’The Tesco Approach to Baked Products’ and ’Managing Change in a Family Business’ will be among the topics addressed at the British Society of Baking conference in October.

Speakers at the event, which takes place on 8 and 9 October, include Nigel Doughty, MD of bakery chain Paul UK, food broadcaster and writer Tom Bridge, Mathiesons Bakeries MD George Stevenson and Tesco category manager Neil Franklin.

On a more technical note, ’Crumb Structure Formation in Burger Buns and Soft Rolls’ will be tackled by John Cottrell, technical manager of ADM Milling, while Bakels’ product development manager Gary Gibbs will look into the demands of healthy bakery products.

The autumn conference will take place at Coombe Abbey Park Hotel, Binley, Coventry.