Meldungen aus Europa – Page 4506

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    Haygrove teams up with VOEN

    2007-04-24T17:01:01Z

    Haygrove has joined forces with VOEN, the tree and grape covering manufacturers.

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    Spanish invest in co-op factory

    2007-04-24T16:01:01Z

    Spanish produce giant and group of co-operatives Anecoop is investing heavily in the fresh prepared market with the construction of a new facility at Algemesi, Valencia. The new factory is being built at the 600,000 sq metre Pepe Miquel industrial park in the town.

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    Tesco under competition fire again

    2007-04-24T15:01:01Z

    The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has referred supermarket chain Tesco to the Competition Commission over its failure to find a buyer for a store in Slough.

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    Dow recommends Electis

    2007-04-24T14:01:01Z

    Dow Agrosciences is recommending the inclusion of the protectant fungicide, Electis (zoxium and mancozeb) in any blight control programme.

  • Jenny White, Barbara Moinet and Angela Lloyd-Jones of Kitchen Garden Foods
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    Cut-price management training for women

    2007-04-24T13:01:02Z

    Improve, the food and drink sector skills council, is subsidising 90 per cent of the costs for women to complete an introductory certificate in management from the Chartered Management Institute as part of a drive to help boost the number of female managers in food and drink manufacturing.

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    NFU asks for better spreader-calibration

    2007-04-24T12:01:01Z

    The NFU has cited improved crop yield and benefits to the environment as some of the money-saving benefits to have come from a survey on calibrating spreaders.

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    CertCheck to save the day

    2007-04-24T11:01:01Z

    A new online service launched at the start of April could soon take the hassle out of certification tracking for UK wholesale and import firms.

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    Obituary - Peter Heyes

    2007-04-24T10:01:01Z

    Peter Heyes died suddenly last weekend at the age of 66.

  • Israeli stonefruit prospects buoyant
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    Israeli stonefruit prospects buoyant

    2007-04-24T10:01:01Z

    Israeli plum supplies are set to come on line around 10 days earlier than usual, despite the recent hailstorm which struck the eastern Galilee region.

  • Soil's the clue for Macaulay Institute
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    Soil's the clue for Macaulay Institute

    2007-04-24T08:01:02Z

    Staff from Scotland’s Macaulay Institute have been promoting the benefits of soil as part of the Edinburgh international science festival.

  • Tesco targets affluent customers
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    Tesco targets affluent customers

    2007-04-24T08:01:02Z

    Tesco is said to be developing more premium products to attract shoppers away from Waitrose and Sainsbury's.

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    45 arrested for €50m fruit fraud

    2007-04-24T07:01:01Z

    Italian police have arrested 45 people accused of a €50 million fraud involving European Union subsidies for citrus farmers in the southern region of Calabria.

  • John Clarke of Scotts Professional
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    A new phase for Scotts

    2007-04-23T18:01:01Z

    Scotts Professional has appointed two additional personnel to its ornamental horticulture sales team with the aim to further improve the service and technical expertise it offers to its customers in the professional nursery industry.

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    EU imposes 5 year minimum price on Chinese strawberries

    2007-04-23T16:01:01Z

    The EU has reportedly imposed a five-year minimum price on frozen strawberries from China.

  • CTFA set for plum year
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    CTFA set for plum year

    2007-04-23T16:01:01Z

    The California Tree Fruit Agreement (CTFA) is expecting an excellent crop of the state’s peaches, plums and nectarines, following a very cold winter.

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    Branding comes under microscope

    2007-04-23T14:01:01Z

    Over thirty companies from the produce sector attended a seminar entitled Branding in the Produce Sector, held at Burghley House in Lincolnshire.

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    Retailers form carbon-cutting crew

    2007-04-23T14:01:01Z

    Tesco and Marks & Spencer are amongst a group of eight of the UK's biggest businesses, which has embarked on a major corporate social responsibility scheme to help cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

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    HTA retail workshops kick off

    2007-04-23T12:01:01Z

    Workshops for plant retail staff have got off to a flying start, with top marks from many of the people who attended them, the HTA has reported.

  • Will Ison
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    Ison in at The Greenery

    2007-04-23T12:01:01Z

    The Greenery UK has appointed a new commercial manager to handle its business with retail giant Tesco.

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    NFU boss backs land lessons

    2007-04-23T10:01:01Z

    New Cambridgeshire NFU chairman Bob Lawrence is backing moves to give children lessons on the land.