Latest Industry News – Page 144
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NewsIncreased competition and changing trends impact on global leather demand
Revenues earned by abattoirs from the sale of skins and hides have substantially reduced over the past year as the global demand for leather has collapsed, according to the latest analysis by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS).Cattle and sheep abattoirs draw valuable income from non-edible products from the slaughter and butchering ...
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NewsNigel Fredericks Trading Ltd goes down with loss of 250 jobs
Nigel Fredericks Trading Limited closed its doors after being placed in administration last week. The 250 staff have been made redundant. Administrators Dow Schofield Watts Business Recovery had been working with the directors and attracted a number of potential buyers but none had been willing to conclude a deal.Established in ...
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NewsAvara Foods raises over £5,000 for local hospice
Avara Foods’ Brackley team in Northamptonshire supported local charity Katharine House Hospice with a week of fundraising activities on site. These activities ran both day and night so all shift workers could join in, and included all departments and levels.Avara Foods colleagues present Katharine House Hospice with a cheque for ...
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NewsScottish Government to set max limits on consumption of red processed meat in schools
Scotland is to become the first part of the UK to set maximum limits for consumption of red processed meat over the course of the school week, which, it claims, will also reduce exposure to harmful nitrites.Bearsden Primary School pupils helped to launch the new QMS “Meat the Facts” booklet ...
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NewsIs beef sector under the cosh?
As prices fall to a three-year low in climate of uncertainty NFU Scotland warns the iconic Scotch beef sector is under the cosh.Brexit-fueled uncertainty, an over-supplied market and a €100 million bail out deal for Irish beef farmers have all contributed to a significant collapse in the market price for ...
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News92% of Northern Ireland adults continue to enjoy red meat
An omnibus survey completed on behalf of the Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland (LMC) has shown that the vast majority of local consumers continue to eat red meat.Out of 1,024 respondents representative of the population and completed in April this year, 92 per cent said they still incorporate ...
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NewsFour-point strategy to reboot Scottish livestock numbers
Scotland’s meat wholesalers have developed a four-point strategy, designed to reboot the country’s falling livestock numbers, along with a plea for Government action to be taken immediately rather than waiting for post-Brexit pilot trials to be run in 2022 or 2023. SAMW's Andy McGowan.“The latest figures show calf registrations down ...
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NewsYorkshire Wolds poultry business gains new business from prestigious inns and hotels group
An East Yorkshire-based poultry business has won new business from a celebrated group of Yorkshire inns and hotels.Richard-Cross-from-Soanes-Poultry-and-Jason-Wardill-from-Provenance-Inns-and-Hotels.Soanes Poultry has partnered with Provenance Inns and Hotels for direct delivery of its award winning chicken to the group's seven sites that include the National Pub and Bar award winning Carpenters Arms ...
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NewsScotch Beef in the spotlight for Father's Day
A new promotion launched by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) is set to be seen by an audience of one million ahead of Father’s Day (16th June 2019).The ‘Make this Father’s Day a Scotch Beef Day’ activity focuses on inspiring people across Scotland to treat their dad to one of the ...
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News100th graduate trainee passes through Dawn & Dunbia's development programme
The 100th graduate trainee has completed a specially designed and delivered management development programme for Dawn Meats and Dunbia at University College Dublin.An industry first when it was launched in 2016, the programme was custom designed and delivered by Agri-Food Advanced Professional Development (Agri-Food APD) a collaboration between UCD, University ...
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NewsFinal call for Welsh red meat sector to apply for HCC Scholarship travel fund
The deadline to apply for a £3000 travel fund to enhance understanding of the red meat sector is fast approaching, and interested parties are being urged to apply as soon as possible.2018 scholars Peredur Owen and Dafydd Huw Evans receive their prizes from Gwyn Howells and James Ruggeri of HCC, ...
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NewsTulip Ltd secures Premium Sausage Contract with Co-op
Tulip Ltd has further reinforced its partnership with Co-op, having secured a new business win to supply sausages.Having agreed a new long-term agreement between Tulip and the Co-op in April 2018, the retailer has now awarded Tulip a contract to supply nine all-year-round product lines from September 2019.Adrian Prior, category ...
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NewsConsultation opens on preferred site to relocate historic Smithfield and other markets
The City of London Corporation is launching a public consultation on its preferred site to consolidate and relocate three historic wholesale food markets: Smithfield, Billingsgate and New Spitalfields.An impression of the new markets location in Dagenham.A site in Dagenham Dock, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, was chosen in April ...
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NewsRon Randall and other food industry figures recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2019
Members of the UK meat and food industry have been recognised in this year’s Queen’s birthday honours list. They include Ron Randall, Professor Ian Lamont Boyd, FRSE, Robin Gourlay, Catherine Mead and Andrew Kemp.Ron Randall CBE.: "My love and commitment to the meat trade although somewhat challenging at times, has ...
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NewsBritish Poultry Student Chef of The Year 2019 winner announced
A catering student from New City College, London has been crowned British Poultry Student Chef of the Year 2019. Siven Jr. Pillay was announced the British Poultry Student Chef of the year 2019.Siven Jr Pillay, 19, won the competition, organised by The British Poultry Council, with his starter of ‘Turkey ...
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NewsWelsh lamb scores good traceability marks in study
Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) recently took part in a scientific study that revealed 100% of the samples taken were confirmed as originating from Welsh farms.L-R: Oritain’s Grant Cochrane and Gwyn Howells of HCC launched the partnership at the 2018 Royal Welsh Show.In recent months, lamb samples ...
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NewsPositive results for LMC’s advertising campaign
Recent statistics from the Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland’s (LMC) latest advertising campaign have shown that awareness of Northern Ireland Farm Quality Assured (NIFQA) beef and lamb products is high.LMC's Industry Development manager, Colin Smith.Consumer awareness of NIFQA beef and lamb products has risen to 84% and 79% ...
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NewsQMS raises awareness of auctioneers in the Scottish red meat industry
A tranche of activities to raise awareness of the key role of auctioneers in the Scottish red meat industry has been undertaken in recent months by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS).QMS' 'Know Your Beef' campaign last year.QMS has been working with auctioneers up and down the country as part of its ...
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NewsBMPA 2019 conference told ‘Europe preparing for a no deal’ and US/UK trade deal ‘not going to happen’
A US/UK trade deal is ‘not going to happen’ and Brexit is a ‘lose/lose’ position for all, were some of the key messages at this year’s BMPA conference in Stationers’ Hall, London yesterday.Addressing meat industry executives, former deputy director of the European Commission’s agricultural department (DG Agri), Lars Hoelgaard, told ...
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NewsUK Sausage Week 2019 product nomination now open
This year’s UK Sausage Week will take place from Monday 28th October until Sunday 3rd November and the results of the UK Sausage Week competition will be announced at a celebration lunch on Monday 28th October in London, hosted by TV celebrity chef Lesley Waters.Guests enjoying the celebration lunch when ...
