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NewsNew Shropshire beef processing facility officially opens
Pickstock Telford Ltd formally known as Pickstock Ashby Ltd, has celebrated the completion of its new meat processing plant in Hortonwood, Telford.L-R: Managing director of Pickstock Telford with The Rt Hon Owen Paterson MP, Secretary for Environmental, Food and Rural Affairs who officially opened the plant.The Rt Hon Owen Paterson ...
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Farmers frustrated at drop in beef price
The dramatic fall in the beef price over the past few months is a major concern for the livestock industry, the NFU has reiterated.Beef farmers are angry that a year after the ‘horsegate’ scandal, many retailers and processors are not living up to their commitments that they would work more ...
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NewsTop scorers in the meat industry honoured at major awards ceremony
In the company of Sir Geoff Hurst, the 2014 Meat Management Industry Awards ceremony once again brought the very top names of the UK industry together last night (Wednesday 4th June) to celebrate excellence and reward the best, as voted for by readers of Meat Management magazine and judged by ...
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NewsOnline pork sales rising
Online sales of pork have grown 21% in both value and volume according to the latest figures produced for BPEX.Sloyan: “Modern purchasers are purchasing in a modern way."The Kantar Worldpanel data shows the price of pork has remained almost flat which has contributed to the large sales growth over the ...
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Question mark over future of William Reed meat publication
A mystery surrounds the annual directory Who’s Who in Meat published by William Reed Business Media, which also publishes the fortnightly title Meat Trades Journal.Since buying the Who’s Who title in 2006 the annual meat directory, which was first launched in 1988, has been published by Reed every year backed ...
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News“Strathearn Pie” gets seal of approval from Royal couple
The local producers behind the development of a very special “Strathearn Pie” are delighted the culinary creation proved a huge hit during this week's visit by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.(L to R) Farmer Matthew Mauchlen, Gary Conacher from Butcher Simon Howie, Andrew Hamer Chef and Patron Wilde Thyme ...
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NewsMeat Management App now available to download
Readers of Meat Management magazine can now download Meat Management as a magazine app ensuring each issue issued comes straight to their mobile device of choice."This substantial investment means allows users to subscribe for free and they can also download the issue to their iPad for offline reading so the ...
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NewsButcher in cook off on BBC's One Show
General manager John Harding from Owton's 'Traditional Family Butchers' will appear on BBC 1's The One Show this Friday 6th June in a feature discussing the comparison between gas barbecues against charcoal. John will be appearing with journalist, broadcaster & food Critic Jay Rayner.Butcher John Harding (left) and food critic ...
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New high for UK sheep meat exports to non-EU markets
Export volumes of UK sheep meat to non-EU markets in the first quarter of 2014 have hit a new record high.Shipments to these markets increased by 53% compared with the same period last year at 5,430 tonnes, with the Far East and West Africa the leading destinations.Hong Kong is now ...
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NewsAddy’s Butchers new shop extension boosts business
A new £160,000 extension that has doubled the retail area of West Yorkshire butcher J Brindon Addy’s shop in Hade Edge, near Holmfirth, is boosting business.Beefing up the business. Brindon Addy is pictured centre with members of his butchers’ brigade in front of the newly extended shop.Mr Addy reports that ...
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NewsNew DG at PTF in September
Clare Cheney, Director General of Provision Trade Federation Limited will be retiring in September after 19 years at the helm and her successor has been appointed. She will be succeeded by Terry Jones, currently Communications Director at the Food and Drink Federation.Clare Cheney, retiring after 19 years at the PTF.Andy ...
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NewsTop chefs use Welsh Lamb to turn the tables on food critics
Welsh Lamb will feature as the main course in a hugely successful charity event when London’s top chefs turn the tables on the UK’s leading food critics.Francesco-Mazzei.Action Against Hunger is staging their Too Many Critics evening at L’Anima, London’s award-winning Italian restaurant in the heart of the city run by ...
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NewsButchery Masterclass a Huge Hit with Top Chefs of The Future
A group of up-and-coming chefs from two top restaurants in Edinburgh had the opportunity to hone their skills recently during a Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) butchery demonstration.Butchery classes a real hit with the chefs.Using Scotch Beef PGI and Scotch Lamb PGI, Master butcher Viv Harvey emphasised to the group, which ...
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Triple skills funding success set to boost farming industry
Thousands of farmers and growers across the country will enjoy more high quality training opportunities, thanks to a £1.4 million triple success secured under the Defra/European Union RDPE programme (Regional Development Programme for England) by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB).This latest funding boost will focus on animal health ...
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NewsNew BMPA president is Peter Mitchell
Peter Mitchell of OSI Food Solutions Ltd., is the new British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) president and in his opening speech at the BMPA conference last week he left government in no doubt about members views on regulation.Addressing his remarks to food and farming Minister, George Eustice he said: "We ...
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News'Beef it up' butchers says new Yorkshire president
The new president of the Confederation of Yorkshire Butchers Councils (CYBC) is calling on butchers across the county to “beef up” their support for its annual highlight, the Great Yorkshire Pork Pie, Sausage & Products Competition weekend.New president of the Confederation of Yorkshire Butchers Councils, Roy Dykes.Keighley butcher Roy Dykes ...
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Beef and sheep market prices accessible with new app
A new app has been launched to make it easier for beef and sheep farmers and those in the processing sector to have the latest market information at their fingertips while on the go.As well as the latest prices and trends, the EBLEX Mobile app gives users the fast track ...
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SAMW supports innovative use of 13% coupled payment
The hard-won right to raise CAP coupled payments to 13% in Scotland is an opportunity to address the country's critical livestock production issues in an imaginative and innovative way, to the benefit of the whole industry, says the Scottish Association of Meat Wholesalers (SAMW)."The Cabinet Secretary's determination and persistence in ...
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NewsKillie Pie does the 'Double'
Kilmarnock based Brownings the Bakers' 'famous' Killie Pie has been voted Scotland’s Best Savoury Product two years in a row.Brownings signature dish the 'Killie Pie' retained its title as 'Scotland’s Best Savoury Product' beating off stiff competition at the 123rd Scottish Bakers Annual Conference held in the Crowne Plaza, Glasgow.The ...
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Tulip joins hidden labour exploitation campaign
Tulip Ltd has joined the growing number of food manufacturers backing the industry's ‘Stronger Together' initiative designed to help eradicate hidden labour exploitation in the UK.The initiative which was launched towards the end of 2013 is aiming to attract over 1,000 farms, food producers and labour suppliers and is a ...
