Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) has thrown open the doors of its Morpeth site in Northumberland to students in a bid to show them the many job opportunities in the food and drink manufacturing sector.
Food and drink manufacturers could benefit from improved resource efficiency and cost savings across the supply chain as a result of a partnership between Nestlé UK and Ireland and Sheffield Hallam University’s National Centre for Excellence for Food...
Irish meat firm Dawn Meats was the big winner at the 2014 Food manufacturing excellence awards, earlier this month, picking up the Environmental initiative of the year and the overall Company of the year.
Premier Foods is wooing young people for future food industry careers with the launch of a work placement initiative and has doubled the number of engineering apprentices it is supporting.
Tesco, Mars and Warburtons were among the big food brands meeting government yesterday (September 11) at Downing Street to discuss how to find the industry’s future leaders.
The food industry is wooing female engineers in a partnership between food manufacturers Cargill, PepsiCo and Mars and youth skills initiative MyKindaCrowd.
Nestlé UK & Ireland and Coca-Cola Enterprises marked National Women in Engineering Day on Monday (June 23) with events for young people to celebrate the achievements of women engineers in food and drink manufacturing.
Premier Foods boss Gavin Darby has been appointed chair of the Food Engineering Industrial Advisory Board (FEIAB) for the National Centre of Excellence for Food Engineering.
The government has confirmed the food industry as one of the business sectors that will act as a Trailblazer, leading the way to reform England’s apprenticeship programme.
Students accepted to study for the UK’s first food and drink engineering degree will be offered a combined total of £100,000 in bursaries in their first year to help stave off student debt, according to the Food and Drink Federation (FDF).
Food and drink manufacturers will be able to recruit from a wider and deeper pool of qualified engineers after the £6.9M cash injection at Sheffield Hallam University to develop a National Centre of Excellence for Food Engineering, said the Food and Drink...
Harper Adams University's More than Meat Pies team has won gold prize in the Dragons' Den-style event Ecotrophelia UK 2013 for its ready meal offal pie, Hearty Meal.
Food manufacturers are targeting a new campaign at 16-19 year olds, parents and teachers in a bid to attract the next generation of food and drink industry engineers.
A concerted PR, marketing and social media campaign needs to be quickly launched if the 40 places on the first accredited food and drink engineering course are to be filled.
Dalehead Foods has unveiled a new multi-million pound abattoir and production facility in Spalding, Lincolnshire, which it hopes will boost British pork exports to the US.
UK food and drink manufacturers are being urged to back the UK’s first accredited engineering degree dedicated to the needs of the food and drink manufacturing sector.
Top marks in the search to find a college to offer the nation’s first dedicated food and drink engineering degree have gone to Sheffield Hallam University.
New evidence has emerged from Sheffield Hallam University that Seagreens seaweed can be used as an acceptable alternative to salt in bread and to contribute to weight loss and management.
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.
Vion says tough trading conditions have forced it to restructure its sausage business, and begin consulting 205 staff on plans to close a site in Sheffield.
Food and drink processing is a priority sector for Yorkshire Forward, the Regional Development Agency (RDA) for Yorkshire and Humber. To this end, it...
The Regional Food Group for Yorkshire and Humber (RFG) is promoting collaboration between processors in the region as its Flow project begins to bear...
Processors in the Yorkshire and Humber region will get added support on issues ranging from international commerce to supply chain efficiency thanks...
The new processing and packaging exhibition Pro2Pac at ExCeL, London, March 18-21, will showcase the latest processing and packaging developments and...
