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      <image:caption><![CDATA[The manufacturing sector needs to prepare for a record number of insolvencies, accroding to Higgs.  Image: Getty, Stas_V]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Rubies in the Rubble's £500k crowdfunding campaign is already 85% funded with 23 days left]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Glnbia Cheese has been acquired by Leprino Foods Company. Image: istock, Rita Jacobs]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[The King's Coronation looks set to be a profitable time for snack manufacturers ]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Bristol is home to a 148,000 sq ft industrial unit - the UK’s largest vertical farm, whilst Britain's capital has seen a commitment from Harvest London, which has committed to 139,977 sq advanced indoor farm. Credit: Getty / JohnnyGreig]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Food and drink brands are getting creative. Credit: Getty / Urupong]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Food and drink firms were recognised in this year's King's Awards for Enterprise]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Searches for food and drink related to Ramadan skyrocketed in 2023. Image: Getty / marchmeena29]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Food inflation may be at its highest, but market indicators suggest it may be at its peak]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Overstocking could be costing your business more than £76k, claims Unleashed ]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Winter Tarn Dairy has invested £150k in new machinery at its site in Cumbria]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Genius Foods has secured a £7.5m loan to promote growth and improvements at its Bathgate site ]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Plans to downsize Oscar Mayer's Flint site could result in up to 330 redundancies ]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Smithfield Murray and Yorkshire Premier Meat will form a new group with a combined turnover of £115m]]></image:caption>
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