’s food manufacturing industry by £75M, which could create up to 970 new jobs.

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New boss for Humber Seafood Group

09-Jul-2012 - The md of Coldwater Seafood Anita Barker has been appointed the new chair of the  Humber Seafood Group.

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Starch in step

02-Jul-2012 - Didier Videau shares his plans for expansion, including growing sales of his firm's starch products across the globe. Rod Addy reports.

Campden BRI forms technology club

02-Jul-2012 - Research organisation Campden BRI is seeking members to join its new club. The aim is to exploit the opportunities in Europe of using a Microwave Assisted Thermal Sterilisation (MATS) technology developed originally in the US.

Fish discards deal welcomed by Young’s Seafood

14-Jun-2012 - Young’s Seafood has welcomed the agreement by EU ministers to ban the controversial practice of discarding fish at sea to avoid exceeding community fishing quotas.

TV chef helps EU to turn the tide on fish discards

13-Jun-2012 - Celebrity TV chef turned environmental campaigner Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has helped to persuade EU government ministers to end the controversial practice of dumping hundreds of thousands of tonnes of fish at sea to avoid exceeding quotas.

Key fisheries meeting could signal end to fish discards

12-Jun-2012 - EU government ministers are meeting in Luxembourg today (June 12) for key talks on the future of the Common Fisheries Policy, which environmental campaigners hope may lead to an end to the controversial discards policy.

Young’s Seafood to sell Cromer crab in August

01-Jun-2012 - Young’s Seafood has confirmed that it will put the Cromer crab factory up for sale in August once production has been moved to Grimsby.

Talks begin on future of Cromer seafood site

28-May-2012 - Young’s Seafood is meeting representatives from Norfolk District Council and its economic development team today (May 28) to reveal its plans for the future of the Cromer site.

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New seafood processor Sealincs to create 100 jobs

21-May-2012 - About 100 jobs will be created by a new seafood processing business in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire.

Fish discards under spotlight at fisheries congress

08-May-2012 - Campaigners want to see businesses take a more active role in negotiations to reform the Common Fisheries Policy and tackle controversial issues such as ‘discards’.

Scots salmon firm to boost exports after acquisition

20-Apr-2012 - The Edinburgh Salmon Company (ESC) predicts export growth will lift its turnover to £50M within the next five years, after its acquisition by French equity firm Merinvest earlier this month for an undisclosed sum.

Young’s Seafood cuts 31 jobs at Border Laird site

12-Mar-2012 - Fish processer Young’s Seafood has confirmed that 31 jobs at its Border Laird factory in Northumberland have been cut as part of a consultation over the future of the site.

Morrisons’ new seafood business to create 200 jobs

05-Mar-2012 - Morrisons’ new seafood processing business in Grimsby will create 200 jobs and make the firm the only major food retailer to source fish from the quayside and process it for sale across the UK, it claims.