Young's Seafood to cut 650 jobs while saving 250
Young’s Seafood now plans to cut 650 jobs at its Fraserburgh and Grantown-on-Spey sites, while retaining 250 jobs at both plants which will remain open.
Archives for September 24, 2015
Chocolate factory welcomes 40,000 visitors
Pembrokeshire-based chocolate manufacturer Wickedly Welsh Chocolate welcomed more than 40,000 people into its factory over the summer holidays, the firm has revealed.
Wanted: Food Manufacture associate editor
The Food Manufacture Group is looking for a talented, multi-media, business-to-business journalist, hungry for that first big break into editorial management. Could you separate food and drink manufacturing fact from fiction – or do you know a likely...
German arrest linked to fatal salmonella outbreak
A German egg factory owner has been arrested in connection with a fatal salmonella outbreak, as a US former peanut company boss was sentenced to 28 years in jail over an unrelated outbreak which claimed nine lives.
HGV fatal accident rate drops in latest figures
Fatal accidents involving heavy good vehicles (HGVs) fell by 3.5% last year, according to the latest government figures.
Farmers welcome Arla milk price rise at last
Arla Foods plans to increase its milk price for the first time in months, to the relief of farmers affected by the dairy crisis.
Salad fire, 2 Sisters and Finsbury top week’s news
A blaze that tore through Selby Salads’ manufacturing site in North Yorkshire and wrecked its warehouse leads this week’s top news headlines.