All Recruitment & Training articles – Page 17
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ArticleTory MP wades into labour debate with ‘misogynist’ remarks
South Thanet MP Craig Mackinlay says unemployed young Brits should take up farm jobs so they can work alongside “gorgeous EU workers”
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ArticleBranston appoints new South West general manager
Former Brake Bros and QV Foods employee joins potato supplier to oversee operations at site for new and salad potatoes
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ArticleLabour crisis deepens as workers leave mid season
The new National Living Wage means workers hit the tax threshold earlier and are choosing to return home before picking ends
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Video'Brand is key' to Tenderstem success
Watch: Tight specs demanded by Tenderstem brand have been integral to the product's strong sales growth, says Barfoots grower Richard Le Cornu
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CommentGuest worker scheme is not the answer for UK
Shaping the debate around rights rather than employee-sponsored visas could help secure EU labour, writes politics lecturer Professor Luke Cooper
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ArticleNFU backs May’s Brexit implementation period
Union supports plans to extend Brexit deadline by two years but says farmers need more detail on how immigration system will work
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AnalysisAnalysis: Handbags at Defra
Growers and their representatives have been left fuming as the government continues to fail to offer assurances over the growing labour crisis
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ArticleHave your say on labour issue
Call for industry to submit evidence about the role of EU labour for Migration Advisory Committee consultation
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ArticleLabour costs ‘could rise by 50 per cent’
Costs of incentivising and training new workers if access to EU labour is blocked post-Brexit could hit businesses, analyst warns
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ArticleBakkavor takes on young recruits
Prepared produce giant hires 47 graduates and apprentices in specialisms such as engineering, supply chain and HR
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ArticleThe Co-op invests in young farmers
Retailer announced it will extend its Farming Pioneers programme at its annual agriculture conference held in Manchester this week
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ArticleSainsbury’s ‘begins search for new chairman’
David Tyler set to step down in 2018 after eight years at the retailer
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ArticleAldi to contribute £11.5bn to GDP by 2022
Discounter adding considerable value to UK economy and supporting British suppliers, says new report
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ArticleNick Scrase leaves IPL
Chief executive of International Procurement and Logistics departs after seven years at helm of Asda’s direct sourcing arm
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ArticleKoppert UK appoints pest management consultant
Biological pest control firm appoints pest control specialist to give technical support to growers in south of England
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ArticleLEAF appoints new education director
Environmental farming body appoints ‘director of education and public engagement’ following tie-up with Farming and Countryside Education
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ArticleBritish Summer Fruits bemoans migration figures
Trade association says fall in net migration, particularly from EU, shows Brexit is having “negative impact” on berry sector
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ArticleMunday resigns from English Apples and Pears
Steven Munday steps down as chief executive of English Apples and Pears just one year after replacing industry veteran Adrian Barlow
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ArticleA third of produce firms 'unviable' without EU labour
Major new report co-authored by FPC outlines the ‘serious consequences' of failure to secure access to EU workers
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ArticleAgri labour activist Don Pollard passes away
The driving force behind the Gangmasters Licensing Act and lifelong agricultural labour rights campaigner has died aged 80