The 2012 trend for major cross border merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the UK food and drink industry is set to continue in 2013. That’s the view of expert Andrew McLean, a partner at law firm Stephenson Harwood, in this ...
Tags: M&A, UK, food and drink industry
Government’s improved understanding of the food and drink manufacturing sector was one of three key themes of Food Manufacture’s Business Leaders’ Forum, which took place on Tuesday, January 15, according to the event ...
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Government’s improved understanding of the food and drink manufacturing sector was one of three key themes of Food Manufacture’s Business Leaders’ Forum, which took place on Tuesday, January 15, according to the event ...
Tags: food, drink, food security
Meat packing firm Hilton Food Group has announced a new joint venture with Woolworths - Australia's largest retailer - in its latest trading statement for the 52 weeks to December 30. The joint venture has been established through a new ...
Tags: Hilton Food Group, Woolworths, meat packing, Australia
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the UK food and drink manufacturing sector last year helped to set a three-year record for the UK economy, according to information services company Experian. A key contributor to last year’s ...
Tags: UK, food, drink manufacturing, UK economy
2012-10-15 12:22:06-Glass and Glass Product Manufacturing in Australia-Industry Risk Rating Report-a new industry profile report This is the replacement for IBISWorld´s June 2011 edition of Glass and Glass Product Manufacturing in ...
Cutting regulation, reforming agricultural policy and buying British will boost the UK food industry and help create jobs, Owen Paterson, the new Secretary of State for the Department of Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has said. ...
Tags: agricultural policy, food and drinks sector, UK economy
Bakkavor and Coca-Cola Enterprises are among 30 food manufacturers set to benefit from the government’s 11M Pounds plan to make the UK a leader in efficient food technology. Coca-Cola Enterprises will be leading one of the ...
Tags: Bakkavor, Coca Cola, benefit, ood technology
Food manufacturers and producers welcomed chancellor George Osborne's autumn statement yesterday(December 5)highlighting changes to the tax system as benefiting the food and drink manufacturing industry. The Food and Drink ...
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UK-based food company United Biscuits has invited year 10 students from Manchester-based Parrs Wood High School to visit its McVitie's factory in Manchester, as a partner in the government-led initiative to encourage young people to take up ...
The minister for employment,Mark Hoban,is meeting the food manufacturing industry's top players today(November 12)–including Mars,Cranswick and Associated British Foods(ABF)–to offer them cash incentives for employing young ...
Tags: ABF, cash incentive, youth unemployment, Mars
Britain's food and drink manufacturers are bracing themselves for difficult Christmas trading,according to the Food and Drink Federation(FDF). Speaking after the FDF's latest business confidence survey,FDF's economic and commercial ...
Tags: Business confidence, Business Leaders Forum, FDF, CBI
The Confederation of British Industry(CBI)has highlighted food manufacturing and agriculture as one of seven key"champion sectors"for growth,urging the government to develop a"coherent industrial strategy to boost exports". Agri-food ...