Archives for December 15, 2016

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Overseas investors look to UK food sector

By Rick Pendrous

Overseas investors are showing an increased appetite for UK and Irish food and drink firms – aided by a low pound exchange rate following the Brexit vote – but clouds are gathering on the horizon as concerns rise about the sector’s continuing access to...

Meet the Food Manufacture Oscar winners 2016

By Rick Pendrous

It was a Venice-themed evening at the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards last month, as hundreds of guests put on their best bib and tucker to celebrate the leading lights of the food and drink manufacturing sector.

Brexit is ‘biggest problem in peacetime’: FDF boss

By Noli Dinkovski

Brexit has left government and industry faced with the “most important, complex and troubling issue in peacetime history”, the boss of the food and drink sector’s biggest trade body has claimed.

Emily Crisps wins investment for growth

By Rick Pendrous

Healthy snack brand Emily Crisps, which manufactures fruit and vegetable crisps, has sold a stake in its business to private equity firm Inverleith and investor club Hothouse Brands, in a move that will expand its range, marketing and distribution in the...

Tate & Lyle makes senior appointments

By Gwen Ridler

Food ingredients firm Tate & Lyle has appointed Dr Gerry Murphy as a non-executive director and chairman-designate of the company.