Staff shortages as EU workers leave ‘in droves’
Demand for staff has risen to its highest level in 21 months, according to the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC), as EU workers are “leaving in their droves”.
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Product origin labels ‘must be made clearer online’
Country of origin information for food and drink should be displayed by online retailers, just as it is on supermarket shelves, to help shoppers choose British produce, the National Farmers Union (NFU) claims.
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Next government ‘must support food and drink firms’
Politicians have been urged to protect Britain’s £110bn food and farming sector, after Theresa May’s snap general election backfired and resulted in a hung parliament.
Vegetable sushi wins student innovation prize
Students from the University of Reading have won the UK leg of this year’s Ecotrophelia Awards – the pan-European competition for ecologically inspired innovative new product development (NPD) – in a contest dominated by vegetarian and vegan products.
Food makers to benefit from new robot factory
A new factory dedicated to building robots for food manufacturing roles, promises to boost firms’ productivity, claims its owner.
Young’s welcomes ocean clean-up initiative
Fish and seafood processor Young’s Seafood has welcomed action taken by the Global Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI) to tackle marine pollution, a “hidden threat” to the seafood industry.