Inside food & drink manufacturing
ABP Food Group has appointed Finbarr McDonnell as chief operating officer, effective from April this year, filling the role vacated by Frank Stephenson, who was named group chief executive in October 2016.
The UK’s first ‘free-from’ factory has been opened, claimed food coatings firm Bowman Ingredients.
Food manufacturers from Yorkshire and Humber are set to boost exports to the US, following a trade mission to San Francisco.
Burns Night has delivered a multimillion-pound global boost for Scottish alcoholic beverages, revealed environment secretary Andrea Leadsom, as the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) revealed whisky adds £5bn a year to the UK economy.
Workers have postponed industrial action at Weetabix’s Corby and Kettering factories, after the manufacturer announced it would hold more talks with the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw).
Greggs could cut 100 jobs in Scotland, the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw) has claimed, after the high street baker confirmed a nationwide restructuring plan earlier this week, which unions claimed could threaten up to 120 jobs in...
An overturned tanker has caused traffic chaos in Wales, after it spilled its load of palm oil on to the road’s surface.
Irish dairy exporter Ornua has agreed to buy Cheshire-based cheese firm FJ Need (Foods) for an undisclosed fee.
Winning a BBC Food and Farming Award “shifts the business up a gear”, according to the winner of last year’s Future Food Award, diversified dairy Our Cow Molly.
Business Leaders’ Forum
The Apprenticeship Levy came under fire from Paul Wilkinson, chairman of the National Skills Academy for Food and Drink, at the Business Leaders’ Forum yesterday (January 24).