All Recruitment & Training articles – Page 17
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ArticleKent MP calls on supermarkets to push for SAWS
Fresh produce parliamentary group chair Helen Whately wants to hear strong backing from retailers as worker shortages intensify
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ArticleTesco and Sainsbury’s ‘to cut thousands of jobs’
Retailers announce management shake-ups in drive to slash costs, but Tesco says several new roles will also be created
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ArticleHOPS expands recruitment service
Seasonal labour specialist is launching a new agri-executive recruitment service to help plug industry’s skills shortage
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ArticleLea Valley Growers host Brexiteer to discuss labour issues
Iain Duncan Smith has met with members of Lea Valley Growers Association after he backed calls to ‘scrap unskilled migrant labour’
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ArticleFresh calls for new SAWS scheme
A report from the Home Affairs Committee has also called for better information about economic contribution made by migrant workers
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ArticleUK slips down rankings as global work destination
European workers would now prefer to relocate to five other global destinations, according to 2017 report
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ArticleSeasonal worker payment service launches new site
Multilingual Onepay website will make it easier for Eastern European labourers to manage finances without a UK bank account
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ArticleNature's Choice appoints new commercial director
NCGM wholesaler Vernon Mascarenhas leaves First Choice Produce for rival supplier in bid to bring chefs closer to growers
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ArticleIGD celebrates 2017 charity initiatives
From training in schools to conducting research into the industry's skills gap, IGD’s charitable programmes increased in scale and scope this year
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ArticleBrexit breakthrough gives green light to trade talks
An agreement on the Irish border, the rights of EU citizens and a financial settlement has been deemed ‘sufficient progress’
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ArticleKoppert Cress joins forces with UK chefs’ guild
Dutch microgreens specialist to train members of Craft Guild of Chefs in how to use leaves as ingredient, not just a garnish
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ArticleCalls for government to ‘scrap unskilled migrant labour’
A Brexit lobby group has submitted a paper calling for end to unskilled EU labour and a capped seasonal worker scheme
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ArticleBranston appoints new head of category
Penny Francis joins potato supplier from Birmingham-based food manufacturer 2 Sisters
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ArticleGLAA launches new plan to bring down slavers
Anti-exploitation agency sets out three-year strategy to protect workers
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ArticleDefra hiring advisers to shape post-Brexit policy
Department looking for “free-thinking” policy advisers to “challenge received wisdom” when shaping agricultural policy
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ArticleCornwall appeals for special labour support after Brexit
Council asks for area-specific migration laws after study shows serious labour shortages are already causing crop losses
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ArticleEAP ‘needs lobbyist’ at the helm
Outgoing chief executive of English Apples and Pears says replacement must be adept at pressing government for access to seasonal labour
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ArticleDubai chefs have ‘Cressperience’
Koppert Cress’s culinary course hits Dubai this week, as the company seeks to educate local chefs on cress, microgreens and food pairing
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ArticleGrowers asked to write to MPs on labour crisis
The NFU is calling for growers to write to local MPs to explain current and future impact of labour shortages on farms
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ArticleBrexit could halve farm profits
The AHDB has modelled various Brexit scenarios based on possible new trade tariffs between the UK and EU