All articles by Tommy Leighton – Page 27

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    Safety focus at Foodex Meatex

    2008-01-06T17:01:01Z

    The Food Safety Forum will take place at Foodex Meatex, in Hall 17 of the National Exhibition Centre Birmingham on April 6-9, 2008.

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    BA passengers first to pay £100 fuel surcharge

    2008-01-06T14:20:03Z

    Long-haul passengers flying with British Airways are to be the first to experience flight fuel surcharges in excess of £100, as the airline mitigates for soaring oil costs.

  • Article

    NFU relaunches model clauses

    2008-01-05T17:01:02Z

    NFU “model clauses” are back by popular demand.

  • Crossroads for 5 A DAY
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    Crossroads for 5 A DAY

    2008-01-04T14:32:38Z

    Could it be that 5 A DAY is nearing yet another crossroads in its history in this country? Since its introduction here in

  • Flooding in Lincolnshire
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    2007 - second warmest UK year ever

    2008-01-04T13:42:08Z

    It certainly wouldn’t have felt like it to growers whose crops succumbed to frosts, snow and rain storms, but 2007 was officially the second warmest year in the UK on record.

  • 15 per cent uplift in core banana business
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    Fyffes expects earnings to rise

    2008-01-04T09:35:51Z

    Fyffes has raised its earnings forecasts due to the benefits it says it has derived from higher selling prices and favourable exchange rates.

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    NZ growers find joy of text

    2008-01-04T09:01:01Z

    Labour problems in New Zealand’s cherry industry have been reduced by a novel recruitment drive by the country’s Department of Labour.

  • Plan your visit to Fruit Logistica
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    Plan your visit to Fruit Logistica

    2008-01-04T08:01:01Z

    Enjoy the many faces of Berlin after a day at the trade fair.

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    FTA: Oil price signals reason to drop duty plans

    2008-01-03T16:01:01Z

    The Freight Transport Association (FTA) says that the arrival of the $100 barrel of oil signals yet another reason why the government must abandon its plan to increase fuel duty by 2p per litre from April 1.

  • Article

    FPJ Israeli correspondent Aaron Priel dies

    2008-01-03T12:26:39Z

    It is with sadness that we report the death of Aaron Priel, on January 2.

  • Fyffes invests heavily in Americas
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    Fyffes invests heavily in Americas

    2008-01-03T11:01:01Z

    Irish fruit distributor Fyffes Plc has announced a significant investment in melon production in Central America and bought 60 per cent of Florida-based Sol Group Marketing Company.

  • Philip Smits
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    Greenery to welcome foreign growers as members

    2008-01-03T08:01:01Z

    In an historic decision, the Members’ Council of The Greenery Co-operative has approved the proposal of the management board to allow selective membership for foreign growers.

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    Keelings to close B-Prepared

    2008-01-02T10:19:29Z

    Keelings has closed B-Prepared, the company it bought out of the Bomfords administration in July 2007.

  • Helping the Moldovans at onions
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    Helping the Moldovans at onions

    2008-01-02T09:01:02Z

    A team of scientific experts from the National Institute of Agricultural Botany will visit Moldova next month, the poorest country in Europe, and set up an agricultural aid site.

  • Syngenta launches melon website
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    Syngenta launches melon website

    2008-01-02T08:01:01Z

    Syngenta has added a third product-specific website - melontoday.com - to its online information armoury.

  • Happy New Year
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    Happy New Year

    2008-01-01T01:01:01Z

    freshinfo is shut for New Year's Day. We would like to wish every one of our readers and their families a prosperous and happy new year. We trust you have found our continued coverage useful over the festive period and look forward to you joining us again as our full service resumes on January 2, and throughout 2008.

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    Agricoper looks outside the grape box

    2007-12-31T13:01:01Z

    Italian grower exporter Agricoper, one of Europe’s top table grape players, is looking to diversify in 2008.

  • Kendall calls for government sea-change
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    Kendall calls for government sea-change

    2007-12-31T09:01:02Z

    Click here to read the full transcript of NFU president Peter Kendall’s new year message to the UK farming industry, as the union celebrates its centenary year.

  • Rose knighted in New Year Honours
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    Rose knighted in New Year Honours

    2007-12-31T08:01:01Z

    Marks & Spencer chief executive Stuart Rose has been knighted in the New Year Honours list.

  • Report: healthy eating message failing
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    Report: healthy eating message failing

    2007-12-31T07:01:02Z

    According to a report in yesterday’s Observer, the government will this week admit that the 5 A DAY message is failing to hit home with enough UK consumers.