Around Noon opens new Slough factory
Food-to-go manufacturer Around Noon has opened the doors to a new manufacturing facility in Slough, creating 200 jobs and increasing manufacturing capacity by £50 million.
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Hackers target Co-op
Co-op has shut down parts of its IT systems due to hackers attempting to gain access, as M&S continues to grapple with the fallout of a cyberattack.
Aldi gifts £2m to fund SME apprenticeships
Aldi is to gift £2 million to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) over the next two years to support a variety of industry apprenticeships.
UK’s food crime unit granted investigatory powers
Almost 10 years after its inception, the National Food Crime Unit has gained new powers to tackle food fraud in England and Wales.
Planet Farms announces single largest investment in UK vertical farming
Agritech firm Planet Farms is to invest more than £25 million into a new UK-based vertical farm, in what it described as the biggest single investment into the vertical farming industry.
OPINION: British farming is very much ‘use it or lose it’
Food security in the UK should be a top priority, but what can we do to improve it? Tash Jones, commercial director at Fairfields Farm explores...
Day in the life of a snacking brand founder
Charlie Fermor, co-founder of Freddie’s Farm, tells Food Manufacture about his role running a kids’ fruit and veg snacking brand in the latest edition of ‘All in a Day’s Work’.