All United Kingdom articles – Page 617
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ArticlePotato growers face levy hike
Mooted hike to fund Potato Council's plan for the sector would take the levy to £43.46/hectare (£17.59/acre) for growers
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ArticleTop scientists' neonics conspiracy 'leaked'
Private note allegedly records discussion in 2010 between four scientists about how to persuade regulators to ban neonicotinoid pesticides
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ArticlePersimmon homes in on the UK
Persimmon is at the forefront of the exotic category’s resurgence, with sales growth showing no signs of abating.
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ArticleIn Beds with Stephen Hedderly
Bedfordshire Growers is quietly making a name for itself, and has just launched a new veg brand. FPJ meets its MD, Stephen Hedderly
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ArticleJersey grower hit by crop damage
Local grower claims eel worms are becoming more prevalent, aided by the lack of availability of chemicals to tackle them
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ArticleIPL lines up Fenmarc and QV potato deals
Asda buying arm enters negotiations to buy up two potato production sites in move to strengthen its direct sourcing
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ArticleCocaine worth £40m found in banana shipment to UK
Approximately 300kg (660lbs) of the drug was seized following a search of a cargo vessel in Portsmouth on Monday
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ArticleBanaBay extends product range
BanaBino and Tommy Atkins and Kent variety mangoes to form part of growing brand's arsenal, being unveiled at Fruit Logistica
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ArticleHorticulture award open for entries
The 30-year-old annual young horticulturalist competition attracts more than 1,800 entrants each year
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ArticleCouple open fruit and veg superstore
Greengrocers Malcolm and Sue Hendy have opened out-of-town fruit and veg store on industrial estate near Penzance
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ArticleLEAF unveils new ‘user-friendly’ audit
Sustainability scheme launches new online review system to help growers complete annual audit
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ArticleVegetable vending machine unveiled in UK shopping centre
Installed on the second-floor of the Overgate centre in Dundee, and offers buyers bags of potatoes, or mixed trays of veg
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ArticleLewis to lead Tesco UK while Simister set to return
Tesco announces management shakeup with Matt Simister to return as head of GFS, but declines to comment on Chris Bush
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ArticleMacAndrews adds new service between Liverpool and Bilbao
Two shipping firms have expanded services to the Port of Liverpool due to rising costs at southern UK ports
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ArticleXmas food and drink spend on course to hit £20bn
Only three out of ten (27 per cent) shoppers are planning to do a ‘big Christmas shop’, though, IGD claims
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ArticleNew apprentices start life at Greenvale
Due to success of scheme at its Berwickshire site, potato grower decided to roll out a similar programme in Cambridgeshire base
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ArticleMorrisons signs new Norbert Dentressangle deal
Logistics firm manages retailer's 575,000 sq ft composite distribution centre and 85,000 sq ft fresh produce distribution centre
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ArticleFood Freshly expands in Dubai and India
Shelf-life firm opens subsidiaries in Middle East and India as part of global expansion
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ArticleHuntapac founder William Hunter dies
Passionate and enthusiastic fresh produce pioneer will be "sadly missed" by those left to run his self-built vegetable empire
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ArticleCo-op Food ‘should cut prices and buy more local produce’
Anticipated Have Your Say survey polled 180,000 people and will inform turnaround strategy of the Co-operative Group