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- William Jackson Food Group appoints new CEO William Jackson Food Group, the East-Yorkshire headquartered food business, has appointed Paul Murphy (pictured) as its new Chief Executive Officer. Paul Murphy joins following 22 years in a variety of...
- 71% of Irish food businesses focusing on revenue growth according to 2025 Love Irish Food and Bank of Ireland food and beverage barometer Over 70% of Irish food and drink businesses remain confident that they can sustain their revenue growth according to the 2025 Food & Beverage Industry Barometer conducted by Love Irish...
- Frozen food riding high on wave of innovation and consumer demand Frozen food is riding high on a wave of innovation and consumer demand, according to a panel of food and drink experts. They say the category – which grew by nearly...
- Single biggest investment announced in vertical farming in the United Kingdom Italy-based Planet Farms, a global leader in controlled environment agriculture technology, is to invest over £25 million in a UK-based vertical farming facility with 20,000 sq m of growing area....
- FSAI reminds Irish food businesses to comply with food safety practices for chilled and frozen coated poultry products The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) is reminding food businesses, including manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers to ensure that robust food safety management systems are in place for the production...
- William Jackson Food Group appoints new CEO William Jackson Food Group, the East-Yorkshire headquartered food business, has appointed Paul Murphy (pictured) as its new Chief Executive Officer. Paul Murphy joins following 22 years in a variety of...

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Italian drinks group Gruppo Campari has agreed the disposal of the French Château de Sancerre wine business to Maison Ackerman,

The Thrive Project, a partnership between Coca-Cola and Enterprise Ireland has been officially launched with seven entrepreneurial founders being flown

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The UK’s leading producer of natural source bottled water, Highland Spring, has unveiled a major new brand campaign – ‘Brave

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Pernod Ricard, through Pernod Ricard USA’s New Brand Ventures division, has agreed to take a majority stake in Del Maguey

Teeling Whiskey, Ireland’s leading independent whiskey producer, has celebrated the second anniversary of its award-winning distillery. There was even more

The European Commission has approved the addition of three new products from France and the United Kingdom to the quality

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Xergi is to deliver its largest biogas plant to date, which will supply Danish dairy company Arla Foods with green

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Nomad Foods, the international frozen foods group, has announced that Chief Financial Officer Paul Kenyon has resigned to accept another

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Amid growing concern about plastic litter, Keep Britain Tidy has teamed up with Harrogate Water in a joint campaign to

A Teagasc report on the future people requirements of Irish dairy farming has been published. The People in Dairy Project

OAL are building a new state of the art facility to support their APRIL Robotics Systems in Peterborough, UK. The

The UK food and grocery market is forecast to grow by 15% between now and 2022, giving it a value

Leading Northern Ireland wine merchant, JN Wine, is celebrating 40 years in business supplying selected wines to Northern Ireland’s best

Lampados International has launched Liteez, its new, 3D stevia sweetener for hot drinks. This “free-from” meringue kiss addresses the growing

Carlsberg UK has launched a new dispense system developed to improve beer quality and consumer experience, as well as saving

The Robotics & Automation exhibition is taking place 11th & 12th October 2017 at Arena MK, Milton Keynes. This innovation-packed

Willowbrook Foods, has won the ‘Best New Service and Product of the Year’ award at the recent Northern Ireland Food

Cherkizovo Group, the largest vertically integrated meat and feed producer in Russia, has reached full production capacity at its Tambov

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