UK meat businesses are considering setting up an EU base to bypass export problems, as meat processors continue to struggle to ship product to the continent, the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) claims.
Seafood firms could be left ineligible for £23m of Government support to help alleviate pressure caused by export delays, according to Seafood Scotland.
Watch this space for the virtual screening of the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards, the winners announcement for which will kick off this afternoon at 5pm.
The winners of the 20th Food Manufacture Excellence Awards will be revealed this Thursday (11 February) in an 80s-themed virtual ceremony running from 5pm to 6pm.
Apprentice of the Year Finalist Emily Chater discusses stepping up to the plate at Pilgrim’s Pride and the effect of 2020 on her apprenticeship in this exclusive podcast.
Avara Foods spent £6m on COVID-19-related measures in the year to 31 May 2020 and the investment was rewarded with an uplift in sales and pre-tax profit.
Many aspects of normal life have been disrupted by COVID-19, but meat in the retail market has proved resilient and adaptable, standing strong throughout the vicissitudes of 2020 and beyond.
Banham Poultry has begun a £500,000 overhaul of its odour abatement system at its Attleborough processing plant as part of a multi-million pound programme of improvements at the Norfolk-based production hub.
MPs have pressed food and farming minister George Eustice for details on Government aid for meat and seafood firms hit by Brexit-related border delays and launched an urgent inquiry into their impact.
Workers union Unite has demanded 2 Sisters Food Group provide full pay to workers at its Coupar Angus factory that are self-isolating amid a string of COVID-19 cases there.
