Chancellor Philip Hammond’s second budget of the year – in which he allocated £3bn over the next two years to prepare the UK for Brexit – has received a mixed reception from food industry and business leaders.
A north-west bakery has been ordered to pay more than £9,000, after one of its workers suffered serious injuries in an accident with a food-mixing machine.
British vegetarian meal manufacturer Goodlife Foods has been acquired by Dutch frozen snack producer Izico Food Group for an undisclosed amount, as it plans to strengthen its position in the UK market.
Maelor Foods’s new £20M poultry processing plant in Wrexham will be officially opened by ministers from the Welsh Assembly and the Mayor of Wrexham tomorrow (November 23).
Failing to strike a trade deal with the EU before Brexit would be “a very bad deal indeed” for the UK food and farming industry, former top civil servant Sir Ivan Rogers told a forum organised by the National Farmers Union (NFU) on Monday (November 20).
Food and drink logistics firm Fowler Welch has agreed a partnership with Scottish chilled food haulier JHP Transport, to grow the company and value for its customers.
A company that manufactures packaging for the food and drink industry has been fined £100,000 for health and safety offences, after a worker’s hand was crushed.
Craft baker The Bread Factory has won the coveted Bakery Manufacturing Company of the Year trophy in the industry’s Oscars – the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards – at The Hilton on Park Lane in London, earlier this month.
Chancellor Philip Hammond’s budget should protect the “bedrock” of the UK food industry, says the National Farmers Union (NFU), while business leaders urged him to help the nation “grow its way out of austerity”.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has published revised guidance for food and drink businesses on how to protect their supply chains from deliberate attack.
The boss of a leading soft drinks company has called on both industry and government to do more to tackle plastic packaging waste, after acknowledging its impact on the marine environment was not sustainable.
Food and drink firms need to better exploit consumers’ senses – including smell, sight, sound and touch – in their new product development (NPD) if they are to tempt them towards new taste experiences and reformulated products, a leading pioneer of ‘gastrophysics’...
Food and drink purchases in 2018 will be guided by ‘mindful’ choices over ingredients and lighter, healthier foods that don’t compromise on taste, according to the top two of 10 key trends identified by Innova Market Insights.
West Sussex salad processor Natures Way Foods has won the coveted Supply Chain Initiative of the Year trophy in the industry’s Oscars – the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards – at The Hilton on Park Lane in London earlier this month.
The alleged food safety incident at 2 Sisters Food Group’s West Bromwich chicken cutting plant was not a “one-off” for the company and should act as a “wake-up call” for food regulators and accreditation services, according to a House of Commons report.
Food manufacturers should do more to adhere to labelling regulations, according to IT systems developer Epicor Software, as Lidl and Aldi recall products due to labelling errors.
Ethnic snacks manufacturer SK Chilled Foods md Jeremy Faulkner said his workforce would be “thrilled to bits” to win the Food Manufacture Company of the Year trophy in the industry’s Oscars – the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards (FMEAs).
Fire crews attended the second fire in a fortnight at Food ingredients manufacturer Cargill’s Manchester factory this week (November 13), after reports of an explosion at the site.
The government’s leading nutritionist has slammed food and drink sponsorship of sporting and health-related events as being an inadequate way of addressing the nation’s obesity crisis.
The Scottish drinks industry has warned that this week’s UK Supreme Court ruling in favour of a minimum price for alcohol will hit business and damage exports.
Clipper Teas bagged a top trophy in the food and drink manufacturing industry’s Oscars – the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards (FMEAs) – earlier this month at The Hilton on Park Lane in London.
Premier Foods reported sales and profit growth in its half-year results published today (November 15), boosted by its “strategic” partnerships with Nissin and Mondelēz International.
Food and drink companies in Scotland are set to benefit from more than £4.6M of funding from the government, in a plan designed to safeguard and create new jobs and boost profitability.
To commemorate its 180th birthday, the Tetley brand – owned by Tata Global Beverages – worked with Crown Aerosols and Specialty Packaging Europe to create a limited edition celebration tin.
A process for making recyclable polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles onto which designs have been digitally printed has been developed by KHS and its subsidiary NMP Systems.
Needham Coding has expanded its ‘N’ series of continuous inkjet printers (CIJ) by adding new models, including one for specialist food-grade applications.
Visitors to this month’s Food Ingredients Europe (FiE) are being invited to go on an interactive journey into the world of taste at Symrise’s stand (hall 8, stand A69/79).
A range of nutritional and functional ingredients that contribute to health and wellness for more people around the world will be a focus at this month’s Food Ingredients Europe (FiE), which takes place at Messe Frankfurt (November 28–30).
Ingredients for healthy snacks will feature heavily at the forthcoming Food Ingredients Europe (FiE) and Natural Ingredients show, which takes place at Messe Frankfurt (November 28–30).
The interplay between packing and processing will be under the spotlight at the at the Food Ingredients Europe (FiE) and Natural Ingredients (Ni) show, which takes place in Frankfurt later this month (November 28–30).
Northern Ireland food manufacturing business Davison Canners has boosted its food lines – including adding a new dessert range – and created 50 new jobs, after securing a £3.1M financial package from HSBC.
Good food innovation relies on keeping track of the latest ingredients trends and processes, and there’s no better place to do that this autumn than at the Food Ingredients Europe (FiE) and Natural Ingredients (Ni) show.
Northern Ireland root vegetable and salad processing company Willowbrook Foods has won the prized Fresh Produce Manufacturing Company of the Year trophy in the industry’s Oscars – the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards – at The Hilton on Park Lane in...
The north west and Midlands could face a pre-Christmas “bread drought”, if drivers at Kingsmill’s West Bromwich bakery go on strike in a pay dispute, claimed Unite the union.
Wingland Foods’s operations manager Darryn Denny will find himself behind the steering wheel of a Formula One racing car, after winning our exclusive competition, staged at the recent Processing & Packaging Machinery Association (PPMA) Show.
Manchester-based global foods producer The Authentic Food Group has posted a jump in profits and sales despite challenging market conditions, ahead of its full-year accounts.
