Meldungen aus Europa – Page 3860
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GLA clamps down on tax cheats
The Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) is clamping down on those gangmasters and umbrella companies who abuse tax-free allowances for workers as a method of undercutting rivals.
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ArticleOrganic growth forecast despite premium
In France, the market for organics is expected to continue to grow, despite the often considerable premiums charged
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ArticleGlobal Fruit Point opens Prague office
Company set to push forward expansion in eastern Europe as major retailers call increasingly for direct supply programmes
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ArticleProseal aids UK berry packer
Heat sealing specialist's G2 tray sealers have helped Hall Hunter Partnerships meet environmental requirements
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ArticleGreen Reefers in further quarterly loss
Shipper reports loss of US$9.9m for the third quarter of the year, following on from US$11m loss in Q2
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ArticleVOG to reveal restructuring plan
Italian apple producer organisation set to reconfigure its member cooperatives' sales and logistics operations
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ArticleProtesters target Almería expo
A major demonstration forced organisers of Andalusian trade fair Expo Agro-Almería to abandon its opening ceremony
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ArticleScience key to agricultural policy
An ECPA-organised event in Brussels saw participants highlight the importance of scientific evidence in agricultural decision-making
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Retail sales pick up, CBI reports
Retail sales grew at their fastest pace in two years, and the high street is expecting growth to pick up further in the run-up to Christmas, the CBI said.
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ArticleStrawberries AOP assesses first year
The French AOP for strawberries has just released a positive assessment of its first year in existence
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ArticleSeeka posts lower H1 profit
New Zealand kiwifruit group sees a slight fall in first-half profit after writing off its Vital Foods investment
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ArticleBankrupt Bi-Lo rebuffs Food Lion offer
The US supermarket operator is determined to reorganize in an effort to emerge from bankruptcy as early as next year
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Spanish claim Moroccan fraud
Fepex, the association which represents Spanish exporters, has claimed that fraud is taking place in import activity of tomatoes from Morocco into the EU. Fepex claims the move makes a mockery of the constraints of the existing Association Agreement, which places quotas on the tonnage of Moroccan imports allowed.
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ArticleMcCain relaunch prepared range
McCain Foods has relaunched its Prepared Potato range with a marketing spend of more than £7 million.
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Squaring the circle on consumption
The one thing I would like to make clear, on a subject that is bound to maintain the attention span of the industry over the
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Wake up and smell the research
This week’s news that Warwick HRI is to close its doors by 2012 is sad, but it hardly comes as a great surprise given
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ArticleA determined approach
Egyptian berries and citrus fill a key window in the UK market and the source is pulling out all the stops to establish its presence and offer high-quality fruit. Anna Sbuttoni reports
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ArticleMorocco in growth mode
When the Moroccan government unveiled ambitious plans last month to double the country’s agricultural output by 2020, the move was clearly indicative of an industry that has secured a strong following in export markets and carved a niche for itself as a key source of fresh produce during the winter months. Laura Gould reports
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Banana battles as prices are slashed and deals are broken
Plentiful supply for importers told only half the story in the category this quarter, as a supermarket pricing spat and the proposed end to the EU’s long-running trade negotiations dominated the headlines in the UK and abroad. Alex Lawson reports
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New Survey Highlights ERP Success Factors
This month, David Hurley, managing director of Anglia Business Solutions, outlines the results of a recent survey that put the implementation of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems in the fresh produce sector into context. Fresh produce firms are starting to take advantage of the trend for industry-specific software