A plague of ‘zombie companies’ is threatening to suck the vitality out of the UK economy, according to leading insolvency experts, and the food manufacturing sector could be under threat.
Hundreds of food and drink manufacturing industry leaders gathered at the Park Lane Hilton in London for the Food Manufacturing Excellence Awards (FMEAs) earlier this month. Here, we provide a flavour of the big night − caught on film.
The UK food and drink industry gathered to celebrate the best of the best at the Food Manufacturing Excellence Awards at the Park Lane Hilton, London earlier this month. Here, in pictures, we capture a flavour of the big night.
The minister for employment, Mark Hoban, is meeting the food manufacturing industry’s top players today (November 12) – including Mars, Cranswick and Associated British Foods (ABF) – to offer them cash incentives for employing young people.
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has highlighted food manufacturing and agriculture as one of seven key “champion sectors” for growth, urging the government to develop a “coherent industrial strategy to boost exports”.
Twitter fans were active before, after and during the Food Manufacturing Excellence Awards (FMEA) at the Park Lane Hilton in London this week. Here, we capture a flavour of the Oscars of the food and drink manufacturing industry in tweets, which used...
The Food Manufacturing Company of the Year Iglo Foods – the Birds Eye brand owner – is set for growth next year, according to general manager at the Lowestoft factory Craig Hamilton.
Ethnic food entrepreneur Perween Warsi has landed a top award – Food Personality of the Year – in the Food Manufacturing Excellence Awards (FMEA): the Oscars of the food and drink manufacturing industry.
Birds Eye brand owner Iglo Foods Group has scooped top honours in the Food Manufacturing Excellence Awards (FMEA) ‒ the Oscars of the food and drink manufacturing industry.
A company that sells residual stock from major food manufacturers to people who work in the food industry will record a 66% rise in the volume of goods it handles this year as food manufacturers increasingly seek to cut disposal costs and eliminate waste.
The government has delivered a blow to Grimsby’s seafood manufacturing industry by refusing to grant the £14M funding that would have launched a £75M scheme to create 970 jobs.
The EU food contract manufacturing sector will double to reach between £11–13bn (€14–16bn) during the next eight years, according to a new report from Rabobank Food & Agribusiness Research.
Kent Police have arrested two people in a dawn raid last Friday (October 5), after allegations that Lithuanian men working in the food industry were held in slave-like conditions.
Food manufacturers should be given a business boost from a government commitment to only buy foods produced to British welfare standards, according to Mary Creagh, the shadow secretary of state for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs...
Unicorns, Premier Foods, and Morrisons are just three of the topics to feature in our list of the seven most popular food and drink manufacturing articles published on FoodManufacture.co.uk in September.
The Chilled Food Association (CFA) says members may have smashed energy reduction targets set out in a Climate Change Agreement with the government by 62% − but they won’t be able to do an encore.
Major players in the food industry met Prime Minister David Cameron at Downing Street yesterday (September 11) to champion a scheme that will provide free training to jobless youngsters.
A local council’s plan to boost Grimsby’s seafood manufacturing industry by £75M and create up to 970 jobs has been given government’s first seal of approval.
Premier Foods ceo Michael Clarke and ethnic food entrepreneurs Perween Warsi and Levi Roots are battling it out for the Food Manufacture Personality of the Year Award.
The search is on to find the UK’s best food and drink manufacturers to match the achievement of Weetabix, which won the 2011 Food Manufacturing Company of the Year award.
City criticism of Morrisons’ commitment to food manufacturing, speculation about a Bright Foods’ takeover of Premier Foods and a BBC TV apprentice’s determination to launch his own food business were our top three articles last month. We relive the highlights...
Mars Chocolate UK in Slough – home of Mars, Snickers, Galaxy and Maltesers – hosted a visit by MPs and Peers yesterday (June 12) as part of ‘See Inside Manufacturing’ (SIM) initiative.
Helping the rising number of microbusinesses grow into viable long-term firms will help to boost the food manufacturing sector and the wider economy, according to the Institute for Manufacturing, Education and Consultancy Services (IfM ECS).
Food manufacturing training and educational courses in the north east of England will be improved significantly by the addition of Hartlepool College of Further Education to the National Skills Academy for Food and Drink (NSA), says its director, Justine...
The food industry is facing a “demographic time bomb” with an ageing workforce and not enough talent to fill the skills gap, according to industry experts.
Sir,As a 60+ executive, who spent his life serving retailers in the fast- moving consumer goods sector, including the food industry, I felt it imperative to respond to the editor's view in the March issue of Food Manufacture on the imbalance between...
"If you don't buck your ideas up and work harder at school, son, you'll end up in that god-awful food factory down the road." It's a phrase I've heard in various guises over the years and expresses the views held by many...
Nearly 90% of respondents to a new survey agreed that a career in food and drink manufacturing offered either “good career prospects” or “stable and secure employment”.
A review of the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA), which polices firms supplying temporary labour, has been welcomed by the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) as a way of cutting red tape for food manufacturers.
Sector Skills council Improve has urged the government to “remove the shackles” from the food industry, which are currently preventing many firms from targeting a younger generation of workers to the sector.
Food and drink manufacturers should visit schools to attract more young people into the industry rather than rely on recruiting the unemployed to fill the widening skills gap, according to the HR Forum.
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) is teaming up with Nestlé to attract a new generation of scientists into the industry at the Big Bang Careers Fair later this week.
Salaries paid to managers working in manufacturing and industrial roles range from about £25,000 to £150,000, according to the latest income survey from recruitment consultancy firm Michael Page.
Foodex 2012, the UK show for food and drink processing, packaging and logistics will take place at Birmingham's National Exhibition Centre (NEC) from March 25 to 27.
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has launched a series of apprenticeship roadshows across the country to encourage food manufacturers to take on more apprentices.
UK food and drink manufacturers have welcomed Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg’s £1bn boost to the Regional Growth Fund (RGF) intended for firms looking for investment funding.
