All United Kingdom articles – Page 659
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ArticleSperm quality boosted by greens
New research suggests potential dads should up folic acid intake by eating more greens to reduce birth defects
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ArticleFruit fly research awarded £2.8m
Scientists at University of Manchester given cash boost for work using fruit fly genetics to explore human gene defects
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ArticleThai exports to EU set to be halted
Fresh produce industry in turmoil after insects repeatedly discovered in vegetables, leading to mooted ban on exports
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ArticleCheesewright given Walmart promotion
Ex-Asda man David joins new senior management team at retail chain as CEO and president of Walmart International
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ArticlePackaging firm boosts design team
LINPAC has hired Martin Jordan and James Rowson to help extend chilled retail prepared and convenience food market
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ArticleChris Redfern: Swiss frankly better than the euro
Moneycorp analyst on why the Swiss franc has performed so strongly, unlike the South African rand
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ArticleHelp Ivonne achieve Asics Paris dream
Ivonne Goetsch, of DPS PLC, needs votes to guarantee her place at the prestigious French marathon
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ArticleFresh produce through the lens
FPJ Writer Martyn Fisher spent a morning shadowing regional horticultural marketing inspector Simon Cann and colleagues at Birmingham’s wholesale market
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ArticleGLA delight at landmark jailing
Audrius Morkunas becomes first person ever in UK to receive custodial sentence for Gangmasters Licensing Act offence
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ArticleTributes paid to 'one-off' Ian
Ian Mosley, one of the best-known figures in the packaging industry and a former TIMCON president, died last month
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ArticlePrice hike fears over independence bid
Top executives at the big four supermarkets have said they might raise consumer prices in Scotland if it becomes independent
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ArticleUK’s first social supermarket opens
A retailer-backed community shop that offers cut-price food as well as support programmes has opened in Barnsley
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ArticleSainsbury’s unveils 2014 R&D grants
Retailer awards nine research collaborations, including five fresh produce projects, with a grant of around £100,000
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ArticleNew Spain-UK trade route plan axed
A deal signed in October to ship 500k tonnes of fruit and vegetables to Southampton from Almeria has been put on hold
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ArticleAlbert Bartlett bags excellency prize
Leading potato producer and packer wins management award at this year's VIBES
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ArticleGLA in Bulgaria and Romania warning
Labour users told to expect a deluge of overseas companies offering to supply workers from these nations from 1 January
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ArticleRecord billion-pound RPA payments
Rural Payment Agency spends nearly £1.5bn on first banking day of the payment window - £100m more than the same day last year
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ArticleSustainability badge for restaurant supplier
Chegworth Valley rewarded for growing fresh produce while minimising the impact on the environment
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ArticleSoft-fruit growers calm despite SWD find
SWD fruit fly found on six soft fruit farms as part of cross-industry research project into lifestyle
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ArticleNew SWD research is ‘groundbreaking’
Research into control of SWD fruit fly will benefit after US scientists published and shared the genome sequence for the SWD fruit fly