Despite all signs to the contrary, I don’t think many of us on the Remain side really expected a Brexit vote in our heart of hearts. Which made the result to leave the EU even more of a shock when we woke up on Friday June 24.
Food and drink manufacturers are coming to terms with the decision to leave the EU, after voters decided decisively in favour of Brexit, ending the nation’s 43 year membership of the union.
Scottish nationalists are on course for a landslide victory in the independence referendum on September 18, if the results of a Food Manufacture Group poll are repeated.
Trades union members at 2 Sisters Food Group’s Solway Foods Corby factory have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action over pay and conditions.
Workers at the Heinz baked bean facility in Kitt Green have accepted a revised pay deal from the company and called off plans for further industrial action.