Published: Oct 17, 2012 By: Lorraine Mullaney

Hundreds of thousands of pounds are being raised to boost the numbers and progression of women working in the food and drink manufacturing sector.

Published: Oct 17, 2012 By: Lorraine Mullaney

A drinks packaging concept that was dismissed as “tacky” by BBC TV’s Dragons’ Den has proved so successful its inventor is taking it to America.

Published: Oct 17, 2012 By: Mike Stones

“A sad day for Scotland,” was the verdict of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW), after Vion UK confirmed today that it will close its Hall’s of Broxburn meat plant with the loss of 1,700 jobs.

Published: Oct 17, 2012 By: Mike Stones

The md of a finance firm that made an unsuccessful bid to buy Hall’s meat plant in West Lothian and save its 1,700 jobs may consider legal action against the facility’s owner Dutch multi-national Vion Group.

Published: Oct 17, 2012

The Government has today responded to the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee report on ‘desinewed meat’ (DSM).

Published: Oct 17, 2012

UK-based private equity firm Permira has hired banks to provide additional debt for its frozen food company Iglo, which owns the Birds Eye brand.

Published: Oct 16, 2012 By: Olesya Dmitracova and Peter Griffiths

British inflation fell to its lowest in almost three years in September flattered by sharp price rises for gas and electricity a year earlier, official data showed, but factory gate prices rose at a faster pace.

Published: Oct 16, 2012

Vion Food UK is set to close its loss-making Hall's of Broxburn pork processing plant in West Lothian, Scotland, a move which will lead to a loss of 1,700 jobs.

Published: Oct 16, 2012

Horticultural experts at East Malling are looking into melon production on table-top systems in what is thought to be a world first.

Published: Oct 16, 2012

Twenty new jobs are to be created in the next three months by McDonalds Ballymena which has just unveiled an exciting new look following extensive refurbishment.

Published: Oct 16, 2012

CNM Online, a UK-based online store, has rolled out a range of water coolers and dispensers with new features for use in office premises, houses and schools.

Published: Oct 16, 2012

Gordon and MacPhail, a UK-based independent whiskey distributor, and London-based Harrods are set to import New Zealand whiskies to Scotland.

Published: Oct 16, 2012

BASF has announced that it will produce drug grade omega-3 at a new plant in Scotland from early next year in an attempt by the German chemical firm to tap into the $1.5 billion global market.

Published: Oct 16, 2012 By: Laurence Gibbons

Food manufacturers and retailers should use clearer labelling to specify country-of-origin and end consumer confusion, says the the National Farmers Union (NFU), which has launched a Flag It Facebook campaign to highlight its message.

Published: Oct 16, 2012 By: Lorraine Mullaney

Morrisons has announced plans to launch its first online retail offering in a bid to raise millions of pounds in sales.

Published: Oct 16, 2012 By: Mike Stones

Unite the union has “forced drivers into proposed strike action” at a distribution hub in Doncaster, which serves Tesco, according to transport firm Eddie Stobart.

Published: Oct 16, 2012 By: Lorraine Mullaney

Meat firm Cranswick has begun the construction of a new £10M factory in Yorkshire that will create 150 jobs.

Published: Oct 16, 2012 By: Mike Stones

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruetly to Animals (RSPCA) has been accused of ‘bullying and hypocrisy’ by the National Farmers Union (NFU), after it threatened to withdraw permission for farmers to use its valuable Freedom Foods label if they to

Published: Oct 16, 2012 By: Laurence Gibbons

The Real Good Food Company (RGFC) has appointed Jacques d’Unienville as a non-executive director with immediate effect .

Published: Oct 16, 2012

UK-based supermarket chain Waitrose is adding four new cakes to its Seriously From Waitrose range.