Inside food & drink manufacturing
Britain’s food and drink exports are remaining resilient during the recession – with total UK food and non-alcoholic drink exports for last year maintaining their value of £12.1bn, according to the Food and and Drink Federation (FDF).
Britain’s biggest union Unite has pledged to battle plans to chop the wages of 184 brewery technicians at the Molson Coors’ Burton-on-Trent plant by up to £9,000-a-year.
Bid speculation surrounding upmarket retailer Marks & Spencer has resurfaced after a Sunday newspaper linked the business to an £8bn offer from finance group Qataris, the state-owned Quatar Investment Authority.
Manufacturing businesses in the FTSE 100 have more women on their boards than other firms but more should be done to boost their numbers, according to a new report.
Major meat processor Dunbia has acquired family owned Nottinghamshire abattoir and pork processor G Wood & Sons for an undisclosed sum.
Help with rising fuel costs, less red tape and easier access to finance are top of food manufacturers’ Wish List for the 2013 budget. FoodManufacture.co.uk asked some of the industry’s key players what they would like to see in the Chancellor’s Budget...