Appointment to FSA microbiology committee
15-Aug-2007
The FSA today announced a new committee member for the Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food (ACMSF).Dr John Coia, consultant...
06-Aug-2007
British Sugar Group has appointed Gino De Jaegher, md for UK and Ireland. Reporting directly to Group chief executive, Mark Carr, he will take up the...
30-Jul-2007 By Rod Addy
Migrant workers are a real asset, so long as companies are aware of all the issues, reports Rod Addy
16-Jul-2007
Ulrick & Short, the clean-label ingredient developer, has appointed Karen Carlyle, former executive director of the regional food group for...
16-Jul-2007
Allan Burns, former executive director of Diageo Scotland, has been appointed chairman of Scotland Food & Drink, the new leadership organisation...
28-Jun-2007
Stuart Roberts has been appointed as the new director of the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA).Roberts replaces Maurice McCartney, who left...
25-Jun-2007 By Rod Addy
Food firms face stiff recruitment targets, so Improve is boosting efforts to attract young people, says Rod Addy
Biotechnologist takes up top post at CIAA
22-Jun-2007
CIAA - the voice of the European food and drink industry - has appointed Mrs Mella Frewen as its next director general. She will take over from...
Kate's creates technical Board position
22-Jun-2007
Kate’s Cakes has appointed Emma Burke as technical director to its Board.Burke initially joined Kate’s Cakes in May 2005 as procurement...
05-Jun-2007
Andrew Davidson has been appointed operations director at Finsbury Food subsidiary Nicholas & Harris’s Salisbury bakery.The bakery, which...
29-May-2007
To plug recruitment gaps, designing training that employers want is only half the battle. An industry makeover may also be needed, as Rod Addy discovers at Food Manufacture's fifth HR forum
24-May-2007
Nutritional solutions innovator Glanbia Nutritionals has appointed Sorcha Tobin as international marketing manager as part of its drive to strengthen...
08-May-2007
Dispensing with outplacement services on grounds of cost could prove a false economy for many firms, says Gail Hunt
Arla UK completes senior management team
30-Apr-2007
Following the appointment of Peter Lauritzen as md of Arla Foods UK on April 19, the following additional appointments complete the leadership...
23-Apr-2007
Katherine Hunter has joined the Board of Young’s Seafood as supply chain director after a spell in the US with Mars. Her job will be to devise and...
23-Apr-2007
Group executive director Peter Lauritzen (58), who for the past 13 years has been responsible for Arla Foods’ ingredients business, has been...
23-Apr-2007
Glisten, the fast-growing snack and confectionery foods group, has appointed Dave Coulson as its first marketing and development director.The...
23-Apr-2007
Andy Haines, head of logistics at Tate & Lyle Sugars Europe, is the new President of the Freight Transport Association (FTA), succeeding John...
27-Mar-2007
The National Skills Academy for food and drink manufacturing opens this month. Gail Hunt finds out what it will mean for the industry
Food agency appoints new Board members
23-Mar-2007
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has appointed Nancy Robson and Tim Bennett to its management Board.Robson was the former chair of the FSA Consumer...
09-Mar-2007
Helen Sisson, group technical director of Greencore, has been appointed as the first woman to chair the Chilled Food Association (CFA).Sisson has...
Humber seafood group catches local MP
09-Mar-2007
After 30 years as MP for Grimsby, Austin Mitchell, has taken on the chairmanship of the Yorkshire and Humber Seafood Group (YHSG), an enterprise...
Meat body gets new boss
09-Mar-2007
Richard Lowe (48) has been appointed the Meat and Livestock Commission's (MLC's) chief executive officer. Formerly the MLC's consumer affairs...
Inspirational days amaze
27-Feb-2007
Industry partnerships flourish at Reaseheath College as Gail Hunt finds out
Unliever board changes
22-Feb-2007
Three new non-executive directors will be proposed for election at the Unilever's AGMs in Rotterdam on 15 May 15 and in London on May 16 2007.These...
Cadbury appoints new non-exec
22-Feb-2007
Ellen Marram will join Cadbury Schweppes' board as a non-executive director, effective from June 1 2007.Marram is president of The Barnegat Group,...
29-Jan-2007
The promise of reduced labour costs, increased productivity and no overtime is any employer's dream, but by challenging traditional shift patterns it could become a reality. Rebecca Green reports
Mechanical and human tasting can be done in tandem
29-Jan-2007
Symrise, manufacturer of aroma chemicals and flavouring compounds, has developed a high temperature liquid chromatography method for analysing the...
Strawberry taste is recaptured
29-Jan-2007
Had we forgotten what real strawberries tasted like? That's what Create Flavours felt when it started a development programme to create its own new...
25-Jan-2007
Andrew Jefferson has been appointed a director of frozen food wholesaler MKG Foods.Jefferson, a third-generation member of the Mayling family which...
08-Jan-2007
Leyland-based Schwan’s Consumer Brands UK, the company behind the Chicago Town frozen food range, has appointed four new employees to its sales and...
27-Dec-2006
Cornwall. Home to beaches, pasties ... and food manufacturing. Rebecca Green reports on the latest venture from Duchy College, aimed at encouraging this growing industry
21-Dec-2006
Convenience food group Greencore has decided to separate the management of its Cakes & Desserts, Frozen Foods and Foodservice businesses.This has...
Cereform link between NPD and production
21-Dec-2006
Cereform, part of the AB Mauri global yeast and the bakery ingredients division of Associated British Foods, has appointed Paul Whitton to the new...
21-Dec-2006
Snack bar manufacturer Eat Natural has appointed Harriet Gregory - also known as ‘H’ - as head of ‘Taste Matters’. She will be in charge of...
27-Nov-2006 By Kevin Bennett
To be successful, any improvement programme needs not only a vision, but also progress and goal indicators. Therefore, establishing the right...
Fancy a career in food? ... You can with the gingerbread man
27-Nov-2006
"Run, run as fast as you can ... " We all know how the rest goes, but unfortunately for the industry, it seems young people aren't running as fast as...
27-Nov-2006
Want to improve training and raise efficiency at the same time? One e-learning package is promising just that. Rebecca Green takes a look
20-Nov-2006
Helen Gay Wild, Institute of Food Science & Technology (IFST) chief executive, has been appointed one of the Science Council's three new...
20-Nov-2006
Private equity firm European Capital has appointed Will Carter as chief executive of Whitworths, the UK supplier of healthy fruits, nuts and seeds...
Northern Foods: idea is a guiding light
03-Nov-2006
Northern Foods, which is currently going though a major restructuring programme involving the disposal of large parts of its business, has signed...
30-Oct-2006
Two new appointments have strengthened the team at Improve, the food and drink sector skills council.Sue Fairest has been appointed as skills...
30-Oct-2006
So, you're not happy about the talent pool you have to draw from? With enough support, radical new proposals might just give you what you need. Rick Pendrous reports from Food Manufacture's fourth HR forum
Quiche maker boosts its process team
19-Oct-2006
Quiche manufacturer Thomas Food Group (TFG) has appointed Emma Johnson as a process technologist.Johnson joins the company as a graduate in food...
Fresh campaign boss
19-Oct-2006
The Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC), the trade association which supports the UK fruit and vegetable industry, has appointed Anthony Levy as chairman...
03-Oct-2006 By Kevin Bennett
Having established the future vision and baseline, the next critical stage for any Improvement programme is to create a robust action plan. This must...
02-Oct-2006
A new survey from interim management provider Albemarle looks at changing employment trends in the sector. Rebecca Green reports
29-Sep-2006
Iain Ferguson, chief executive of Tate & Lyle, has been elected president of the Food and Drink Federation (FDF). He takes over from Gavin Neath,...
High society in food hygiene
22-Sep-2006
Steph Pearson has been appointed business development manager at The Society of Food Hygiene and Technology (SOFHT), coinciding with its name...
12-Sep-2006
Bakery products supplier Dawn Foods has appointed Jean-Francois Duquesne as its new senior vice president for Europe as part of its global expansion...
