The future of UK food and drink manufacturing depends upon safeguarding water supplies, says government minister Richard Benyon, in a new video from the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) to mark World Water Day last week (March 22).
Meat packing firm Hilton Food is likely to suffer a short-term impact from the horsemeat scandal, despite none of its products being involved, according to City analyst Panmure Gordon.
The packaging firm Smurfit Kappa has been ordered to pay £219,000, after a worker lost four fingers and severed parts of two others in an accident with a whisky packaging machine at its Whitehaven factory, Cumbria on September 14 2010.
Small food and drink manufacturers (SMEs) are missing out on potential cost savings and damaging their reputations by failing to apply the latest energy-saving technology, claims compressor maker Atlas Copco.
Leading City analyst Panmure Gordon has reduced its profit growth forecast for AG Barr, after the Irn Bru manufacturer posted results for the year ended January 26.
Bouquets and brickbats – seemingly in equal measure – greeted the chancellor’s budget this week. Here, we bring you a flavour of the key points in quotes from industry groups and leading players.
Food industry organisations have given a mixed reception to chancellor George Osborne’s budget – praising the new employer allowance but criticising lack of help for smaller firms and the retention of VAT on hot foods.
The top three trends food manufacturers need to consider when devising functional products are ‘naturalness’, demand for energy products and the popularity of fruit – not least because the health properties are either already understood by consumers or...
Buying traceable, local and British food has risen “substantially” up consumers’ agendas since the horsemeat scandal, according to the latest research from Mintel.
The 2 Sisters Food Group expects the horsemeat scandal to cause “considerable volume reduction” to its ready meal business, according to its latest financial results for the 13 weeks to January 26.
A boat repair business has been ordered to pay £43,000 after it sent two employees to repair a fishing boat’s diesel tank under circumstances that could have led to a fatal accident.
Supermarket chain Sainsbury has dodged the worst impact of the horsemeat scandal and posted better than expected financial results for its fourth quarter and year to March 16, driven mainly by non food items.
Two cheesemakers who were made redundant by Dairy Crest and Long Clawson Dairy are on a mission to bring traditional Stilton making back to Derbyshire.
Britain’s biggest union Unite has pledged to battle plans to chop the wages of 184 brewery technicians at the Molson Coors’ Burton-on-Trent plant by up to £9,000-a-year.
Britain’s food and drink exports are remaining resilient during the recession – with total UK food and non-alcoholic drink exports for last year maintaining their value of £12.1bn, according to the Food and and Drink Federation (FDF).
Bid speculation surrounding upmarket retailer Marks & Spencer has resurfaced after a Sunday newspaper linked the business to an £8bn offer from finance group Qataris, the state-owned Quatar Investment Authority.
Manufacturing businesses in the FTSE 100 have more women on their boards than other firms but more should be done to boost their numbers, according to a new report.
Help with rising fuel costs, less red tape and easier access to finance are top of food manufacturers’ Wish List for the 2013 budget. FoodManufacture.co.uk asked some of the industry’s key players what they would like to see in the Chancellor’s Budget...
Hopes are rising that the use of the term ‘probiotic’ will not have to disappear on products following the failure of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to give approval for a generic health claim for the ingredient last year.
Morrisons’ latest results reveal Britain’s fourth largest supermarket is still “in a difficult place”, as it grapples with three specific challenges, according to City analyst Investec.
Britain’s fourth largest supermarket Morrisons has revealed plans to start selling food online by the end of the year and open more convenience stores in its latest financial results, which reported profit before tax down by 4% to £901M.
Frozen food manufacturers should not concentrate on finding “a single new product development [NPD] silver bullet” to increase sales but, instead, segment their offerings to particular types of shoppers.
Manufacturers eyeing burgeoning export opportunities in China must comply with a raft of new legislation in order to trade in the country – or face strict new penalties.
A virtual £4.5M food production research centre is being set up at the University of Nottingham as part of a £21M government investment to promote innovation in manufacturing.
With the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) coming into force this month, the UKvs two main forest certification schemes are taking different approaches to supporting compliance.
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has rejected claims by a US campaigner that British manufacturers produce food that is “contaminated” with extra sugar.
Passing cheap beef off as lamb has been a “widespread” practice by some Scottish curry houses which probably knew “full well what they were doing”, according to a leading bacteriologist.
A simple “eat less meat” message won’t wash with consumers or producers, so sustainability campaigners need to convince people to eat “better meat” as well, in order to improve the environment and public health.
The European Commission (EC) will come under increasing pressure to permit the use of lactic acid washes as a decontaminant for chicken, following authorisation of its use on beef carcasses last month.
The prospects for food and drink factory automation could be much brighter, following Siemens Industry's extension of its Totally Integrated Automation (TIA) Portal engineering framework. A number of new functions add power and efficiency to the...
As Britain’s road network becomes ever more congested and delivery windows become smaller, more retailers and third-party logistics providers (3PLs) are resorting to the use of modern systems technology to ensure their deliveries to regional distribution...
Sales of rotisserie chicken have fallen by 18% since the government introduced VAT on hot foods last October, according to the British Poultry Council (BPC).
A former west Yorkshire food manufacturer — Andrew Jones Pies, of Huddersfield, which is now in administration — has been ordered to pay £375,000, after a gas explosion ripped through its bakery oven, killing a father of two and seriously injuring another...
