Manufacturing oscars
Personality candidates battle for manufacturing Oscar
Six food and drink industry leaders are battling it out for the coveted title Food Manufacture Personality of the Year. So, who will you vote for?
Archives for August 14, 2016
ABP Food Group’s £20M investment creates 400 jobs
More than 400 jobs are to be created by beef producer ABP food group, after a £20M investment at its Shrewsbury plant.
Corrugated paper fights plastic for fresh produce share
Some large UK retailers are failing to demonstrate the environmental benefits commonly attributed to plastic returnable transit packaging (RTP) when used for fresh produce, instead preferring it for reasons of supply-chain efficiency, the Confederation...
Bisphenol A-free can coatings in limbo
As pressure increases on the supply chain to can coatings free of bisphenol A (BPA), the first wave of BPA-NI (non-intent) alternatives, where the chemical is not intentionally added, is posing multiple challenges, coating suppliers have admitted,...
George Eustice visits renewed Ambrosia site
Food and farming minister George Eustice visited Premier Foods’s Ambrosia Creamery in Devon on August 10, after the manufacturer invested more than £12M to refurbish the factory.
Doubts over UK’s obesity strategy
The decision to further delay publication of the government’s childhood obesity strategy has been met with dismay by health lobby groups that fear a policy closely associated with the last administration could be kicked into the long grass.
Nestlé agrees pension deal with union workers
Nestlé has agreed to a new pension scheme with GMB and Unite workers after a year-long dispute was resolved.
Apprenticeship Levy is ‘poorly designed’
The Apprenticeship Levy is at risk of “turning back the clock” on progress and is “poorly designed” according to business leaders, as the government launched a consultation on the funding of the levy.
Mondelēz International buys Cadbury biscuit licence
Mondelēz International has bought the Cadbury biscuit licence from Burton’s Biscuit Company, in a much anticipated £200M deal.