All Food & Beverage

Food and drink sector eyes fresh opportunities
Added: 23 Feb 2016
Many UK food and drink manufacturers are set to splash out on product and technological innovation …

Arla Foods to cut 500 jobs in global reorganisation
Added: 9 Feb 2016
Arla Foods, one of the largest dairy groups in Europe, has announced plans to cut 500 jobs as part …

Defra cooks up plan to boost food exports
Added: 29 Jan 2016
The government has established a new unit to raise the value of British food exports to £6 billion …

Feeding the future
Louisa Hearn | Added: 19 Jan 2016
The food and drink industry is being squeezed from every direction. Will process innovation become …
Process safety: cleaning house
Rob Smith | Added: 19 Jan 2016
Failure to recognise hazards in process plants could prove fatal, writes Robert Smith.

Cyber security: fighting talk
Rob Smith | Added: 11 Jan 2016
Cyber security is a multi-faceted beast, therefore plant operators must be prepared to defend their…

Outlook remains bleak for manufacturing
Added: 11 Jan 2016
Manufacturers in the UK are expecting 2016 to be fraught with tough decisions and risks, one indust…

Clean screens
Louisa Hearn | Added: 6 Jan 2016
Self-cleaning filters are making steady inroads into production processes, writes Louisa Hearn.

Great Food Nation
Louisa Hearn | Added: 4 Jan 2016
Along with great challenges often come great opportunities, and never has this been truer for the B…

Food body to treble apprenticeships
Added: 1 Jan 2016
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has pledged to treble apprenticeships and grow value-added food…

Critical care
Added: 17 Dec 2015
There are real advantages to be gained from renting specialist equipment, writes Will Russell of As…

Online calculator combats grit costs
Added: 17 Dec 2015
Hydro International has launched an industry tool to help assess the full operating cost impact of…

Manufacturing growth 'faded away'
Added: 7 Dec 2015
A survey published by manufacturers’ organisation EEF says UK manufacturing is facing a difficult e…

Manufacturing pace loses momentum
Added: 2 Dec 2015
The UK manufacturing sector experienced a moderate ease in growth during November, the latest Marki…

Research boost for ready-meals
Added: 26 Nov 2015
Industrial gas supplier BOC has begun a two-year project to develop a cooking and cooling system ai…

UK still lags in innovation stakes
Added: 17 Nov 2015
The UK has once again failed to make an appearance on a list of the world’s top 100 most innovative…

Carlsberg to slash workforce
Added: 13 Nov 2015
Carlsberg announced plans to cut 2000 jobs this week as it revealed a DKr4.499bn (£425m) net loss i…

Food line reaches crunch time
Added: 10 Nov 2015
Zweifel combines automation and safety into a new food packaging line.

Food workshop envisions future
Added: 28 Oct 2015
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) will host a workshop next month that aims to deliver a step-cha…