More than 73,000 jobs will be created by food and drink businesses in England and Wales by 2020, as a result of innovative new products and increased export opportunities.
An extra 14,000 jobs in Scotland’s food and drink sector will take the total of new industry jobs on the UK mainland to 87,000 by 2020, according to two new bank reports.
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) has invested £6M in its Scottish operations and signed up to the Scottish Business Pledge, in a bid to boost productivity, competitiveness and fair work.
Graham’s The Family Dairy is pumping £1M into production facilities at its Aithrey Kerse Farm at Bridge of Allan in Scotland to boost spreadable butter capabilities and increase flexibility.
Scotland’s food industry will get £70M as part of the new Scottish Rural Development Programme (SRDP) 2014–2020, which is expected to receive formal EU approval shortly.
Scottish red meat will be stocked on retail shelves across Sweden as part of a new deal between the country’s leading grocer and Quality Meat Scotland (QMS).
Buy more Scottish food and drink is the message the government is sending to the nation’s airports, stations and ports in the form of an invitation to sign a new sourcing pledge.
G&J Jack fish factory has escaped disaster thanks to the prompt actions and expertise of the local Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, which battled a blaze at the Fraserburgh plant.
Scottish consumers drink more alcohol, eat fewer fruits and vegetables and drink more sugary drinks than the rest of the UK, according to Scotland’s National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS) results.
A yes vote in next week’s independence referendum will result in higher food prices in Scotland, two leading retail bosses warned yesterday (September 11).
What is being claimed as the most northerly gin distillery on mainland Britain was commissioned last month, following the installation of a new still - christened ‘Elizabeth’ - in the custom-built distillery at Dunnet, Caithness.
Up to 10,000 new food and drink industry jobs could be created over the next five years thanks to Scotland’s rapidly rising exports, predicts a report from Bank of Scotland.
Plans to replace the current Food Standards Agency (FSA) in Scotland with a new Food Standards Scotland body have received the backing of Scottish health and sport ministers.
The Edinburgh government has claimed responsibility for a £513M surge in sales of Scottish food and drink, which it says underpins confidence in Scottish brands ahead of a yes vote in the nation’s independence referendum on September 18.
Devro’s proposals to axe 130 jobs at two factories at Moodiesburn and Bellshill in Lanarkshire are a “devastating blow”, according to trades union Unite.
Coca-Cola Enterprises’ (CCE) new tartan bottle is a “fantastic endorsement” for Homecoming Year for Scotland, according to first minister Alex Salmond.
Maclean’s Highland Bakery is boosting its workforce and doubling its packing capacity thanks to funding from Clydesdale Bank, with plans to take on an additional 12 staff.
England seriously underestimates the prospect of Scotland voting yes to independence and the political instability that would bring, warns former cabinet minister and broadcaster Michael Portillo.
The government at Westminster is being urged to press ahead with mandatory fortification of bread and flour with folic acid across the UK in a bid to reduce neural tube defects in foetuses.
Losses for Boparan Holdings, the holding company for 2 Sisters Food Group, have widened to £27.5M from £12.3M a year ago, as the company continued to cut costs and capital expenditure, a second quarter trading update has shown.
Scotland’s new food and drink export plan will target seven top priority markets, according to details of the new £4.5M initiative released today (March 4).
Consumers in Scotland will receive far clearer information about the origins of their food, the Scottish government has pledged, after launching a new partnership yesterday (February 11) to deliver that promise.
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Galloway and West Dumfries Alex Fergusson has been appointed as chair of the inaugural review of the Dairy Industry Code of Best Practice.
The Scottish government has expressed its disappointment that more than 200 jobs look set to go at 2 Sisters Food Group’s Coupar Angus poultry plant in Scotland.
2 Sisters Food Group has invested in a multi-million pound expansion of its added value chicken processing plant in Cambuslang, Scotland, creating up to 180 jobs in the region.
Several hundred new food manufacturing jobs could be created by 2 Sisters’ rescue plan for its Coupar Angus and Letham plants in Scotland, according to the firm.
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has been accused of “horrendous treatment” of some small firms, after it allegedly wrongly classified sound businesses in a high risk category in order to boost revenue.
Perthshire whisky distillery John Fergus & Co has teamed up with Indian alcoholic-beverages company Kyndal to invest £6.7M in a new Glenrothes distillery, which is expected to lead to exports worth £3.6M and to create 15 jobs.
A new food park near Perth in Scotland could create up to 400 jobs over the next 10 years after local councillors gave planning permission for a £8.7M investment last week.
Environment secretary Owen Paterson is taking the fight against fake whisky to Moscow this week in a bid to to protect Scotch whisky from counterfeits.
Positive developments at 2 Sisters Food Group plants in Scotland and Wales are more evidence of ceo Ranjit Boparan’s shrewdness, according to industry commentator Julian Wild of law firm Rollits.
The Scotch Whisky Association’s (SWA’s) legal challenge to Scottish government plans to set a minimum price for alcoholic drink has failed and the “disappointed” organisation will appeal against the judge’s decision.