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Essential Cuisine's Jamie McGregor (centre) received the training Oscar from Justine Fosh and Mark Durden-Smith

Food Manufacture Excellence Awards

Essential Cuisine wins food manufacturing training Oscar

By Michael Stones

Cheshire-based stocks and jus firm Essential Cuisine has really delivered the gravy to win the coveted Training programme of the year trophy in the industry’s Oscars – the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards (FMEAs).

Kettleby Foods's Andrzej Szokalski (centre) collected the Environmental Oscar from WRBM’s Elaine Marshall and awards host Mark Durden-Smith

Food Manufacture Excellence Awards

Kettleby Foods wins top environmental award

By Michael Stones

Kettleby Foods, part of the Samworth Brothers food manufacturing business, has won the Environmental trophy in the industry’s Oscars – the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards (FMEAs) – at the Lancaster hotel, London.    

Wining smile: Tulip's NPI director Stacy Howe collected the award from awards host and star TV presenter Mark Durden-Smith

Food Manufacture Excellence Awards

Tulip wins ingredients manufacturing Oscar

By Michael Stones

Warwick headquartered meat firm Tulip has flowered to win the Best new use of food ingredients trophy in the manufacturing industry’s Oscars – the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards (FMEAs).

Wild (centre) picks up her award from FMEAs host Mark Durden-Smith (left) and b3 jobs md Marcus Brasier (right)

Don’t overlook our industry: Young Talent winner

By Laurence Gibbons

Young people shouldn’t overlook the food industry as it can offer many job roles and quick progression, according to the winner of the Food Manufacturing Excellence Award (FMEA) for Young Talent of the Year.

Winning line up: Ginsters' Gavin Mitchell (centre) receives the supply chain Oscar from Mark Durden-Smith (l) and NFT Distribution Operations' Dale Fiddy

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Ginsters wins food manufacturing supply chain Oscar

By Michael Stones

Pasty manufacturer Ginsters has gone the extra mile to win the coveted Supply chain initiative trophy in the industry’s Oscars – the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards (FMEAs).

Star turn: Mark Durden-Smith (L) and Jeremy Praud (R) present to the Oscar to 2 Sisters Kevin Akehurst and Simon Grayling

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2 Sisters wins FMEA Oscar for campy prevention

By Michael Stones

Pioneering work on the prevention of campylobacter has won the 2 Sisters Food Group the Judges’ star performer trophy in the industry’s Oscars – the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards (FMEAs) –in London last week (Tuesday, November 3).   

Turkey triumph: Jeremy Hall receives his Personality Oscar from Mark Durden-Smith (L) and Leon Wright (R) of FoodManJobs

Food Manufacture Excellence Awards

Turkey boss wins Food personality Oscar

By Michael Stones

Bernard Matthews group technical director Jeremy Hall has won the Food Manufacture Personality of the year award in the industry’s Oscars – the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards (FMEAs) – at the Lancaster hotel, London.  

Enjoy these tweets from the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards

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Food manufacturing Oscars tweet-by-tweet

By Alice Foster

Leading food and drink manufacturing industry figures took part in celebrations – and tweeted throughout the night – at the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards this week.

Moy Park scooped the top trophy: Food Manufacture company of the year

Food Manufacture Excellence Awards

Moy Park triumphs in food manufacturing Oscars

By Michael Stones

Meat and poultry firm Moy Park has won the coveted Food Manufacture Company of the year trophy in the industry’s Oscars – the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards (FMEAs) – at the Lancaster hotel in London, during a glittering award ceremony last night...

Congratulations to all the Oscar winners and finalists

Food Manufacture Excellence Awards

Food manufacturing Oscars: Meet the 2015 winners

By Michael Stones

Congratulations to all the winners and finalists in the 2015 Food Manufacture Excellence Awards (FMEAs), staged on Tuesday night at the Lancaster hotel in central London.

Food manufacturing growth is set to grow by up to 4% in the short to medium term

Food manufacturing industry set for 3–4% growth

By Michael Stones

The UK food and drink manufacturing and processing industry is set for growth of between 3–4% in the short to medium term, while reaching a value of about of £113.1bn in 2018–19, predicts a new report.

Opinions are divided about the logic of vertical integration of the food supply chain

Supermarkets ‘risk losing millions’ in manufacturing

By Nicholas Robinson

Supermarkets planning to take up food manufacturing in their fight to gain a competitive edge over the limited range discounters Aldi and Lidl risked losing millions of pounds and faced being stuck with underperforming factories, a leading analyst has...

Food and drink manufacturing was becoming a more attractive careers choice due to five factors

Exclusive

Food manufacturing sector needs more top end skills

By Michael Stones

The food and drink manufacturing sector will see a big increase in managerial, professional and technically skilled vacancies, the Food Manufacture group can exclusively reveal, based on new research from the National Skills Academy for Food & Drink.

More time to win: The FMEA deadline has been extended to July 24

Food manufacturing Oscars: deadline extended

By Michael Stones

Want to win a food and drink manufacturing excellence award? Then, there's now an extra week to submit your free entry before the extended deadline of Friday July 24.

The top award - Food Manufacture Company of the Year - was scooped by Dawn Meats last year. Could your firm win too?

Food and drink manufacturing Oscars: still time to win

By Michael Stones

There’s still time to win a shiny, new food and drink manufacturing Oscar look for your boardroom. Here’s your opportunity to join firms such as Premier Foods, Coca­Cola Enterprises and Finsbury Food Group by winning a Food Manufacture Excellence Award...

How would a Food Manufacture Oscar look in your boardroom?

Win a Food Manufacture Oscar for your boardroom

By Michael Stones

How would a shiny food and drink manufacturing Oscar look in your boardroom? Here’s the opportunity to find out by entering the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards (FMEAs).

Wilkins: 'The cyber threat has been rising steadily in recent years'

Cyber threats need to become a board-level issue

By Rick Pendrous

In response to rising concerns about the risk of cyber attacks, industrial automation components supplier European Automation has published an industry report about the growing importance of information security.

Justine Fosh is the chief executive of the National Skills Academy

Training boost for food manufacture

By Nicholas Robinson

Food and drink manufacturers short on skilled workers will receive a boost in support after the dairy industry announced its successful Eden Project training scheme would be accessible to all sectors.

Follow our three top tips to win a  manufacturing Oscar

How you can win a food and drink manufacturing Oscar

By Michael Stones

There’s still plenty of time to submit your winning entry in the Food and Drink Manufacturing Excellence Awards (FMEAs), ahead of the July 17 deadline. So, here’s how to impress the judges and bring home a much-coveted food and drink manufacturing Oscar.

Food and drink manufacture heroes wanted for Oscars

Food manufacturing heroes: apply here

By Michael Stones

Food and drink manufacturing heroes are being sought to win top industry Oscars in the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards (FMEAs).

The completion of the deal has saved 150 jobs

Finsbury completes acquisition of Just Desserts

By Michael Stones

Finsbury Food Group has completed its acquisition of foodservice supplier Johnstone’s Just Desserts, saving 150 jobs at the firm, after buying the business out of administration.

Craft engineers in food and drink can earn in excess of £40,000 a year

Food sector needs more apprentices

By Rick Pendrous

Greater co-ordination is needed between government and the food and drink industry to bring together various training schemes and initiatives on offer and raise the numbers of apprentices in the sector, a leading automation specialist has claimed.

Food industry cream of the crop

Meet the Personality of the Year 2015 candidates

By Laurence Gibbons

Six of the biggest names in the UK food and drink manufacturing sector are in the running to be crowned Food Manufacturing Personality of the Year at the Food Manufacturing Excellence Awards in November.

Food industry people on the move

People on the move in the food industry

By Laurence Gibbons

Former Dairy Crest md Martyn Wilks’s appointment at Hovis leads our latest selection of people on the move in the food and drink industry.

Some visionary companies understood the need to invest in preventive maintenance, said Gagg

Preventive maintenance vital for cash-strapped firms

By Rod Addy

Food firms are targeting asset care as a way to ease pressure on profits, but lack of properly trained staff is proving a hindrance, according to Peter Gagg, md of MCP management consultants.

Please take part in our state-of-the-industry survey

Food firms asked to share views on industry's future

By Michael Stones

As the food and drink manufacturing sector considers the impact of the Conservatives’ election victory, the Food Manufacture Group invites you to share your views about the industry's future.

The UK food industry is waking up to the cost-cutting benefits offered by automation

UK food industry gets automated to cut costs

By Rod Addy

The UK food industry is switching on to the benefits of automation amid growing pressure to cut costs, according to engineering component specialist European Automation.

The industry needs a dedicated food and drink manufacturing council: FDF

Election 2015

New food manufacturing council leads FDF wishlist

By Michael Stones

A dedicated food and drink manufacturing council – tasked with improving communication and co-operation between the government and industry – tops the wishlist of the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) from the next government, ahead of next week’s general...

Osborne announced plans to abolish National Insurance contributions for those aged under 21

2015 Budget

Food industry responds to 2015 Budget

By Rod Addy

The 2015 Budget has provoked a mixed reaction from the food industry, with beer, cider and whisky producers celebrating duty cuts, while others are calling for more specific food industry support.

Food and drink is leading the way in manufacturing output, claims CBI

Food and drink leads manufacturing growth: CBI

By Michael Stones

Food and drink production is leading growth in the UK's manufacturing sector, according to the latest industrial trends survey from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).

Food manufacturers worry the availability of migrant labour may be restricted

Business Leaders' Forum

Food firms fear migrant labour shortfall

By Michael Stones

Fears about the availability of migrant labour and any disruption to the key contribution it makes to the food and drink manufacturing sector was one of the hot topics at the Business Leaders’ Forum (BLF) last month.

Food industry cuts more jobs than it creates

Food job cuts outweigh creations

By Laurence Gibbons

More jobs have been cut or put at risk by food and drink manufacturers in the UK over the past six months, this site can exclusively reveal.

Sponsors of the Business Leaders' Forum valued access to senior food and drink manufacturing executives

Business leaders’ forum

Business forum gave access to top food execs

By Michael Stones

Unrivalled access to top food and drink manufacturing executives was the top reason singled out by the sponsors of the Food Manufacture Group’s Business Leaders’ Forum for backing the event.

Food Manufacture Group’s news of the year

The Food Manufacture Group’s year in pictures

By Laurence Gibbons

It’s been another busy year for the Food Manufacture Group. We travelled the country to bring you the latest news and views online and in print and event formats about the hottest topics facing UK food and drink manufacturers in 2014.

Food manufacturers should be on TV: environment secretary Elizabeth Truss

Food manufacturing should be on TV: DEFRA

By Michael Stones

TV programme makers should feature food and drink manufacturing – Britain’s largest manufacturing sector – in their broadcasts, according to a senior government minister.