Graduate engineers’ pay rose 4% since last year
Engineering graduates could expect “good salaries”, claimed engineering consultancy firm adi Group, after latest figures revealed entry-level graduates’ salaries have increased 4% since last year.
Archives for December 14, 2016
Global demand for alternative proteins set to soar
Global demand for alternative proteins is to double in just eight years, with soybean, pea and oat likely to lead the way, a new report has found.
Food factory fire risk: urgent action needed
Food and drink manufacturers should be taking proactive measures to reduce their workplace fire risk, following the publication of 14 new core requirements by the Fire Protection Association (FPA), an insurance broker has warned.
Regulator bans two ‘superfood’ adverts
Two adverts for food products and supplements have been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), because they featured unauthorised health claims.
FoodDrinkEurope welcomes new EU nutrition labelling rule
New mandatory nutrition labelling rules of prepacked food have been welcomed by FoodDrinkEurope, after they came into effect this week (December 13), under the EU’s Food Information to Consumers Regulation (FIR).
Big Interview: Colin Dennis, professor of persuasion
Professor Colin Dennis talks to Food Manufacture about how he has devoted his career to promoting food science.
Brexit opportunities for ice cream manufacturer
Brexit will create new opportunities for UK food and drink manufacturers, claimed luxury ice cream producer Simply Ice Cream.
Food and drink exports forum targets £2.9bn boost
Premier Foods and Walkers Shortbread are joining a range of food and drink manufacturers at a meeting today (December 14) organised by the Food and Drink Exporters Association (FDEA) designed to help add nearly £3bn to the sector’s export sales.
Pay fears for drinks factory staff
Pay restructuring at Cott Beverages’ West Yorkshire drinks factory could cut skilled workers’ wages, according to employees at the site.
Milk processor posts profit growth
First Milk has posted an £8M rise in profit since last year in its interim financial report for the six months to September 30 2016, following a “radical transformation” of the company.
Arrest at Moy Park factory in suspected terror offence
A man was arrested on suspicion of terror-related offences at Moy Park’s poultry factory in Ashbourne, Derbyshire on December 12.
Bakery ingredients firm acquired by Lesaffre
Baking ingredients firm LFI Tollblend has been acquired by French multi-national Lesaffre for an undisclosed sum.
Protesters picket pig production plant
Animal rights protesters have picketed a food factory in Northern Ireland, in hope of raising awareness around what it claimed was “the cruelty of animal slaughter” involved in putting meat on supermarket shelves.