A West Yorkshire baker is to increase capacity and add a dozen jobs after securing a £600,000 loan from the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF).
Hovis’ warehouse and logistics operations managed by DHL in Southampton and Bawtry are to cease by the end of the year, following the bread-maker’s announcement that it was closing its Southampton mill.
Real Good Food (RGF) Group’s board criticised the ‘uncontrolled growth’ of infrastructure and overheads and the ‘ill-advisedness of investing’ before securing necessary funds that had sparked a drastic business overhaul in the past financial year.
Hovis has announced a big shake-up of its milling operations in a move trade union Unite warned could have ‘serious ripple effects’ on logistics jobs across the UK.
On the back of at £4m investment at the firm’s Wigston site, Délifrance UK’s new boss Andrew Cole (pictured centre) discusses product choice and staff engagement
