All Labour crisis articles – Page 14
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News
Singh hails seasonal visa scheme as Bernard Matthews says it will meet turkey demand
The supplier has managed to source 900 foreign workers via the government’s temporary seasonal visa scheme
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Analysis & Features
OC&C 150 rankings: how the UK’s Top 150 food & drink suppliers fared in the pandemic
Some thrived, some lagged behind, but there’s more hurdles to come for the UK’s Top 150 food & drink suppliers
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Freshways to up milk price to 33ppl in 2022 amid soaring input costs
The liquid milk processor said price increases were now required due to increasingly challenging trading conditions.
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Pork sector warns Defra support scheme could cause crash in pig prices
Defra’s support package for the pork sector is designed to ease the backlog of pigs on UK farms
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M&S does not expect Christmas supply shortages, CEO Steve Rowe says
M&S pre-tax profit for the 26-weeks to 2 October was £187.3m, compared to a £87.6m loss a year ago
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Gist HGV drivers trained in-house ready for Christmas deliveries
Gist expects the driver training and testing programme to deliver up to 300 newly qualified HGV drivers each year
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Sainsbury’s may face Christmas supply disruption over DHL lorry drivers pay dispute
The drivers are set to vote on strike action after DHL offered them a 3% pay increase over an 18-month period
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Comment & Opinion
What Sainsbury’s has been doing to shore up Christmas supply
CEO Simon Roberts used Sainsbury’s H1 results to reassure the City on its efforts to secure sufficient product and driver capacity to deliver “a Christmas to remember”
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News
Shoppers face fewer Christmas geese this year as UK hatcheries close
Supplies have been impacted by an end to UK gosling production and the impact of bird flu on German suppliers
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HGV driver apprenticeship scheme shake-up penalising wholesalers, warns Brakes
Brakes said it was now seeing graduates opting for typically better paid Class 1 roles and shunning Class 2 positions
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Fortnum & Mason cuts price of Christmas deliveries to encourage early ordering
The F&M website also features a message advising shoppers to “begin your festive planning today
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Morrisons unveils major pork promotion in bid to aid crisis-hit pig farmers
The promotion will see a host of British counter products discounted through November
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Machinery shortage compounding supply crisis, claims Bidfood CEO
Bidfood CEO Andrew Selley said the lead time for acquiring new equipment had increased from six months to as much as 18 months
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Dairy faces ‘reset’ as rocketing input costs drive up prices
Increases in costs of energy and feed are set to drive significant inflation across dairy, according to research by Kite Consulting
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Comment & Opinion
How to break the cycle of short-term pressure dictating the food system
It’s time to reimagine the UK food supply chain and invest in new technologies and facilities, says SmartParc’s Jackie Wild
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Iceland 100 drivers short as it heads into Christmas
Iceland recently revealed it had ordered 20% more frozen turkeys than usual after a spike in online
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Labour and supply chaos reflected by profit warning hike
Overall, 65% of consumer-facing profit warnings cited cost or supply issues in the third quarter
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Hundreds of HGV testing slots unused every week despite massive backlog
DVSA figures show 1,545 test slots were not taken up in the last four weeks
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Comment & Opinion
What the food sector needs to know about employing prison leavers
People with a prison background often make excellent employees, says Andrea Coady, policy manager at Nacro
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News
RHA slams ‘cabotage’ system for foreign haulage operators to operate in the UK
The change to cabotage will allow foreign haulage companies to undertake unlimited work in the UK for a two-week block