Inside food & drink manufacturing
The co-founder of Scottish brewery Brewdog has sent an open letter to Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) complaining that existing tax arrangements have stopped his firm from investing in the UK economy.
A Lancashire-based sauce producer hopes to double production in the next year to around 60,000 bottles, having just started production at a new factory site.
Food container manufacturer Chadwicks of Bury has been fined over £30,000 after a female worker had four fingers severed by a lid-punching machine.
Around 900 staff will strike at Heinz' Kitt Green site from Tuesday in protest over the firm's latest pay offer, says the Unite trade union.
Premier Foods will need to turn things around pretty quickly over the coming months or patience in its chief executive could run out, City analysts and corporate finance sources have warned.