All United Kingdom articles – Page 512
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ArticleSmall talk, big problem
FPJ is publishing the two winning synoptic papers from the most recent crop of MDS graduates. In the first, Anna Williams looks at how the fresh produce industry’s impending skills gap can be tackled
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ArticleSainsbury's staff get 'highest pay rise in more than a decade'
137,000 of retail giant's workers will see their pay rise from £7.08 an hour to £7.36 from the end of this month.
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ArticleMonsanto scraps its offer for Syngenta
The US pesticide giant had been seeking to draw its Swiss competitor to the negotiating table after its earlier approach was rejected
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ArticleWoman defrauds Innocent in fruit and veg scam
Accountant overpaid fruit and veg suppliers to smoothie giant before asking them to repay the money into her own account
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ArticleSainsbury's enjoys first growth in sales since March
The latest Kantar Worldpanel data on grocery market share shows continued sluggish growth in the British grocery market
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ArticleBrit 'facing long stint in jail' after fruit factory exposé
Andy Hall is being taken to court by Thailand-based Natural Fruit after it filed a string of criminal and civil cases against the 34-year-old
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ArticleAll eyes on China as investors seek quality
Moneycorp's Chris Redfern on the fallout of the Chinese situation on the global FX markets
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ArticleOnline 'easiest way' to buy locally-grown organic produce
In a new survey, 60.2 per cent of respondents cited this as the factor they most liked about a veg box delivery
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ArticleSix in ten UK children 'clueless' about origin of fruit
The findings come from a study conducted among over 1,000 British children, aged six to ten years old
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ArticleQueen congratulates Blue Skies staff at award reception
Andre Veldsman and Mary Cudjoe of Northamptonshire-based fresh-cut fruit giant met Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh
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ArticleOrganic funding bid is potential ‘game-changer’
If successful, a new bid could see the EU match 80 per cent of industry funding for the ‘Organic. Naturally Different’ campaign
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ArticleFirm set up to try and create 'safer' fruit and veg
Swansea-based Bionema has been created to produce biopesticides like certain types of fungi, bacteria, worms and viruses
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ArticleGrowers face ‘worst aphid infestation in living memory’
Cauliflower and broccoli shortages across Lincolnshire and East Anglia are due to abnormally high numbers of aphids
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ArticleSeasoned food industry man named new Farmcare FD
Rob Argyle joins the top fruit and potato business formerly owned by The co-op as finance director after 14 years with The Hain Daniels Group
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ArticleNew products for 'best tasting' veg soup range
Yorkshire Provender Mushroom Soup with Wholegrain Black Rice and Super Broccoli & Lancashire Cheese Soup launched
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ArticleCalais ‘control’ centre to tackle migrant traffickers
Home Office has unveiled new plans designed to limit activity of illegal gangs smuggling migrants into Britain
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ArticleWestern Australia targets UK mango market
State’s government works with leading retailer to extend the shelf life of its offering
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ArticleFirst British figs of the season on sale at Sainsbury's
The product, grown by Vince Cicchirillo in partnership with Abbey View Produce, will initially be sold in stores in the south-east
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ArticleTesco talks up 'special' new raspberry variety
Demand has grown by nearly 45 per cent on the same period last year, and retailer claims Berry Jewel variety has helped with this
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ArticleAHDB unveils new market development team
New team will respond to “massive demand” for British products overseas as new CEO says “ambition has to be bigger”