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Salary requirements during jury service Q&A
Q: Must we pay an employee their full salary while they are absent on jury service, and, if so, can we claim compensation?
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Limiting pay in lieu of holiday entitlement
A new case says that employers must make it clear to an employee that their right to payment in lieu of any holiday entitlement at the end of employment applies only to the final holiday year. What is the best way to deal with this?
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Training tops topics at NAMB event
Training and education were at the forefront of the National Association of Master Bakers’ achievements last year, outlined by chairman of the board Mike Holling at the annual conference.Holling said the NAMB’s craft seminars, supported by California Raisins, would continue, as would training courses on HACCP. He revealed that one ...
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French fancy
Parisian chocolatier Maison du Chocolat has launched a range of macaroons for the summer. They include: Passion a dark ganache infused with passion fruit between a light almond biscuit; Andalousie an almond macaroon filled with fresh lemon zest infused into a dark ganache; Porcelana a dark macaroon, ...
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Fast food solutions
In these hectic times, snacking on the go has come into its own. But as our lifestyles gather speed, driven by the need to tweet every time we boil the kettle, the need for fast food solutions that keep pace grows ever more acute. Sometimes one yearns for a 120psi ...
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Whoopie pie first for M&S
Marks & Spencer is the first British supermarket to launch a range of whoopie pies the latest bakery craze from the US with over 20,000 products sold in the first weekend. Burgeoning interest in the treat, which is made from two discs of sponge filled with buttercream, prompted ...
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Five-a-day targeted
Kids’ drink Robinsons Fruit Shoot is launching Fruit Shoot My 5, a new range of juice drinks to help mums give their kids one of their five-a-day. The range is a blend of 80% real fruit juices and 20% water, which comes with a no-spill sports cap in three flavours: ...
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Fluid movement
Lancashire company SpringThyme Oils has developed a range of fresh-flavoured infused fluid shortenings specifically for the bakery sector. They are made by blending hard and soft vegetable oils with fresh herbs and spices, such as chilli, garlic, rosemary or thyme. These are then infused into an oil matrix to create ...
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Fun and games
Bakery-themed video games are rare, so we welcome ’Pile up! Bakery’ a two-player puzzle game in which players compete to stack the highest pile of pastries, cakes and slices of fruit falling off an assembly line, and balance it to prevent it from crashing down. Despite costing just a ...
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Peter’s Yard gains Selfridges listing
Edinburgh-based artisan bakery Peter’s Yard has announced that its handmade Swedish crispbreads will now be available on the shelves of Selfridges’ food hall.The firm has gained 100 listings from retailers in the 12 months since its first UK retail listing with Fortnum & Mason.Wendy Wilson-Bett, co-founder of Peter’s Yard, said: ...
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Integrating Le Pain
There are lots of ways to raise money for charity. And swimming 1.5 miles around London Docklands, getting straight on to a bicycle with still wobbly legs, then going for a long run is more challenging than most.But Ian Dobbie, MD of Délifrance, enjoys a challenge. After raising money for ...
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Italian style
Thomas the Baker is launching a range of authentic Italian breads The Rustica using Italian flour imported from Rome. Rustica Classico combines fine Italian flour, extra virgin olive oil and malt flour; Rustica Formaggio uses Italian flour and fresh grated cheese; and Rustica Pomodoro is a blend of ...
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Managing jury service requests
Jury service creates unexpected problems for employers. But sometimes, an employee can ask to be excused – or to have their selection deferred.
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Keeping it local
A Ginsters pasty or slice, displayed in the chiller cabinet of a petrol station, may not immediately conjure up thoughts of the Cornish countryside carrots and potatoes plucked fresh from the soil or local cheese producers but perhaps it should.The West Country firm started making handmade pasties in ...
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Quantum leap for tills
EPOS Group has launched a new version of its Quantum till solution specifically for bakery shops. The new 1.1 version provides a way to take chip-and-pin card payments, manages in-store price promotions, and has full integration with CyBake Touch software to improve day-to-day shop management. Most bakery shops still only ...
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Making whoopie
Macphie has developed a batter to help bakers tap into the latest craze of whoopie pies a cross between a cookie and a cake sandwich. The Mississippi Muffin/Cake range comes in a choice of plain, chocolate and toffee flavours. Simply make up the batter, pipe 2-inch rounds (approx 35g) ...
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Martins takes on Mellors
Manchester-based Martins Foods has purchased craft bakery Mellors out of administration, saving 50 jobs. Mellors Ltd went into administration on 22 April, and was bought by Martins the next day. Now trading as Martins Foods Southport, Mellors’ 25,000sq ft site in Slaidburn Crescent, Southport, specialises in "sticky buns", including ...
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Mouthing off
"I am the Nigella Lawson of breast milk cookery. Why would you prefer to drink milk from a dirty cow over a clean, healthy woman? Breast milk is sweeter and slightly oily it actually tastes of goodness, whereas cow’s milk just tastes of chemicals"Abi Blake, 30, who sells breast ...
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Push on pastries
French bakery manufacturer Bridor has expanded its organic range with new additions in bread and Viennese pastries. Now featuring in the Pure Organic Range is a 140g baguettine; a 280g baguette; a 55g pavé; a 55g grain and cereal Purepavé; a 70g croissant; and a 75g pain au chocolat. All ...
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Reduction responsibility
The environment may have been a notable absentee from the General Election campaign, but make no mistake it has not gone away. Companies picking their way through the government’s Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) know this only too well. This is yet another Government-sponsored initiative, along with the Climate Change ...