Weetabix has signed a three-year outsourcing contract with Eriks Integrated Solutions, a division of Eriks UK, to take control of its maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) procurement and stores operation at its Burton Latimer site in Northamptonshire.

As The Milk Roadmap - designed to make the Britain's dairy sector more sustainable - reaches it first review stage, one leading dairy equipment supplier has highlighted increasing interest in technology which can help meet its environmental targets.

Manufacturers are at risk of losing their competitiveness unless they do more to counter rising energy costs, according to a new report from business advisory firm, Deloitte.