HCC’s appoints new Dutch agent for Welsh Lamb and Beef
HCC’s hopes are high that exports of Welsh Lamb and Welsh Beef to the Netherlands will be boosted following the appointment of a new marketing specialist in the country. Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales has appointed Andre Adolfs to be its Dutch representative. He will start work in October. He joins a number of in-market agents working to promote Welsh Lamb and Welsh Beef for HCC in a number of territories including...
New logo for Meatup exhibition
The biennial Meatup exhibition has launched a new logo for its 2015 presentation. The exhibition takes place at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire on June 30th and July 1st next year. The new logo is a progression of the previous Meatup logo used since the show was first announced in 2010 and then subsequently staged in 2011 and 2013. Show director Graham Yandell explains: “The Meatup show is changing and evolving and we are introducing...
Everys welcomes animal welfare and meat industry law specialist
Meat Management columnist and meat industry law specialist Jamie Foster, has joined Everys Solicitors. Solicitor-Advocate Foster is the UK’s leading legal expert in animal welfare and countryside sports defence cases while also specialising in trading standards, health & safety and environmental investigations, and regulation of the meat trade, including the halal meat industry. He joins Everys from Clarke Willmott to team up with...
Wiltshire butchers organise grass roots visit for caterers
Putting people back in touch with where their food comes from has been a major ambition for Devizes butcher, Steve Cook – but he has just managed to achieve it by taking over 70 chefs and catering managers from across the South of England on to the Wiltshire beef farm where he buys his cattle. Steve, who owns butchers Walter Rose and Sons which he runs in partnership with his family, said it had been a long held desire to put together...
Roger Baker of ‘Baker Boys’ fame has died
One of the most recognisable names and faces in the UK meat and livestock industry, Roger Baker has died aged 73, after a long illness. An avid Leicester City fan, Roger smiled as he was told of his team’s historic 5-3 win over Manchester United, shortly before his passing. One of the quartet of the famous ‘Baker Boys’ – with brothers John, Graham and Edwin – who established Midland Meat Packers and Butcher’s Pet Care, Roger was born...
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