Food firms back DEFRA’s export plan
Plans to use British foreign embassies to promote UK food and drink overseas have been welcomed by food manufacturers after new figures showed exports for the sector were rising.
Archives for January 10, 2012
Food props up sales at M&S
Retail giant Marks & Spencer (M&S) expects trading conditions in the new year to “remain challenging” despite a rise in food sales over the all-important Christmas period.
Food production power to shift east
The EU could lose out as the power in global agricultural production increasingly shifts east, according to a new report from the SAC’s (Scottish Agricultural Centre's) Rural Policy Centre. In the second of our two-part series, we examine the growing...
Sensient invests £13M in UK flavour facilities
Global flavour, colour and fragrance firm Sensient is to invest £13M ($20M) in improved UK production facilities.