All British Baker articles in September 2007 – Page 2
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Allied Bakeries is restructuring into eight regional business units - it makes a lot of sense, economically and of course environmentally. Supplying more products locally will save on food miles and allow for regional variations (pg 4).It is the shape of things to come as the environment moves from the ...
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Landmark ruling on agency staff
Thousands of agency workers will be entitled to greater employment rights following a tribunal that ruled in favour of a group of Polish workers in the food processing industry, saying they should be considered employees rather than self-employed.The workers, who worked at Welsh Country Foods in Winsford in Cheshire, were ...
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Star turns at
Award winners celebrated in style with the cream of the UK’s baking industryA galaxy of nearly 900 guests from all parts of the baking industry came out to London’s glitzy Grosvenor House hotel this week to join in the celebrations which marked the 20th annual Baking Industry Awards. The presence ...
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Get involved
When I was at school, I was sent, one day a week, to Tameside College in Manchester. Everyone at my school had to choose from a list of subjects they wanted to do - for example, bakery, hair and beauty etc. I wanted to do drama, but all the spaces ...
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Distribution watch
The cost of petrol is expected to rocket, due to the price of crude oil reaching record levels, pushing up costs for bakery distributors. The price of oil recently broke through the $80 (£40) a barrel for the first time. These price increases are expected to be passed on to ...
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Support charity in kart racing fixture
A limited number of places are left on the grid for this year’s Kart Racing Grand Prix, an annual charity event to benefit the Bakers’ Benevolent Society (BBS).Experienced and novice drivers are equally welcome, either as teams or individuals. British Baker will be sending a group of three, ...
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Pie firm charged over hygiene
A pie factory in the West Mid-lands, has been fined almost £7,000 this month for poor hygiene conditions.Flaky Pastry of Bilston, was closed for four days last summer following a visit from health inspectors. Wolverhampton magistrates heard how the bakery breached hygiene regulations, due to the poor condition ...
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Finsbury looks to further buys as it integrates units
Finsbury Food Group said this week that it is ready to look at possible acquisitions, as it posted record results for 2007.The group had almost finished intergrating latest acquisition, cake company Lightbody, which it bought in February, chief executive Dave Brooks told British Baker. It would be able to consider ...
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Briefs
The owner of a bakery infested with flour beetles and covered in mud has been fined £3,700 for breaching food hygiene laws.Maxime Barrowcliffe of the Village Bakery, Magdalen Road, Exeter, was also ordered to pay £1,097 costs by Cullompton Magistrates Court.n Gent’s pie shop and bakery in Standish, Lancashire, ...