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Richard Stevenson, technical manager at the NAMB answers member’s queries on food and trading law and other business issuesQ. What is involved in carrying out a fire risk assessment and do I still need a fire certificate?A. Firstly, you no longer need a fire certificate. This requirement was abolished six ...
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New Agency Workers Regulations imminent
New Agency Workers Regulations are to come into force on 1 October 2011 across the UK. Under the new rules, temporary agency workers will be eligible for equal treatment after 12 weeks of working on an assignment.
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Coffee shop success spurs bakery to invest
Lancashire-based Cherrytree Bakery has invested close to £1m in new technology and expanding its premises to meet demand from a major coffee shop chain. The company plans to invest £425,000 with support from NatWest, on a new dispatch area and freezer storage, which will add another 6,000sq ft to its ...
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Martyn Leek to head up BB
British Baker is delighted to announce that Martyn Leek has been appointed editor of the magazine. Leek, currently deputy editor of sister title Meat Trades Journal, will start his new role on 30 August. His previous roles include news editor on M&C Report. He takes over from Sylvia Macdonald who ...
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NCBW offers consumers ’A Big Taste’
As a key part of the National Craft Bakers’ Week 2011 celebrations, from 19-24 September, organisers are urging all bakers to join in ’A Big Taste’ a national ’taste experience’ event, taking place on Wednesday 21 September .’A Big Taste’ is a once-in-a-year opportunity for bakers to demonstrate to ...
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From NAMB chief executive Gill Brooks-Lonican
As you can see (left and on page 15) we are now in full swing preparing for National Craft Bakers’ Week. We have engaged an extremely competent marketing company to help you gain extra sales and encourage new customers into your shop.When you register for your free pack, it ...
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VITAL FOR BUSINESS
A problem with short-term sickness absence has been identified in your workplace But the culprit is expecting and claims all her time off has been "pregnancy-related". Must you accept this explanation at face value?The average employee in the private sector takes 6.8 days sickness absence each year, usually in ...
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The last chance debtor
Increasing your chancesl Final letter: Late payment is just one of the financial administration problems that a small company can face. However, there is a way to wake up the people who owe you money and get most of them to do something about it. Anecdotal evidence suggests that sending ...
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Grievances and workplace companions
QOne of our employees has raised a grievance. Do they have the right to be accompanied during a meeting where it will be discussed?AAll employees have the statutory right to be accompanied at a formal grievance meeting by either a workplace colleague or trade union representative. So when going down ...
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Taking control
Andrew Jones has not been a bakery man all his life. In fact, until seven years ago, the MD of Swansea-based Mono Equipment, which scooped the prize for Bakery Supplier of the Year at the 2010 Bakery Industry Awards, worked in the automotive industry.But he says it is this experience ...
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Packs feel the cost squeeze
In the heyday of the high street, a supply of paper bags was all the baker needed in the way of packaging.Since then, the baking sector has become probably the heaviest packaging user in the whole food industry, demanding anything from hot drinks holders to sandwich wedges to doughnut multi-packs ...
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Encouraging signs for UK wheat harvest quality
With just over 65% of the UK’s wheat harvest combined, the quality reports look promising, despite yield being down on its five-year average. Elsewhere in Europe, however, heavy rain has hit the German harvest with a number of farmers forced to source wheat from the UK.
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Festive flair
C raft bakeries can easily get an inferiority complex when it comes to the supermarket chains.Buying muscle, huge resources and vast space mean the big boys can really go to town. But craft bakeries can come into their own by playing to their strengths: specialisation, expertise, quality, service and innovation.John ...
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RIOT INSURANCE
The recent riots have highlighted a need for business owners to ensure they have no gap between insurance covers. We have been inundated with calls from business owners in the riot-hit areas, who have let their cover lapse and are now wanting cover. This presents a problem as we are ...
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Park Life
Seventy-three years ago, Park Cakes was a small bakery selling to corner shops. Now it is a major manufacturer of premium cakes and desserts, on track this year to turn over £115m.Last year, Park Cakes was named Bakery Food Manufacturer of the Year at the Baking Industry Awards, which MD ...
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Reporting in
Chris YoungCo-ordinator of the Real Bread Campaign for the charity SustainSo, here we are almost three years into the Real Bread Campaign’s fight for better bread in Britain, and the response continues to be fantastic. I’m always heartened by the passion people demonstrate for the cause, both within and beyond ...
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BB’s Facebook pageBritish Baker now has a page on Facebook. Post pictures, news, and ’Like us’ on the new page www.facebook.com/pages/British-Baker/ 180723008662958.Sat fats pledgeThe Department of Health has not ruled out adding a saturated fats ’pledge’ for food manufacturers to its Responsibility Deal. A spokesperson told BB: "Sat fats ...
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LASER’s boat venueThe London & South Eastern Region (LASER) of the National Association of Master Bakers is to host its annual dinner and dance on the Elizabethan Thames River Boat on Saturday, 1 October. It will cost £75 per person, and tickets will be sold on a first-come first-served basis. ...
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Pub vending machine A pub in Staffordshire has installed a vending machine selling staples like bread, milk, eggs, bacon and butter. The Raddle Inn in at Hollington installed the machine outside the pub after failing to get planning permission to have a local shop at the site.Zoo connectionTorquay bakery and ...
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BB’s flagship to openBB’s Coffee and Muffins is due to open its 3,500sq ft flagship in the St David’s Centre in Cardiff at the end of September. MD Andrew Moyes also told British Baker its rebranded outlet in Watford, opened this spring, has seen trading performance up 35% like-for-like. The ...