CenFRA, the UK's pioneering centre for food robotics and automation, has received industry funding to expand its role into an independent food and beverage automation consultancy.
Government and industry efforts are underway to create a regional support strategy for the food industry to replace the one offered through the Regional Development Agencies (RDAs), which are being axed.
Union representatives will meet Nestlé bosses on January 16 to ask for a 'social audit' on the harm that could result from the firm's phased closure of its Castleford site from December 2011.
