There is more going on behind the scenes at the London Food Centre than you might imagine. Rebecca Green discovers what it has to offer the food industry
Establishing an accurate, honest, and, where required, critical picture of 'where we are now' in improvement programmes is never easy. However, it is...
It's training, but not as we currently know it. Rebecca Green examines the radical reform of food and drink qualifications being led by sector skills council Improve to help address the industry's skills problems
Food and drink employers need to focus on staff retention and motivation techniques, not recruitment, if the industry is to tackle falling employment levels. Rebecca Green reports
Three senior posts have been appointed at the Liverpool headquarters of Real Good Food Company's food ingredient manufacturing subsidiary Renishaw.Md...
The Gangmasters Licensing Act comes into force later this year, but employers and agencies need to start preparing now if they are to avoid falling foul of the new regulations. Rebecca Green looks at what the changes will mean for the food industry
A new guidance document outlining the health and safety issues of working in a multicultural environment has been published to help employers manage...
Ingredients supplier Fuerst Day Lawson (FDL) is strengthening its Seeds and Natural Products division with the internal appointment of Marni Anderson...
The South West of England Regional Development Agency (RDA) is leading the way in unlocking the huge market for food and drink products in the public...
They've been around for a while, but Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) are enjoying a resurgence in popularity. Rebecca Green looks at what they have to offer the food industry in terms of increased productivity and profit
Jim Watson has been appointed group operations director at Daniels Chilled Foods.In his new role, he will work across all brands including New Covent...
Terry Ennis will become md at Anchor Seafoods following the retirement of Tony Redman.Ennis is also group md of The Seafood Company - owner of Anchor...
A raft of new training courses and programmes has been developed to help employers cope with their increasingly multicultural workforces. Rebecca Green takes a look
Fage, manufacturer of premium brand Total Greek Yoghurt, has enlisted the help of top nutritional consultant Michael van Straten to endorse the brand...
It's an industry seemingly blighted by an un-sexy image, skills shortages and bad press. But a new initiative on the horizon is lighting up the future for meat producers. Rebecca Green takes a look
Finding the right person for the job has never been easy, but new age discrimination laws coming into force this autumn could bring a whole new set of difficulties to the recruitment process, says Rebecca Green
Recruiting graduates into the food and drink manufacturing industry is a bit like leading a horse to water and trying to make it drink, Rebecca Green finds out what can be done to ease the burden on employers
