Packaging firm fined £240k for crush injuries
A packaging company has been fined £240,000, after an employee was seriously injured when his arm was caught in a laminating machine.
Archives for April 19, 2016
Food manufacturers get five-point export advice
Food and drink manufacturers wanting to increase exports can benefit from a new guide developed by the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) and Food and Drink Exporters Association (FDEA).
Certified chain for gluten-free oats is ‘first of its kind’
A certified chain for producing oats guaranteed to be 100% free of gluten-containing grains such as wheat, barley and rye has been developed by Dutch firm Vandinter Semo in conjunction with Wageningen University.
EU circular economy plan may threaten packaging
The European Commission’s (EC’s) ‘circular economy’ proposals may sound very general and still look a long way off as far as regulation goes, but industry organisations such as Incpen (the Industry Council for research on Packaging and the Environment)...
Living Wage leads thousands of firms to struggle
Thousands of businesses are struggling to absorb the impact of the new National Living Wage (NLW), insolvency firm Begbies Traynor has warned.
Foodex 2016
Food leaders should ‘grow a pair’ over EU promotion
Food and drink manufacturing leaders and other business executives who support EU membership have been urged to promote the benefits of membership far more actively, in hard-hitting comments from Food and Drink Federation (FDF) boss Ian Wright, delivered...
2 Sisters boss Ranjit Singh buys a turkey business
2 Sisters Food Group boss Ranjit Singh, the founder of Boparan Holdings, is to acquire the Grove Farms turkey business based in Monaghan, Ireland.
Lean webinar
Lean manufacturing webinar to focus on four themes
Four key themes are likely to dominate Food Manufacture’s lean and green food manufacturing webinar, to take place at 11am on Tuesday April 26, according to Jeremy Praud, partner with Lauras International.
QV Foods enters consultation over possible job losses
Vegetable supplier QV Foods is to consult staff over the future of 140 jobs at its potato packing site in March, Cambridgeshire.
Finsbury unveils non-executive director changes
Finsbury Food Group, the cake and bread manufacturer, has appointed Zoe Morgan as non-executive director.