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ArticleJennie Coleman honoured with two female leadership awards
Equifruit president receives RBC Momentum Award and OPMA’s Women’s Produce Network Award celebrating women entrepreneurs
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ArticleBritish Berry Growers launches lobby group
Grower association appoints new board to push government on sustainable action to secure future for British berries
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ArticleMP Tugendhat visits new Hadlow glasshouse
Facility was built to inspire and educate the next generation in horticulture
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Article‘Make ag research relevant’
Budding scientists urged to ’make agricultural research relevant’ at UK’s first all-farming PhD conference
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ArticleHort Innovation announces board changes
Members elect John Said and re-elect Michael Nixon and Victoria Taylor to the Hort Innovation board
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NewsBritain loses apple-growing pioneer Adrian Scripps
Adrian Scripps played a central role in topfruit industry initiatives and laid the foundations for the eponymous producer, which today farms 750 hectares in Kent
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NewsAllan Wilkinson named CFDL chair
Wilkinson, who is head of agrifoods at HSBC UK and has long been involved in the event’s organisation, succeeds long-standing chair John Giles
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ArticleBranston helps drives HGV recruitment
Potato supplier Branston is leading an HGV recruitment drive with Inspire Education Group, Lincoln College and the Road Haulage Association
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ArticleOrsero Group signs up to Women’s Empowerment Principles
Mediterranean fresh produce distributor launches GOEquality project to promote equal opportunities and inclusivity
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ArticleBritish Growers joins OFC organisers
Pauline Sutton, client manager at the BGA, is heading up the secretariat team responsible for the event’s administration, ticket sales and outreach programmes
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ArticleMohamed Elsarky joins Unifrutti as Group CEO
Elsarky said he is thrilled to join the company at a time when the global fresh fruit market is expected to witness further expansion
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ArticleFinal call for Emerging Leaders
Days left to enter Eden’s leadership programme that supports career development within global food supply chain
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ArticleNFU welcomes new Defra secretary
Union president Minette Batters looks forward to helping new Defra secretary Steve Barclay secure positive farming future
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Article#GetFairAboutFarming petition hits 75,000
Over 75,000 shoppers sign petition urging the ‘Big Six’ supermarkets to treat UK farmers more fairly, yet retail chiefs stay silent
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ArticleThe Greenery hands CEO role to David Markowski
The Dutch supplier’s group strategy director has been promoted to the top job as it looks to make its supply chains more profitable and boost returns to growers
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ArticleHort careers hub in development for Kent & Medway
New initiative hopes to boost entrants into a range of horticultural jobs
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ArticleCamposol appoints Ricardo Naranjo Fernandez as CFO
Naranjo has extensive experience in business management, most recently as CFO of Chile’s San José Farms
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ArticleThree new directors for Spar UK
Appointments include new faces running the grocery and fresh departments
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ArticleMountain Blue strengthens team with dual appointments
Ben Gudex and Craig Fulton will further cement the company’s commitment to raising the bar in genetics
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ArticleGovt rejects EFRA calls for rural mental health help
Westminster has rejected EFRA’s calls for targeted action to safeguard mental health needs of England’s rural communities