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  • Dr Phil Hadley, AHDB Beef and Lamb.
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    AHDB conference to focus on global demand for beef and lamb

    2015-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Increasing the global demand for beef and lamb will be the focus of this year’s AHDB Beef and Lamb conference taking place at Stoneleigh Park on 3rd November.Dr Phil Hadley, AHDB Beef and Lamb: "Export markets present huge opportunities for our products..."Other subjects due to be covered include the outlook ...

  • Customer Charlotte Garvie from Banchory tries a sample of Scotch Lamb PGI at a QMS Scotch Lamb sampling event in Tesco Banchory where she was joined by Aberdeenshire sheep farmers Andrew Robertson (left) and Sandy Tulloch and QMS Scotch Lamb ambassad…
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    Multiple retailers show support for Scotch Lamb PGI

    2015-09-04T00:00:00Z

    Scotland’s retailers are showing strong support to Quality Meat Scotland’s (QMS) campaign to raise the profile of the simplicity and versatility of Scotch Lamb PGI, Kantar Worldpanel statistics have revealed.Customer Charlotte Garvie from Banchory tries a sample of Scotch Lamb PGI at a QMS Scotch Lamb sampling event in Tesco ...

  • Gill Fine.
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    Gill Fine appointed acting chair of AHDB Beef and Lamb

    2015-09-04T00:00:00Z

    Gill Fine, the independent member on the AHDB Beef and Lamb sector board, has been appointed as acting chair with immediate effect.Following the resignation of Stuart Roberts last month, Gill Fine has been appointed acting chair for AHDB Beef and Lamb.The appointment follows the resignation of former AHDB board member ...

  • HCC chairman, Dai Davies with farmers and industry representatives at HCC’s offices in Aberystwyth.
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    HCC launches billboard campaign backing Welsh farmers

    2015-09-03T00:00:00Z

    Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) has launched a whistle-stop mobile billboard campaign to back Welsh farmers during British Lamb Week.HCC chairman, Dai Davies with farmers and industry representatives at HCC’s offices in Aberystwyth before the launch of the billboard campaign.The billboard was welcomed by farmers and industry ...

  • Beef
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    Beef bounces back as niche markets duck market pressures

    2015-09-03T00:00:00Z

    The latest Meat, Fish and Poultry (MFP) figures from Kantar Worldpanel, for the 12 weeks ending 16th August 2015, have seen beef and fish avoiding deflation, with smaller areas, driven by duck posting strong growth.Kantar reports barbecue consumption is down 8% annually and sausages, burgers and grills are all seeing ...

  • Last year's winners with host and rugby legend Phil Vickery MBE (centre).
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    Still time to enter meat products in FMT Food Industry Awards

    2015-09-02T00:00:00Z

    Last year's winners with host and rugby legend Phil Vickery MBE (centre).Meat and poultry manufacturers still have one last opportunity to enter their innovations in the 2015/2016 Food Management Today Industry Awards.Meat Management and Food Management Today editor, Pamela Brook, said: “Categories include Best Red Meat Product and the Best ...

  • Lamb It's the Taste - Naturally
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    AHDB Beef and Lamb report identifies steps to help reverse decline in lamb consumption

    2015-09-02T00:00:00Z

    AHDB Beef and Lamb has released its latest consumer research report on British lamb just days after the Government blocked the organisation's planned lamb and beef promotional campaign. AHDB Beef and Lamb's report, Lamb It's the Taste - Naturally, was commissioned to establish how the lamb category is currently perceived ...

  • Festival No6
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    HCC to promote Welsh Lamb at Festival No.6

    2015-09-02T00:00:00Z

    Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) will be promoting the provenance of Welsh Lamb at music and arts event, Festival No.6, where TV and film star Steve Coogan, musician James Morrison and author Irvine Welsh will also be making appearances.HCC will promote Welsh Lamb at music and arts ...

  • Ian Bagnall Britain’s first ‘tweet to eat’ sausage sandwich kitchen launches for British Sausage Week City workers are coming face to face with farm animals today, at what is believed to be Britain’s first ever ‘tweet to eat’ sausage sandwich kitchen…
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    Debbie&andrew's plans to build on recent success

    2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Sausage manufacturer Debbie&andrew’s has revealed its brand has been valued a £9.2 million, seeing a growth of 42.7% year-on-year and with further plans to build on this success.Debbie&andrew's spokesman, Ian Bagnall: "We aim to increase our customer engagement activities and further embed the brand with our loyal customer base."“We are ...

  • Gwyn Howells
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    HCC supports British Lamb Week

    2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) has organised a number of promotional activities to coincide with British Lamb Week, running from 1st to 7th September.Gwyn Howells, chief executive of HCC believes a unified approach will enhance British Lamb Week's impact and effectiveness and strengthen the key messages.Action will ...

  • Jane King, the new CEO at AHDB from February.
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    AHDB Board releases statement in quest to calm levy row

    2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Following the recent resignation of Stuart Roberts as AHDB's Beef and Lamb chairman over how levy monies are spent the AHDB Board has issued a statement around levy payer and industry concerns.AHDB CEO, Jane King, is continuing to work towards a sign off by Government to deliver marketing activity."As an ...

  • Pulled Pork
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    Pig industry wants government to stay out of levy decisions

    2015-08-28T00:00:00Z

    The English pig industry has sent a message to the government, asking that officials keep out of decisions about how the pig levy is spent.Producers want more of their 85p-per-pig levy to be spent on marketing, in order to encourage younger consumers to understand and embrace modern ways of cooking ...

  • The first minister, Nicola Sturgeon MSP, was at South Slipperfield farm in Peeblesshire this morning to meet members of the farming community. Pic shows: l to r - Nicola Sturgeon MSP. Farmer, Richard Dykes of South Slipperfield farm. Richard Lochhead…
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    Scotland’s first minister backs Scotch Lamb campaign

    2015-08-27T00:00:00Z

    Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has given her backing to Quality Meat Scotland’s (QMS) Scotch Lamb PGI campaign.Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon becomes a “Lambassador” after she is presented with a Scotch Lambassador kit by Hamish Dykes.During a visit to South Slipperfield Farm, West Linton, run by the Dykes family, ...

  • Llamb End Shot
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    Welsh Lamb TV advert from HCC set to reach millions of viewers

    2015-08-27T00:00:00Z

    A new advertisement to promote Welsh Lamb will appear on television screens from next week.Created by Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) the advert will be aired on a total of 26 varied satellite and cable channels and is anticipated to be seen by over 15 million viewers ...

  • The Red Tractor 'Made with' logo
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    Red Tractor logo to restore confidence in ready meal market

    2015-08-26T00:00:00Z

    Retailers and manufacturers looking to regain consumer confidence in processed meat products following the horsemeat scandal should adopt the Red Tractor ‘Made with’ logo, according to Red Tractor Assurance (RTA).52% of consumers would be more likely to buy products such as ready meals if the packaging featured the Red Tractor ...

  • Stephen Rossides, director of the BMPA expressed regret over the resignation of Stuart Roberts (pictured) from AHDB.
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    BMPA saddened by Stuart Roberts’ resignation

    2015-08-26T00:00:00Z

    The BMPA has expressed its disappointment at the resignation of Stuart Roberts as chair of AHDB Beef and Lamb.Stephen Rossides, director of the BMPA expressed regret over the resignation of Stuart Roberts (pictured) from AHDB.Roberts’ decision to resign was made as he saw: “a realistic prospect of the levies, in ...

  • Graeme Sharp, QMS marketing executive presents Inverness butcher, Ali Paul with a certificate officially making him the holder of the first Guinness World Record for the making the most sausages in one minute.
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    Sausage world record set by Inverness butcher

    2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

    Ali Paul from A&I Quality Butchers, Inverness has officially set the Guinness World Record for making the most sausages in one minute.Graeme Sharp, QMS marketing executive presents Inverness butcher, Ali Paul with a certificate officially making him the holder of the first Guinness World Record for the making the most ...

  • Stuart Ashworth, QMS head of economic services
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    Consumer expectations influence response to producer price movements

    2015-08-24T00:00:00Z

    According to the latest consumer price information published by the Office of National Statistics (ONS), 10% of total consumer spending is on food, with meat accounting for around 23% of food spending.Stuart Ashworth: "Consumers may be happy to take rapid falls in retail price, however, they are less likely to ...

  • Aberdeenshire sheep farmers, Andrew Robertson (left) and Sandy Tulloch (far right) join QMS Scotch Lamb ambassadors James Harrison and Robbie Swan at a QMS Scotch Lamb sampling event in Tesco Banchory. Photo credit: Alan Richardson Dundee.
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    QMS Scotch lamb campaign supported by local farmers

    2015-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Aberdeenshire sheep farmers have joined Quality Meat Scotland’s (QMS) Scotch Lamb ambassadors to encourage shoppers to re-discover the versatility of Scotch Lamb PGI.Sandy Tulloch of Waulkmill Farm in Lumphanan and Andrew Robertson of Titaboutie in Tarland were in Tesco, Banchory to tempt consumers with samples as part of a Scotland-wide ...

  • Kay Badley of G. N. Badley & Sons: "I want potential chefs and caterers of the future to know how important it is to get the best quality meat for the industry."
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    G. N. Badley & Sons to supply National Hospitality School

    2015-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Family butchers, G. N. Badley & Sons will supply all meat needed for the new kitchen training facility at the National Hospitality School, based at New College Telford.Kay Badley of G. N. Badley & Sons: "I want potential chefs and caterers of the future to know how important it is ...