All United Kingdom articles – Page 601
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ArticleGrowers warned to prepare for 'extreme' climate change
James Hutton Institute says the issue is not just rising temperatures, but the type of weather, which is prone to 'extremes'
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ArticleWorld's largest container ship calls at Felixstowe
At 400 metres long, the 19,000 TEU CSCL Globe is the length of four football pitches, and weighs as much as 14,500 London buses
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ArticleBranston celebrates potato venture landmark
Amazing Potato Factory educational double-decker bus from Lincolnshire supplier has welcomed its 3,000th child on board
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ArticleFresh Produce Innovation Centre bid rejected
Plans for a fresh produce-specific centre turned down by Innovate UK, but industry invited to take part in wider agricultural bid
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ArticleCoregeo boosts marketing team
Pink Lady and Tenderstem licensor has appointed Maxime Delacour as assistant marketing manager
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ArticleFruit trader fined £500 for selling in city centre
An illegal fruit trader has been prosecuted for selling fruit from a wheeled stall in Manchester
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ArticleNFU is ‘in bed with supermarkets’, claims Monbiot
Guardian journalist George Monbiot has slammed NFU for being too close to ‘the big guys’, and claims CAP is 'unjustifiable'
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ArticleM&S sees ‘record’ food sales over Christmas
Premium retailer said food sales in Christmas week were up a record 17 per cent, and like-for-like sales grew by 0.1 per cent
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Article'Drastic Dave' to shut Tesco's Cheshunt HQ and 43 stores
"Important steps in the right direction" revealed alongside news that the retailer's Xmas like-for-like sales fell 0.3 per cent
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ArticleShorter supply chains ‘benefit growers’
Talk by Laurence Olins at Oxford Farming Conference evaluates role of the middleman in the supply chain
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ArticleUK could be world leader in farming, says Truss
Environment minister Liz Truss listed her ambitions for UK farming and tackled issues including CAP, GM and Europe
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ArticleTwo-thirds of Brits aim to eat more fruit and veg in 2015
Healthy eating is the number one NY resolution in the UK, above saving money and cutting stress, according to new research
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ArticleBGA CEO Jack Ward outlines goals for 2015
Also believes a thawing of relations with Russia would help UK growers access markets which are currently denied to them
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ArticleBenevolent veg giant's Xmas charity crusade
Produce World Group employees take part in myriad fundraising activities, while the company donates fresh food to charities
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ArticleSainsbury's suffers like-for-like sales drop over Xmas
The retailer's sales at stores open at least a year fell by 1.7 per cent excluding fuel in the 14 weeks to 3 January
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Article‘Blue Whale Bobby’ runs marathon for charity
Blue Whale employee Bobby Barton has so far raised €3,431 ahead of running the London marathon for cancer charity Leukaemia Care
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ArticleTraders donate produce to homeless charity
Donations from New Covent Garden Market to homeless charity Crisis meant it could supply 4,000 Christmas meals to those in need
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ArticleRecord-breaking freight figures for Dover
Kent port sees 2.42 million freight vehicles handled in 2014, allowing it to treble its projected growth target
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ArticleEx-Tesco and Aldi man named new Nisa CEO
Nick Read joins the c-store chain from Thomas Cook, and will officially take over from Neil Turton next month
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ArticleGreece is the word in euro new year
The possibility of Greece leaving the currency union has got tongues wagging over how the EU will cope, says Moneycorp's Chris Redfern