Brexit debate
Brexit could cost Scotch whisky industry £1bn: SWA
A UK decision to quit the EU would cost the Scotch whisky industry more than £1bn in lost exports and over 40,000 jobs, warns the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA).
Archives for May 8, 2016
FOODEX 2016
E-learning now a ‘mainstream’ training approach
E-learning courses have now gone “mainstream” as they offer a low-cost and flexible alternative to traditional training methods, a leading provider has claimed.
Greggs confirms bakery closures and rising sales
High street baker Greggs has confirmed plans to close three bakeries, while posting total sales up by 5.7% for the 18 weeks to May 7.
Yearsley doubles site capacity and creates 120 jobs
Yearsley Logistics has almost doubled the size of its Belle Eau Park facility in Newark, Nottinghamshire, with the launch of a 27,000 pallet ambient storage depot, creating 120 new jobs.
Calais transport crisis ‘should not be repeated’: FTA
Further disruption at the port of Calais should not be allowed to cost businesses – including food and drink exporters – millions of pounds, the Freight Transport Association (FTA) has urged.
Foodex 2016
Food firms should ‘do more to back apprentices’
Food and drink manufacturers should do more to help apprentices find work in the sector, according to Jon Poole, chief executive of the Institute of Food Science & Technology (IFST).
Warehouse worker survives cheese warehouse collapse
A factory worker trapped under tonnes of cheese survived for nine hours before being rescued at a Shropshire warehouse.
Fire caused by electrical fan at food packaging plant
A fire at an Huhtamaki food packaging factory in the Hampshire area last week has been traced to an electrical fan.
Food firms ‘suffer red tape allergen product recalls’
UK food manufacturers are losing millions of pounds, due to a big rise in EU red tape concerning unreported allergens on food packaging forcing up product recalls, warns new research from law firm EMW.
Foodex 2016
Food firms could learn from insurance firms on fraud
Food and drink manufacturers need to learn from other industries, such as the insurance sector, and use a “systems approach” to identifying fraudulent activity in their businesses, a leading academic has suggested.
NFT opens its chilled facility at Tilbury
Chilled logistics specialist NFT officially opened its new £25M temperature-controlled facility at the Port of Tilbury in Essex last month.
Me and my factory
Glanbia gears up production to meet rising demand
Glanbia Performance Nutrition’s Alex Baker tells Noli Dinkovski how his sports nutrition production site is meeting growing demand.
Food Manufacture survey tests sector’s hopes and fears
The UK electorate will decide next month whether or not the country remains part of the EU. And while the food and drink manufacturing sector appears to have come out firmly in favour of staying in, which way the vote goes will be a political rather than...