• National Farmers Union
  • - 29-07-2010
Mansel Raymond testimonial

I am hugely passionate about dairy farming and our lobbying is focused on creating the right environment for our members to be successful and profitable.

NFU Dairy Board Chairman, Mansel Raymond
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UK Organics Industry Receives £2 Million for Promotional Campaign 27 Jul 2010

The EU has approved funding for the UK’s first generic promotional campaign to increase awareness of the benefits of organic food and farming, giving a boost of £2 million to the organic industry in the UK over the next three years. read more..

Morrisons Buys Simply Fresh Foods 27 Jul 2010

Morrisons has acquired product packing business Simply Fresh Foods. The Manchester based company, which supplies stir fry mixes, prepared vegetables, and ready to eat salad products, will join the supermarket group’s manufacturing division Morrisons Produce Ltd. to provide a dedicated read more..

Wanted: Gold standard food 27 Jul 2010

Food producers will get an extraordinary opportunity to showcase the best of British to the London 2012 Olympics organising committee. read more..

Don't bring it back 23 Jul 2010

More than 21,200 food items were seized last year after travellers breached EU rules designed to protect us from exotic pests and diseases. read more..

Food justice: who pays for our food? 23 Jul 2010

Leading figures from industry, the public sector and charities have joined forces to call for fundamental changes to make our food system fairer. read more..

Slimline FSA survives 20 Jul 2010

The Food Standards Agency will not be axed as had been widely rumoured - but it will lose many of its responsibilities under a reorganisation announced today. read more..

Amazon.co.uk Launches Online Grocery Store 12 Jul 2010

Amazon.co.uk have launched its Grocery Store offering free delivery on thousands of household, niche, ethnic and international products from big brand manufacturers read more..

Heston Blumenthal To Launch Food Range At Waitrose 12 Jul 2010

Heston Blumenthal, the celebrity chef, has developed a range of 20 different products, which will go on sale at Waitrose later this year, with a larger selection of goods in time for Christmas. read more..

Contract caterer Sodexo secures another Red Tractor accreditation 12 Jul 2010

Contract caterer Sodexo has announced that it has become the first company in its sector to acquire the first frozen vegetables from Red Tractor accredited growers. read more..

NHS meat tender- details of how to get involved 30 Jun 2010

The team at the NHS supply chain have issued notice of the new meat tender read more..

Carling Boards Red Tractor 09 Jun 2010

Cans of Carling will carry an important addition in future, today the top UK larger brand announced that the Red Tractor will feature on its packaging. read more..

Morrisons Hires Commercial Director From Waitrose 08 Jun 2010

Morrisons has announced the appointment of Richard Hodgson as its new Group Commercial Director. Hodgson, 40, has been at Waitrose since 2006 and since January 2008 has been the chain’s Commercial director. Before that he spent 10 years at Asda, most recently as Brand and Marketing Director. read more..

Tesco’s Chief Executive Announces Retirement 08 Jun 2010

Sir Terry Leahy, the Chief Executive of Tesco, has announced he will step down in March next year after 14 years turning the company into UK’s biggest supermarket. Philip Clarke, who runs Tesco's Asian and European business, will take over. read more..

The Great Milk Robbery 04 Jun 2010

NFU report investigates UK dairy farmers’ missing millions. Raymond demands ‘immediate and substantial increases in farmgate prices’. read more..

WI fights for better labelling 04 Jun 2010

We've backed a call from the Women’s Institute for clearer country of origin food labelling in the UK. read more..

NFU backs WI call for clearer food labelling 03 Jun 2010

The Women’s Institute call for clear country of origin food labeling to be introduced in the UK is being fully supported by the NFU. read more..

M&S Food need radical measures 28 May 2010

Marks & Spencer’s new Chief Executive Marc Bolland needs to consider "radical measures", including a link up with online grocer Ocado to get M&S groceries to more shoppers and a rights issue to pay for distribution network improvements, according to City retail experts. read more..

72% of UK Children want to grow your own 28 May 2010

A total of 72% of children in the UK would like their own space to grow fruit and vegetables, according to new research commissioned by The National Trust. read more..

Waitrose to partner Ocado until 2020 28 May 2010

The online grocer  will continue to deliver Waitrose goods for at least another 10 years, under the terms of a new deal between the two partners. The agreement means that Ocado will also be able to use Waitrose branding on read more..

Asda buys Netto 27 May 2010

Asda this morning announced that it has reached agreement with Denmark's Dansk Supermarked to purchase its fully owned UK subsidiary, Netto Foodstores Limited. The transaction, which remains subject to regulatory approval, will enable it to convert Netto’s UK locations into read more..

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