Inside food & drink manufacturing
Sainsbury may be lagging behind in the supermarket price war, according to one analyst, after the retailer posted its second consecutive quarter of falling sales, which the retailer blamed on a dip in food prices.
The prime minister “absolutely intends” to protect the right of up to 100,000 non-UK EU nationals already working in the British food and drink sector to remain in this country after Brexit, according to her environment secretary Andrea Leadsom.
Greencore is recruiting 300 staff to fill seasonal vacancies over the Christmas period at its Evercreech desserts plant near Shepton Mallet, Somerset.
Cereal and snacks manufacturer Kellogg has appointed Dave Lawlor as the new md of its UK and Irish business.
Brexit
Corporation tax in the UK could be reduced to 12.5% from its current level of 20%, former trade minister Lord Francis Maude of Horsham has predicted.