Nampak Plastics, the UK based producer of plastic milk bottles, is planning to set up a new plant in Stirling, Scotland, to manufacture a range of plastic milk bottles. As part of this effort, the firm has signed a lease deal on 20,000 ...
Tags: Nampak Plastics, Plastic bottles, Investment
Complete Core Business Solutions has launched a new division that will offer contract packing and filling services to the £21.5bn food and drink sector in the UK. The new business, Complete Co-packing Services, will fill, pack, ...
Tags: packing and filling services, Co-packing, non-EU market
Many Northamptonshire businesses have formally pledged to create good quality training opportunities for young generation locally to meets the sector's needs. Companies making the pledge include TMI Foods, Warner Edwards, Phipps ...
Tags: FFP Packaging, Food Packaging
Perth Food and Drink Park, a new business park has opened for business in Scotland to strengthen the country's food and drink sector. This new business park in the country is a result of a £5m investment by Perth and Kinross Council ...
Tags: Perth Food, Drink Park, drink sector
British food and drinks companies are losing over £11.2bn to fraud and error annually which is equal to over 85% of their total profits. The food and drink industry can boost its profitability by £4.48bn, or more than 34% ...
Tags: Food Firms, Fraud, Agriculture
Wine industry leader in innovation Truett-Hurst Inc. wine company of Healdsburg, CA, says no to marketing green-washing. The release of the first paper wine bottle in the U.S. from Truett-Hurst Inc. is the real thing. The paper wine bottle, ...
Tags: Wine Bottle, Packaging
The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE) UK and Sonoco Alcore will open a new beverage carton recycling facility in Stainland (near Halifax), West Yorkshire. The plant, which is a joint initiative between the two ...
Tags: Beverage Carton, Packaging
Scottish food and drink manufacturers have led the country’s manufacturing sector to achieve a record £21M of business efficiency savings in the past year, according to new figures from Scottish Enterprise. Scottish food ...
Interface Food & Drink (IFD) has granted £75,000 to fund three collaborative projects between Scottish food and drink companies and Scottish universities to accelerate research and innovation in Scotland’s food and drink ...
Tags: Food&Drink, Agriculture
The government is to launch a plan to reduce the nation’s reliance on food and drink imports and increase consumption of UK produce. David Cameron delivered a video message praising the food and drink industry’s export ...
Tags: Defra, Food and Drink Imports
How do you rate the prospects for your food and drink business over the year ahead? Taking part in Food Manufacture’s 2013 exclusive State-of-the-industry survey will allow you to compare your views with other industry professionals. ...
Tags: Food Manufacture business survey, Food, UK
The food and drink sector is leading the UK’s industrial output, according to the Confederation of British Industry’s (CBI’s) latest monthly Industrial Trends Survey. Food and drink businesses are expecting to lift ...
Tags: Food, drink, drink businesses
The group, which is the UK’s largest independent corrugated business, will be on stand S2146 at the four-day event, which begins on Sunday at London’s Excel. It will be promoting its range of businesses, which include Board24, ...
The food industry’s biggest ever takeover was announced over the past month with the sale of Heinz to a consortium led by the sage of Omaha, Warren Buffett, and Brazilian private equity specialist Jorge Lemann’s 3G Capital group ...
Business leaders have issued an urgent call for a new ‘Entrepreneurs’ Fund’ to be set up to help new food and drink manufacturers make the next step in their growth. Paul Wilkinson: DEFRA should launch an ...
Tags: Food Manufacturers, Entrepreneurs'Fund, food and drink manufacturers