Avara Foods is recruiting for 130 permanent roles at its poultry factory at Brierley Hill in Dudley, driven by a significant uplift in demand over the past year.
Soanes Poultry has invested in a new training facility at its Middleton on the Wolds factory as the industry continues to feel the sting of a shortage of labour in the wake of Brexit.
Planned strike action across Weetabix’s Northamptonshire sites has been suspended following ‘constructive talks’ between workers union Unite and the manufacturer.
Workers union Unite has threatened national shortages of Weetabix products as a result of industrial action at the manufacturer’s Northamptonshire sites.
Jacob Douwe Egberts (JDE) is to proceed with its proposals to dismiss and re-engage staff at its Banbury production plant, after talks between the coffee maker and workers union Unite broke down.
Poultry Processor Moy Park has launched a new apprenticeship programme in a bid to nurture the next generation of talent in the food and drink industry.
Unite has appealed directly to Jacob Douwe Egbert’s (JDE’s) chief executive Fabien Simon to curb what the workers union terms ‘fire and rehire’ plans at its Banbury, Oxfordshire coffee factory.
