All Opinion articles – Page 7
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‘The main pitfall for the bakery sector is delivery charges and minimum order quantities’
Lucy Ingram, market analysis manager at MCA Insight,on the opportunities and challenges for bakers targeting the delivered foodservice market
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Legal: How diverse is your business?
Rhiannon Jenkins, an employment lawyer with law firm Blake Morgan, explains the benefits of recruiting a diverse workforce.
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Legal: Don’t shoot the messenger
John Mitchell, a partner at law firm Blake Morgan, looks at the background to the ruling in Northern Ireland’s so-called ‘gay cake’ case.
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‘It is essential to communicate with students through platforms such as LinkedIn and Twitter.’
Megan Roberts, bakery and patisserie technology BSc (hons) student looks at ways the bakery industry could engage with the next generation of professionals.
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“Everyone who worked on the Academy curriculum knows what it takes to work in a fast-paced bakery”
Chris Malec, director at Bread Ahead Bakery, discusses the skills gap facing the bakery industry and how Bread Ahead’s new academy hopes to fix this.
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Great British Bake Blog: Episode 10
Do you have any idea how hard it is to avoid spoilers for the Bake Off final?
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Great British Bake Blog 2018: Episode nine
I like to challenge myself. How many biscuits can I eat in one sitting? How long can I sleep for at the weekends? Can I watch Bake Off in the office without crying?
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Great British Bake Blog: Episode eight
Ok, I’ll just come out and say it: the wrong person went home last night.
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Legal: Facing the music on licensing
John Mitchell, partner at law firm Blake Morgan, looks at the legal implications of playing music or videos in the workplace.
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’For bakers, a shattered wheat grain can be the difference between a good bake and a terrible one’
Matthew Chick, general manager at Carr’s Flour Mills’ Maldon Mil, on the impact the hot weather has had on the wheat crop, and how millers work to mitigate such impact.
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‘Some have claimed women simply aren’t putting themselves forwards as industry ambassadors’
Amy North, multimedia content editor at British Baker discusses recent criticism of gender imbalance in the baking industry and what can be done to address it.
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Great British Bake Blog 2018: Episode seven
Bleeding vegans coming in here, ruining everything – that’s the vibe I got from the tent last night.
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’It is essential to ensure there is clear signposting to where allergen information can be found’
Former Trading Standards Officer Pete Martin, from product and labelling compliance firm Ashbury, examines how bakers can ensure best practice in the complex area of allergen labelling.
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‘Electronic access control is affordable if you don’t get carried away by add-ons’
Andy Wray, general manager SME, at Stanley Security on how simple access control security systems can sometimes be the better option for food businesses than those with all the bells and whistles
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Great British Bake Blog 2018: Episode six
Oh what a difference a pastry week makes! As this week’s bakes burst, burnt and leaked before the judges, some of the bakers’ fortunes were dramatically reversed.
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Great British Bake Blog 2018: Episode five
In the words of musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords: I’m not crying, I’m just chopping onions… for a lasagne. That’s what I’m telling myself, anyway, because last night’s episode of The Great British Bake Off was emotional.
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Great British Bake Blog 2018: Episode four
The Bake Off tent has been invaded by space turtles! No, this isn’t a crossover with Terry Pratchett’s Discworld – it’s Kim-Joy’s showstopper.
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‘Developing new wheat varieties is a major task’
Alex Waugh, director general of the National Association of British and Irish Flour Millers, on the potential benefits of sequencing the wheat genome – and why we may have to wait to see them
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‘It is imperative manufacturers have ways of discriminating brands from each other’
Andy Pollard, managing director of AB Mauri UK and Ireland, talks about the benefits generated by the company’s recent acquisition of Holgran and Fleming Howden.
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Great British Bake Blog 2018: Episode Three
Barely two minutes into this week’s Bake Off and I’m giggling like a school girl. Why? Because they’re making buns. And, as we learned last week, it’s impossible for me not to giggle at that word.