All British Baker articles in September 2011 – Page 3
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National Insurance numbers - the end of the plastic card
Be aware that, when checking the details of a new employee, many more will now provide you with a letter showing their NI number, rather than a plastic card, as these are being gradually phased out in a move that is expected to save up to £1m each year.As from ...
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Wire cake slicer devised
Following increasing demand from customers for pre-portioned cakes, baker Noreen Salador devised CakePortioner, a wire portioner now in production with worldwide patents pending.Developed in the UK by CakePortioner, a division of Posh Nosh Innovations, the product has an ultra-thin cutting wire, which can portion 60-100 fresh round cakes or desserts, ...
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Kerry to expand via SuCrest buy
The Kerry Group is to expand its sweet ingredients and flavours business in the Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), with the proposed acquisition of SuCrest.The group has entered into an agreement to buy the German firm, which has production and development facilities in Hochheim, Germany and Vitebsk, Belarus, ...
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Now that really does take the biscuit
Auctioneers at Christie’s are expecting a biscuit to earn up to $2,500 at auction. The 104-year-old biscuit is a survivor from explorer Ernest Shackleton’s Nimrod expedition to the South Pole in 1907. Made by Huntley & Palmers, the biscuit, which was found in the hut at Cape Royds, Shackleton’s base ...
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Schultz: Be bold or be left behind
Those companies that are not bold in the face of the global economic crisis and don’t have the courage to take risks, may be left behind, according to Starbucks chairman, president and chief executive Howard Schultz.
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Banette concept hits the UK
An iconic French artisan bakery concept, ’Banette’, is now available to the UK for the first time, exclusively through FWP Matthews. Banette Flour is milled by FWP in the Cotswolds under licence from Banette International. "Using the unique registered process ’Banette Fermentation Primeur’, an original artisan baguette can be created," ...
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Welsh bakery goes to MBI
The management team of Berwyn Bakery has formed a new company, The Cake Crew, to purchase the assets of the bakery, saving around 70 jobs, after it was placed into administration earlier this month.Berwyn Bakery, which was the second-largest employer in the town of Bala, Gwynedd in North Wales, had ...
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Bolton awaits bakers’ visit
B olton arena will play host to the 5th annual Bakers’ Fair this autumn, which takes place on Sunday 2 October. The free-to-attend event, sponsored by Norbake, will be coupled with Butchers’ Fair as it was at the spring fair in April, giving great opportunities to those companies that work ...
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Online firm offers artisan flour range
Online supplier Bakerybits.co.uk has launched an extensive new range of artisan stoneground flours, as part of its aim to expand its offering of hard-to-find ingredients sought by independent and domestic artisan bakers.The new line has been specially selected from several acclaimed mills across the UK, including Redbournbury Mill, Foster’s Mill, ...
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NewsArden creates exclusive item for Waitrose
Continental bakery distributor Arden Fine Foods has developed a new Italian brand exclusively for Waitrose, with four new biscuit lines hitting the retailer’s shelves this month. The new Arden & Amici brand, which includes cantuccini, biscotti and soft amaretti biscuits, could be extended to other products, such as panettone and ...
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Bakery union makes claims against Park Cakes
The Bakers Food and Workers Union (BFAWU) has claimed that Park Cake Bakeries is attempting to bypass new legislation covering agency workers and has asked local MPs for their support.
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Start-ups: Time to get active online
By Mellissa Morgan, aka Ms Cupcake.I went from baking a few cakes at home to owning my own shop within a year. When talking to people about the start of my business they often ask, "How did you achieve success in such a short period of time?" I tell people ...
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EU sugar quota abolition could push prices down
Bakers could benefit from falling sugar prices if the EU’s widely leaked plan to abolish sugar quotas is successful.The EU is expected to announce next month that it proposes to scrap the current system of production quotas and guaranteed minimum prices for sugar far-mers by September 2016. News agency Reuters ...
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Next issue: 7 October
lBakers’ Fair ReviewFollowing the industry’s gathering in Bolton on 2 October for our second Bakers’ Fair, we highlight the innovations and developments on show and announce competition winnerslCleaning & hygieneWith best practice in focus, we report on what is new in hygiene, health & safetylHealthy optionsWe look at which baked ...
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The National Minimum Wage rates will rise again on 1st October 2011
£6.08 per hour aged 21+£4.98 per hour aged 18-20£3.68 per hour aged 16-17£2.60 per hour apprentices aged under 19 or in the first year.
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Permanently lower prices at Tesco?
Tesco looks set to launch a new price offensive next week, with a possible switch in emphasis from promotions to permanently low prices, according to sister title The Grocer.
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New research highlights gluten-free shopper habits
New research has revealed that consumer spending on gluten- and wheat-free products is heavily based on trust, rather than price, promotion or advertising, according to Dr Schär UK.
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Edme to distribute malt extract through joint venture
Essex-based grain and bakery ingredients supplier Edme has joined forces with Dutch brand CereX in a deal that will enhance its product range, with the addition of malt extract ingredients.
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Swipe and pay at Greggs
Greggs, the high street bakery chain, is to accept payments using new contactless technology – just months after it moved over from a cash-only business.
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Warburtons consults on Pennine Bakery closure
More than 170 jobs could be lost at Warburtons as it consults on plans to close its Pennine Bakery near Oldham.