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Underwood Meat is to shed 32 of the 122 jobs at its meat products factory in Rotherham in January 2007. 21-Dec-2006 Tangerine Group is looking to consolidate its VetPlus, Farmsense, Horsesense, Agri-Lloyd and Quay Equestrian operations onto a single location, and is seeking a five-acre site in the Blackpool area. 20-Dec-2006 Kerrygold is planning to build a new £30m cheese factory at its site in Leek by 2009, with the creation of 100 jobs. 20-Dec-2006 Premier Foods is to close its recently-acquired Campbell Grocery Products headquarters in Cambourne, Cambridgeshire, and hopes to transfer most of the 100 staff to other sites. 14-Dec-2006 Scottish Borders Council is to consider plans from Glenrath Farms to build a £8m egg farm near West Linton, which would create 60 jobs. 11-Dec-2006 United Dairy Farmers is to invest a further £1.4m at its Dale Farm operation in Cookstown by April 2007, in order to expand cheese and whey processing. 08-Dec-2006 Sealord is to open a £3.2m fish processing plant at its site in Caistor in early 2007, with the creation of up to 40 new jobs. 08-Dec-2006 Compass is looking to sell its Selecta vending operations in continental Europe and reduce the number of countries in which it provides catering services from 90 to 65. 30-Nov-2006 Burton's Foods could be sold by Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst for between £100m and £300m, having appointed corporate finance house Stamford Partners to advise on its strategic options. 27-Nov-2006 GlaxoSmithKline is to shed 70 jobs at the Horlicks drinks factory in Slough over the next year, in order to outsource carton and bottle production. 23-Nov-2006 Tenon Recovery has been appointed liquidator at Pat-a-Cake, with the loss of 54 jobs at a Workington bakery and seven shops. 23-Nov-2006 Torridge District Council is considering plans for the £3m expansion of Appledore's fish dock by autumn 2008, with the creation of 25 jobs. 21-Nov-2006 Redemption Food Company is doubling the workforce at its County Durham-based soups and sauces factory to 30 this month. 17-Nov-2006 Grange Mill Foods is looking to double the turnover of its County Durham-based cakes business to £6m over the next three years, with the creation of 26 jobs. 16-Nov-2006 Young's is to shed 120 of the 250 jobs at its seafood factory in Annan by February 2007, in order to transfer its scampi shelling operation to Thailand. 15-Nov-2006 Dairy Crest is looking to shed up to 38 of the 600 jobs at its dairy products factory in Stroud. 14-Nov-2006 Cherryridge Poultry is to close its poultry processing plant near Cromer in Norfolk by the end of the year, with the loss of 75 jobs. 13-Nov-2006 Riviera Desserts is to expand the 450-strong workforce at its desserts factory in Paignton with 40 new jobs, following a recent £1.4m investment in a new production unit. 09-Nov-2006 Hill Station, the Cwmbran-based premium ice cream manufacturer, has had its shares suspended "pending clarification of the company's financial condition". 08-Nov-2006 H Forman & Son, the salmon supplier, has announced plans to relocate its east London factory to a new site in Tower Hamlets, to make way for the 2012 Olympics. 08-Nov-2006 Dairy Farmers of Britain is planning to create 100 jobs at the former Golden Vale dairy in Bridgend, but 50 jobs will be lost through the closure of its site in Cardiff. 03-Nov-2006 New Forest Ice Cream has submitted plans for the development of a new 53,000 sq ft factory at the Gordleton Industrial Estate near Lymington, and the 35-strong workforce will rise by about ten. 02-Nov-2006 Walkers Shortbread is to set up a new £6m factory in Elgin by the end of 2007, with the creation of 30 jobs, and its head office will relocate to a larger site in Aberlour in January. 01-Nov-2006 Tate & Lyle is looking to sell its food and industrial ingredients business for an estimated £300m, in order to focus on value-added products, such as sweeteners. 26-Oct-2006 Robert Wiseman is to close its recently-acquired dairy in Torrington, Devon, by December with the loss of 45 jobs, in order to transfer the work and 55 other staff to its site in Okehampton. 25-Oct-2006 Kensey Foods is looking to create up to 200 jobs at its newly-opened £10m desserts factory in Launceston. 25-Oct-2006 Cereal Partners is planning to build a £40m cereals factory at Staverton in Wiltshire with the creation of 55 jobs, while a further 50 jobs will be created at a storage depot in nearby Bowerhill. 24-Oct-2006 Cornwall County Council is to consider plans from Cornwall Organic Recycling for the development of a raw meat and fish composting plant in Saltash, in order to process up to 10,000 tonnes of catering and garden waste a year. 23-Oct-2006 Yorkshire Forward has invested £1.7m in the Yorkshire & Humber Seafood Group, in order to support the development of the region's seafood industry and secure the future of more than 6,000 jobs. 18-Oct-2006 Wrights Pies is planning to open 50 new bakery outlets across the West Midlands over the next five years, with the creation of 250 jobs, and is also seeking permission to build a £3m cold-storage facility at its site in Crewe. 17-Oct-2006 Bowland Dairy Products is to close with the loss of 26 jobs at its cheese factory in Nelson, Lancashire, following a food safety dispute with the EU. 13-Oct-2006 Rockall is to close a fish processing factory in Rathfriland, County Down, in December with the loss of 21 jobs, casting doubt on the future of 80 jobs at its other factory nearby. 13-Oct-2006 Whyte & Mackay, the Glasgow-based distiller, has received a takeover approach from United Breweries of India. 10-Oct-2006 Coors has announced plans to shed a further 200 jobs at its brewery in Burton. 10-Oct-2006 Mackays is to relocate its preserves factory and about 100 jobs from Carnoustie to the Kirkton industrial estate in Arbroath by 2008. 05-Oct-2006 Greene King is to close its recently-acquired Hardys & Hansons brewery in Kimberley, Nottingham, with the loss of up to 80 jobs, in order to transfer production to its site in Bury St Edmunds. 04-Oct-2006 Pearl Northern Developments is to set up a 25,000 sq ft vegetable processing plant in Rotherham, under the name of Superifoods, with the creation of 40 jobs. 03-Oct-2006 Castell Howell Foods is to set up a new £4.4m head office and distribution centre at the Cross Hands Food Park in Carmarthenshire by March 2007, with the creation of 50 new jobs over the next three years. 02-Oct-2006 Grampian Country Foods is to stop producing frozen chickens at its factory at Bucksburn in Aberdeen in January, with the loss of up to 111 jobs. 29-Sep-2006 Northern Foods is to relocate its Nottingham-based technical services department and 49 jobs from Farnsworth House to BioCity in Pennyfoot Street. 27-Sep-2006 Compass is to shed 200 management jobs over the next few months, as part of a reorganisation of its contract catering business that will also result in a reduction in the number of brands. 27-Sep-2006 Pasta Foods is planning to shed less than 20 of the 130 jobs at its pasta products factory in Great Yarmouth. 26-Sep-2006 Dawnfresh of Uddingston is to shed 70 jobs from its 325-strong Scottish workforce, having decided to transfer its scampi processing operation to China. 26-Sep-2006 Whitworths, the Wellingborough-based dried fruit and nuts supplier, is expected to be put up for sale by private equity firm Gresham with a valuation of about £80m. 26-Sep-2006 Inter Link Foods, the operator of 12 bakeries, is considering plans for a £70m management buy-out. 25-Sep-2006 Hydes is planning to expand its Manchester-based brewery, having just acquired an adjacent 1.3-acre plot of land. 21-Sep-2006 Nestle is to shed 645 jobs at its confectionery factory in York, but £20m will be invested at the site to secure the future of the remaining 1,800 jobs. 21-Sep-2006 Lees Foods is looking to invest up to £8m in the expansion and diversification of its Scottish confectionery business, and is interested in the acquisition of restaurants and small hotels. 20-Sep-2006 OceanC Holdings is to raise £0.6m in a flotation on the new PLUS market, in order to expand its Liverpool-based seafood products business. 20-Sep-2006 Bradford Council is forming a partnership with Commercial Development Projects to set up a new multi-million pound food technology park in Ripley Street. 20-Sep-2006 Woodward Foodservice is to close its warehouse in Rhyl and transfer the work to its recently-expanded site in Birmingham. 20-Sep-2006 The GMB union has warned that 275 jobs will be lost in Basingstoke, Bradford and Dundonald after 3663's contract to supply food to the British forces was transferred to the Danish Bacon Company. 19-Sep-2006 Cambrian Pet Foods has secured a £1m Welsh Assembly grant to set up a new pet food factory at Pencader in Carmarthenshire, with the creation of 35 jobs. 15-Sep-2006 Glisten is considering plans to expand its confectionery products division in Blackburn by about 25%, which could create new jobs. 14-Sep-2006 Hain Celestial is to shed 50 of the 197 jobs at its Hain Frozen Foods factory in Fakenham. 11-Sep-2006 Speyfruit is planning a £0.6m expansion at its fruit and vegetable processing factory in Elgin, with the creation of up to 20 jobs. 11-Sep-2006 Coldwater Seafood of Grimsby is to focus on chilled foods rather than frozen fish products, but the impact on the 1,500-strong workforce is not yet known. 11-Sep-2006 Edme is planning to relocate its food ingredients business, having submitted plans for a housing development on its existing site in Mistley, Essex. 08-Sep-2006 Kelloggs is to shed 220 of the 1,000 jobs at its Trafford Park cereals factory in Manchester over the next two years. 08-Sep-2006 Noble Foods is to close three Deans Foods egg packing centres in Oxfordshire, Nottinghamshire and Hertfordshire, due to overcapacity. 06-Sep-2006 Allied Bakeries Ireland is to invest £6m in the expansion of its bakery in Belfast, including new equipment and the creation of 18 new jobs. 05-Sep-2006 Hill Station has raised £1m in a share placing to fund the reorganisation of its ice cream manufacturing facilities in Cwmbran and Cheadle. 01-Sep-2006 Hain Celestial is creating 76 vacancies at its sandwich factory in Luton, as part of a reorganisation that will involve up to 50 evening workers being transferred to day shifts. 31-Aug-2006 Northern Foods is to close its Trafford Park pastry products bakery in Manchester by the end of the year, with the loss of 690 jobs, while 200 jobs will be lost at its Palethorpes pie factory in Market Drayton. 25-Aug-2006 British Sugar is to invest £3m in the expansion of its sugar factory in Newark, including additional storage tanks. 22-Aug-2006 Garners Foods is to close its factory in Pershore by the end of the year with the loss of 23 jobs, in order to transfer production to Poland. 22-Aug-2006 Grampian Country Foods is planning to close its headquarters in Leeds next month, in order to relocate an unspecified number of the 80 staff back to Edinburgh. 21-Aug-2006 Cereal Partners is creating 55 new jobs at its breakfast cereals factory in Staverton, Wiltshire, and is also seeking permission to expand the site by late 2007. 17-Aug-2006 Lovely Bubbly, the Jarrow-based Champagne importer, is to list on the Ofex stock market, in order to raise funds to establish an international network of sales agents. 16-Aug-2006 Premier Foods is planning to set up a £11m chilled foods factory in Methwold, Norfolk, by early next year, with the creation of an unspecified number of jobs. 16-Aug-2006 Deans Foods is considering plans to close its egg packing plant in Walesby, Nottinghamshire, with the loss of up to 250 jobs. 16-Aug-2006 Willowbrook Foods is to expand its 157-strong workforce with 15 new jobs, following a recent £0.4m investment in potato processing equipment at its site in County Down. 10-Aug-2006 Apetito is to shed about 50 of the 500 jobs at its two ready meals sites in Trowbridge over the coming months. 07-Aug-2006 Scotbeef has confirmed plans to build a £16m 120,000 sq ft meat processing factory in Glasgow by October. 28-Jul-2006 Tamar Foods is to create 100 new jobs at its factory in Callington, having won a number of contracts to supply own-label savoury pastry products to major supermarket chains. 19-Jul-2006 Northern Foods has suffered a major fire at Fletchers Bakery in Sheffield, but the 650 jobs are said to be secure. 18-Jul-2006 Cobra Beer has raised £27m to fund the expansion of its bottled and draught beers in the UK and India. 17-Jul-2006 Inter Link Foods is investing £2m in two new bakeries in Greater Manchester, with the creation of up to 100 jobs. 13-Jul-2006 Barton Meat expects to create 60 additional jobs in telesales, packing, production and customer services at its new £5.5m site in Gorton, Manchester. 12-Jul-2006 Dale Farm is to invest £2.5m in the expansion of its dairy processing plant in Kendal by June 2007. 12-Jul-2006 The East Midlands Development Agency has selected the Pavilion Gardens in Buxton as its preferred location to set up a 30,000 sq ft food hall offering speciality food from regional producers. 12-Jul-2006 SK Chilled Foods is to close its spring rolls factory at Skelton on Teesside with the loss of up to 65 jobs, while its head office and 47 staff will relocate from Middlesbrough to Wynyard Business Park. 10-Jul-2006 FJ Pirie & Co has gone into liquidation through KPMG, with the loss of 11 jobs at its Kilmarnock-based crop storage and drying business. 07-Jul-2006 Headland Foods is planning to shed up to 60 jobs at its frozen foods factory in Grimsby. 06-Jul-2006 Dragon Feeds is looking to create up to 250 jobs in Neath Port Talbot by 2008, having just started work on the development of a test plant to produce feed for fish farms. 05-Jul-2006 Associated British Foods is to close two British Sugar factories in York and Shropshire at the end of next year, with the loss of up to 219 jobs. 05-Jul-2006 Warburtons is creating an initial 30 jobs at its new bakery distribution centre at the Heathfield Industrial Estate in Newton Abbot. 04-Jul-2006 Bacardi Martini, the alcoholic drinks company, is to set up a 23,500 sq ft headquarters at 28 Dorset Square in London. 03-Jul-2006 Fleming Family & Partners is to provide up to £69m of equity funding to a new company called Acorn Brands, in order to make acquisitions and become a leader in the European soft drinks market. 26-Jun-2006 Constellation Europe, the cider manufacturer, is looking to set up a 570,000 sq ft warehouse in the Bristol area, and will consider proposals from Gazeley, Burford, Rosemound and St Modwen. 26-Jun-2006 Westbury Dairies is to shed 35 jobs at its dairy in Wiltshire, in order to reorganise its production of skimmed milk powder. 23-Jun-2006 Defra has announced plans to build a multi-million pound marine research laboratory in Lowestoft by 2009, to house the Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science. 21-Jun-2006 United Biscuits, the biscuits and snacks manufacturer, has put itself up for sale with an estimated valuation of at least £2.3bn. 21-Jun-2006 Duchy College is to start work on the development of a £4.7m Agri-Food Innovation Centre at its site in Cornwall, in order to provide training and new product development services to the local food industry. 16-Jun-2006 Unilever is planning to set up a new 150,000 sq ft office at the Leatherhead Office Park in Surrey, and staff will relocate from a number of existing sites. 15-Jun-2006 British Cattle Movement Service is creating 250 temporary jobs at its site in Workington, in order to process applications for the Single Farm Payment scheme. 07-Jun-2006 Uniq is looking to raise £200m from the sale of its French spreads business and its Belgian salads business, in order to focus on convenience foods. 07-Jun-2006 New Primebake is to create 44 new jobs at its bakery in Nantwich by the end of the year, and the site will be extended by 36,000 sq ft. 06-Jun-2006 Northern Foods is to shed 400 of the 1,800 jobs at its Park Cakes factory in Oldham. 01-Jun-2006 Northern Foods is looking to sell businesses with combined sales of £580m, including NFT distribution, Smiths flour milling, cakes and pastries. 01-Jun-2006 Grampian Country Foods is to shed up to 86 of the 1,000 jobs at its meat processing plant near Haverhill. 30-May-2006 Young & Co is planning to relocate its beer production from Wandsworth to the Charles Wells Eagle brewery in Bedford, and its existing site is expected to undergo a £80m redevelopment. 23-May-2006 Moy Park is planning to close its chicken products factory in Lisnaskea, County Fermanagh, with the loss of 188 jobs. 22-May-2006 Tradeteam is to close its drinks distribution depot in Dunstable at the end of May, with the possible loss of up to 80 jobs, in order to transfer the work to sites in Enfield, Hams Hall, Gloucester, St Ives and Salford. 19-May-2006 Yorkshire Forward is looking to establish a Centre of Food Robotics & Automation and will launch a tender process for companies interested in managing the project. 17-May-2006 Smith & Williamson has been appointed liquidator at T&T Beverages, the low-calorie soft drinks company. 17-May-2006 Abergavenny Fine Foods is investing £1m in the expansion of a cheese factory in Blaenavon, in order to secure the future of 30 jobs. 16-May-2006 RHM is planning to close its Supreme Salt factory in Cobridge, Stoke-on-Trent, in September, with the loss of up to 57 jobs, in order to transfer the work to sites in Middlewich and Reading. 16-May-2006 Grampian Country Foods is to shed up to 80 jobs at its chicken processing plant in Banff. 12-May-2006 Diageo is to close drinks warehouses in Londonderry and Omagh with the loss of 40 jobs, in order to centralise its distribution operation in Belfast. 11-May-2006 Heinz is to close its HP Foods factory in Aston Cross, Birmingham, next March, with the loss of 125 jobs, in order to transfer sauce production to the Netherlands. 10-May-2006 Dean's of Huntly is investing £1.6m in the expansion of its shortbread factory in Aberdeenshire, in order to increase capacity by 70%. 08-May-2006 McCormick is to close its spices and sauces factory in Paisley with the loss of 150 jobs, but 90 new jobs will be created at its factory in Littleborough near Manchester. 08-May-2006 Geest QV and DGM Growers have merged to form a new company called Manor Fresh, which will employ more than 200 staff supplying fresh vegetables to supermarkets from its site in Holbeach. 05-May-2006 Grampian Country Foods is to shed 200 of the 420 jobs at its poultry processing plant on the Llangefni Industrial Estate in Anglesey. 04-May-2006 Nestle is said to be looking into the possibility of relocating its UK headquarters from Croydon to a 150,000 sq ft office in the Thames Valley. 04-May-2006 Premier Foods is considering a number of potential takeover targets, prompting speculation that it is interested in United Biscuits and Campbell Soup. 03-May-2006 Scottish & Newcastle has announced a new drinks distribution joint venture with Kuehne & Nagel, and S&N will contribute 22 UK depots, 700 vehicles and 1,900 staff. 27-Apr-2006 Lyndale Foods is to shed up to 180 jobs at the Sayers bakery in Liverpool, due to the loss of a major contract with Kwik Save. 20-Apr-2006 Tanfield Food has raised £1.4m from Hotbed to fund the expansion of its upmarket ready meals business. 18-Apr-2006 Cadbury Schweppes is looking to sell Monkhill, its own-label confectionery and popcorn business with four factories and one distribution depot, for about £80m. 10-Apr-2006 Lion Foods is to shed 27 jobs at its herbs and spices operation in Runcorn. 07-Apr-2006 Richmond Foods, the ice cream manufacturer, has received a preliminary takeover approach from an unnamed company. 06-Apr-2006 Kettle Produce is to shed 58 of the 900 jobs at its prepared vegetable operations in Fife. 06-Apr-2006 Halls of Broxburn is to shed 150 jobs at its pork processing plant in West Lothian. 03-Apr-2006 Northern Foods is considering plans to sell off its NFT transport division, and will unveil the results of a strategic review in May. 03-Apr-2006 Nor-Sea Foods has secured a £1.1m grant to help build a new seafood factory in Fraserburgh, as part of a series of investments announced by the EU's Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance fund. 31-Mar-2006 TH Sutcliffe has closed Caernarfon Abattoir and its de-boning plant in Newport with the loss of most of the 52 jobs. 31-Mar-2006 AG Barr is to close its soft drinks factory in Atherton, Greater Manchester, with the loss of almost 100 jobs, in order to transfer production to sites in Cumbernauld and Mansfield. 30-Mar-2006 Hero UK is considering plans to shed up to 80 of the 200 jobs at its Supercook food factory at Sherburn-in-Elmet near Selby, in order to transfer some of the production to Poland. 29-Mar-2006 Campbell Soup is considering plans to sell its operations in the UK and Ireland, including soups, noodles, meat products and stock cubes with annual sales of about £280m. 27-Mar-2006 Unilever is planning to merge its three UK operations into a single company, including the Crawley-based foods business, the Kingston-based household products business and the Walton-based frozen foods business. 23-Mar-2006 Allied Bakeries is closing its bakery in Woodley, Reading, with the loss of the remaining 72 jobs. 20-Mar-2006 Grampian Country Pork is to close its meat products factory at Elmswell, near Bury St Edmunds, in June with the loss of 380 jobs. 17-Mar-2006 Global Cake Company is considering plans to close its frozen desserts factory near Bridlington with the loss of 200 jobs, unless a buyer is found. 14-Mar-2006 Britannia Food Ingredients has secured a refinancing deal from the Royal Bank of Scotland to help fund the expansion of its Goole-based speciality fats business. 13-Mar-2006 Discovery Foods is creating 42 jobs at a new £3.5m tortilla factory due to open in Milton Keynes at the end of March. 13-Mar-2006 Kerry Foods is to shed 320 jobs at its ready meals factory in Hartlepool by May, and just 30 staff will be retained. 10-Mar-2006 British Bakeries is planning to create 200 jobs at the recently-acquired former Harvestime bakery in Thurmaston, Leicester, in order to gradually increase production at the site. 10-Mar-2006 Thomas Hardy Burtonwood is to close the bottling line at its Burtonwood brewery with the loss of 41 of the 82 jobs. 09-Mar-2006 Nestle is to shed 234 of the 3,000 jobs at its confectionery factory in York, and a further 41 jobs will be lost at a factory near Newcastle upon Tyne. 03-Mar-2006 Burts Potato Chips has finalised plans to relocate its snacks factory from Kingsbridge to the Belliver Industrial Estate in Plymouth in April, with the creation of up to 60 jobs. 03-Mar-2006 Simon Howie Foods is to expand the production space at its 40,000 sq ft meat products factory in Dunning, Perthshire, by 10,000 sq ft over the next six months. 02-Mar-2006 Fuller Smith & Turner is to close its recently-acquired Gales brewery in Hampshire at the end of next month with the loss of 21 jobs, in order to transfer production to Chiswick. 28-Feb-2006 InBev, the Belgian brewer, is planning to outsource its finance and procurement operations across Europe, which is expected to lead to job losses in the UK. 27-Feb-2006 Tulip is to close three former Hygrade meat processing factories in Chard and Chippenham next January with the loss of 850 jobs, in order to transfer production to its site in King's Lynn. 24-Feb-2006 Carlsberg, the Danish brewer, has announced plans to shed about 400 jobs in the UK by the end of the year. 22-Feb-2006 Danisco is to shed 19 of the 54 jobs at its food additives factory in Beaminster, Dorset, and its innovation department will move to Denmark. 21-Feb-2006 Del Monte is planning to close its prepared salads factory near Downham Market with the loss of 250 jobs. 17-Feb-2006 Torbay Council is to consider plans for the development of a £16m fish market in Brixham, which will create up to 70 new jobs. 13-Feb-2006 Unilever is looking to sell most of its European frozen foods operations, which will affect 900 staff at its Birds Eye factory in Lowestoft. 10-Feb-2006 Scofish is closing its fish processing factory in Fraserburgh with the loss of the remaining 18 jobs. 10-Feb-2006 Blackwood Distillers is planning to start work on the development of a new £3m whisky distillery in Shetland this spring, which will create 24 jobs. 09-Feb-2006 Thwaites Brewery is to shed 16 management and administration jobs at its Lancashire-based brewery, as part of a restructuring programme. 01-Feb-2006 Farm Fed is to close its chicken processing factory in Coleraine with the loss of about 380 jobs. 30-Jan-2006 Elizabeth Shaw has confirmed plans to close its Greenbank factory in Bristol in July, with the loss of 145 jobs, in order to outsource chocolate manufacture to two factories in the West Midlands. 26-Jan-2006 Schwan's Consumer Brands is to shed about 28 jobs at its frozen pizza factory in Leyland. 25-Jan-2006 John Law Frozen Seafoods is to shed 30 jobs at its fish processing factory in Aberdeen. 25-Jan-2006 Lloyd Maunder is to close its lamb business, following the loss of a major contract last March, and will instead focus on poultry and processed meats. 25-Jan-2006 Culina Logistics is to start recruiting up to 300 staff at its new 172,000 sq ft chilled foods distribution centre at Prime Point, near Stafford. 23-Jan-2006 Uniq Foods is to expand its chilled desserts factory in Paignton with the creation of 50 jobs. 23-Jan-2006 Harlech Food Service is planning to relocate its food distribution business and 70 staff to the Llanystumdwy Agri-Park, having just acquired a six-acre site from Gwynedd Council. 20-Jan-2006 Richmond Foods is considering plans to close its luxury ice cream factory in Bude with the loss of 31 jobs, in order to transfer production to its sites in the north. 20-Jan-2006 Fuller Smith & Turner is to shed 31 jobs at its recently-acquired Gales brewery in Hampshire, in order to centralise finance and IT at its Chiswick head office. 20-Jan-2006 Coca-Cola Enterprises Great Britain is to shed 58 of the 450 jobs at its soft drinks bottling plant in East Kilbride, and a further 100 jobs will be lost at other sites across the country. 19-Jan-2006 Crisp Malting Group is to shed up to 20 of the 275 jobs at its four malting sites in Norfolk and Scotland. 18-Jan-2006 Pinguin Foods is planning to shed up to 65 of the 150 jobs at its frozen vegetables factory in King's Lynn. 17-Jan-2006 Milk Link is planning to shed about 40 jobs at its milk plant in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries. 12-Jan-2006 Leaf UK is considering plans to close its confectionery factory in Southport with the loss of up to 150 jobs, in order to transfer production to eastern Europe. 12-Jan-2006 Arla Foods is to close the production side of its milk plant near Uckfield in East Sussex, with the loss of about 250 jobs, but its dairy distribution operation will be retained along with 80 staff. 11-Jan-2006 Young's Bluecrest is in talks with EQT Scandinavia about the possible acquisition of frozen foods company Findus for about £380m. 09-Jan-2006 Diageo is to invest £9m in the expansion of its drinks plant in Leven, Fife, including the installation of a new bottling line for Tanqueray gin and the creation of 22 jobs. 03-Jan-2006
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