Inside food & drink manufacturing
The UK’s flexible labour market must be protected by the government, urges the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), after the latest labour market statistics revealed a 125,000 rise in employment and 57,000 fall in unemployment.
Mushroom producer Hughes Mushrooms will create up to 100 jobs after opening a new production facility in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
Yorkshire Farmhouse Eggs will produce an extra 19M free-range eggs a year after it secured a seven-figure investment from the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).
The UK government’s plan for an interim Customs Union, to avoid a “cliff-edge” Brexit, has been cautiously welcomed by the Food and Drink Federation (FDF).
A blaze at a cheese factory in south Wales was battled by fire crews yesterday morning (August 15), while firefighters tackled a burning food packaging manufacturer at the weekend.
An advert for Bio-tiful Dairy’s kefir drink has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for making unsubstantiated health claims.