National Grid wants more electricity due to ‘uncertainty’
The National Grid is looking for extra electricity supplies, in advance of what it describes as “an uncertain winter”.
Archives for September 7, 2014
Elliott Review
Speed and cash crucial to food fraud strategy
The Elliott Review may count for little in preventing a similar scandal to ‘horsegate’ unless its proposals are implemented swiftly and funded properly, according to experts.
Grocery and Primark offset poor sugar prices for ABF
Strong profit performances by Associated British Foods’s (ABF’s) grocery and ingredients divisions and Primark will help to offset lower sugar prices and currency factors, predicted the food giant in a trading update today (September 8).
Marston’s enlists Tesco directors as non-execs
Former Tesco group brand director Carolyn Bradley and former Tesco group HR director Catherine Glickman are to join the board of brewer and pub business Marston’s as independent non-executive directors.
Breaking News
Jordan brothers in major breakfast cereal deal
David and Bill Jordan, the brothers who launched the Jordans cereals brand, have taken over ownership of European Oat Millers (EOM), a major supplier of breakfast cereal ingredients and own-label breakfast cereals.
FSA restructures to ensure food crime unit capability
The Food Standards Agency is undergoing “major restructuring” creating an estimated 50 new jobs as it sets up the food crime unit (FCU) following the publication of Professor Chris Elliott’s report into last year’s horsemeat scandal.
Launch of snacks firm Brighter Foods creates more than 35 jobs
The launch of Brighter Foods has created more than 35 job roles in the snack foods sector in Mid-Wales.
Workers ‘devastated’ as 186 KP Snacks jobs face axe
KP Snacks’s plans to close factories at Consett in County Durham and Corby in Northamptonshire, threatening up to 186 jobs, have ‘devastated’ longstanding workers there, according to trades union GMB.
Government targets labour exploitation
Two Portadown men appeared before magistrates in Northern Ireland (NI) last month charged with a total of 50 offences, following a joint investigation into suspected human trafficking and labour exploitation of workers in a meat processing factory.
Breaking News
William Grant & Sons snaps up Drambuie
Premium spirits business and independent Scottish family distiller William Grant & Sons has acquired the Drambuie Liqueur Company, which owns the Drambuie whisky liqueur brand.