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Yorkshire Premier Meat Ltd

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:21:18 +0000

Factory Closure - 59 Jobs Lost - Turnover £42.3m
Yorkshire Premier Meat in Sheffield has closed its factory and moved the operation to a site in West Yorkshire with the loss of 59 jobs. Annual Turnover is £42.3m.

Scallops Direct Alba Limited

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:17:31 +0000

Business expansion - Jobs created
Newly incorporated Scallops Direct is looking to expand its products and add more jobs in Annan Harbour, Dumfries and Galloway. The company launched in October 2011 but found trading difficult due to stormy weather. Scallops Direct offers employment for the long-term unemployed or people disadvantaged through disability, age or mental illness. Geoff Tunstall is the founder.

Kerry Foods Ltd

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:47:44 +0000

337 jobs at risk - Site Closure - Annual Turnover £557.3m
Irish chilled foods company Kerry Foods has confirmed that 337 jobs could be cut at its Grimsby factory as a result of increasing competition and falling sales in the ready meals market. Frank Hayes is Director of Corporate Affairs

The Scottish Salmon Company Ltd

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:49:27 +0000

£40m expansion plan - 10 New Farms - 100 New Jobs - 5 Year Plan
The Scottish Salmon Company, a fish producer based in Edinburgh, is investing £40m and plans to open 10 farms along Scotlands west coat creating 100 jobs over the next five years. In the past two years, the company has more than doubled staff numbers from 160 to 380 and invested £30m in refurbishing its Marybank processing facility, acquiring West Minch Salmon, developing sites and upgrading existing farms. Stewart McLelland is Chief Executive.

Unilever PLC

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:54:56 +0000

£124m increase in promotional spend - cautious outlook
Anglo-Dutch company Unilever, the world's second-biggest maker of branded household products by sales, increased its marketing budget by £124m to £5.13bn in 2011. Net profits increased 1% from £3.8bn to £3.83 in 2011 but the company is cautious of the future outlook due to difficult conditions in mature economies.

Greggs PLC

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:43:51 +0000

10 jobs created - sandwich outlet opened
Greggs Plc has opened a sandwich outlet at the Onyx Retail Park, Manvers, South Yorkshire, creating 10 new jobs. The site was chosen because of its proximity to the A633 and to expanding residential areas.

Sussex Mushrooms Limited

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:22:01 +0000

40 jobs lost - restructuring strategy
The new owner of Sussex Mushrooms Ltd is cutting 40 jobs at Thakeham in West Sussex in order to make the site profitable. Sussex Mushrooms was taken over by Monaghan Mushrooms in 2011 and the parent company plans to expand mushroom production at the site after making the current operation viable.

The Real Good Food Company Plc

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:00:01 +0000

Earnings up 62% at sugar distributors
The Real Good Food Company plc, which owns the largest independent non-refining distributor of sugar in Europe (Napier Brown) and is a supplier of dairy ingredients (Garretts), supplies bakery ingredients (Renshaw), jam and bakery ingredients (R&W Scott) and manufactures patisserie and desserts (Haydens Bakery), has recorded a 62% rise in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. Company earnings rose to £9.1m for 2011, compared to £5.6m in 2010. Pieter Totte is Executive Chairman.

Parsons Bakery Limited

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:18:28 +0000

£30,000 funding secured - 32 new jobs - opening 25th store
Parsons Bakery Ltd has secured £30,000 funding from the government's Regional Growth Fund. It is opening a new store in Chippenham, Wiltshire, its 25th outlet, and plans to expand its chain to 30 stores by the end of 2012. The expansion will create up to 16 full-time and 16 part-time jobs.

Kingdom Bakers Limited

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:06:53 +0000

135 jobs lost - ceased trading - receivers selling business
Kingdom Baker Ltd has appointed receivers and ceased trading with the loss of 135 bakery jobs. RSM Tenon is working to secure a sale of the business and its assets and has received six enquiries. Kingdom Bakers operated two sites in Scotland, at Kirkcaldy and Dysart.