All Flowers articles – Page 63
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Guernsey shows encouraging growth
Revenue generated by horticultural exports from Guernsey is on the increase despite a decline in glasshouse acreage.
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Platinum Club given latest update as Anglia opens up
Anglia customers gathered this month for a Microsoft Navision 4.0 preview and opening of the company’s new headquarters. The event also showcased new leading edge, Anglia developed, 'Pick & Pack' and RFID technologies for the fresh produce sector.
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Guernsey stalwarts give up the ghost
The Higgs family, which has been growing tomatoes in Guernsey for the UK market during the past three generations, are pulling out of the trade.
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ArticleUncertainty must end for Covent Garden
Traders need an end to the uncertainty surrounding the future of New Covent Garden Market, said Michael Jack, chairman of the environment and rural affairs select committee.
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ArticleIrish unity pays dividend
Competitors working together to help each others business? Unheard of, you might think, but over the water in Ireland the unthinkable is happening. A number of companies from across the fresh produce sector have joined forces in a bid to improve training and skills within the industry, writes Ed Bedington.
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ArticlePrepare for convenience
The fresh produce market has seen big changes over the past few years, mirroring consumer changes in lifestyle with the increased need for convenience, writes Anabella de Sousa, enhancing the growth in the prepared produce sector.
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Bulb standards launched
Dutch bulb growers have taken a further step toward environmentally sustainable production with the introduction of new standards.
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Post Office targets flower market
The Post Office is hoping to strengthen its position in the flower sector with the launch of a new flower delivery service.
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Article30 years strong
Cast your mind back to 1974 and what do you think of? On the football front Germany beat Holland in the World Cup and Liverpool won the FA Cup. In fashion kipper ties and flared trousers, and tottering platform shoes ruled. Meanwhile, ‘Tricky Dickie’ and his Watergate scandal was all over the newspapers, vying for column inches with our home-grown scandal, Lucky Lord Lucan and his vanishing act.In the world of food, McDonalds opened its first outlet in the UK. Peppers, courgettes and mangoes were exotic produce. Pineapple and cheese on sticks was the height of sophistication and Cadbury’s Smash was the last word in convenience. Eating out was, for the majority, a special occasion. Oh, and the traders of Covent Garden made the short, but life-changing trip south to New Covent Garden, a state-of-the-art wholesale centre in Vauxhall. thirty years on, Tommy Leighton reports.
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ArticleBesana - nuts for health
The Besana Group, one of the most important European companies in terms of production, processing and marketing of nuts and dried fruit for the UK market, sees Christmas as an added proposition to the year-round “daily-line-sales”. Its range of products multiplies significantly as the market clamours for the multitude of nut mixes, dried fruit mixes and dried fruit and nut mixes in the September to December Christmas retail period.
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ArticleCanaries aflutter
Canary Islands salad produce makes its appearance from this week on UK supermarket shelves as local supplies begin to dwindle from October to April. The island’s climate with long sunny days, cooled by the Atlantic trade winds in the nights, and rich, volcanic soils make it a grower’s paradise but producers have had to make some changes, reports Anabella de Sousa.
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ArticleAgrexco on top form
As reported in last week’s Journal, Agrexco’s UK office has just completed its most successful year ever, increasing turnover by 25 per cent to £97 million. Tommy Leighton visited Carmel House and the port of Marseille to find out some of the reasons behind a rare success story in a tough 2004 marketplace, and look forward to more of the same in the next 12 months.
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ArticleAutoplanter to introduce significant efficiencies
Pearson Robotic Autoplanter will increase planting efficiency and save time and money, say designers.
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ArticleAgrexco turnover soars in UK
Agrexco, the largest exporter of fruit, vegetables and flowers from Israel, has registered a 25 per cent increase in its UK turnover in the last 12 months.
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Biological bugs launch new website for tomato consumers
Amco Produce Inc and Koppert Biological Systems will officially launch a joint new tomato food bio safety website at Fresh Summit 2004.
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ArticleTesco top for fresh
Tesco has been proclaimed the multiple fresh produce retailer of the year for the second year running.
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ArticlePlant health check behind schedule
Amendments to the plant health directive, due to come into force January 1, 2005, are unlikely to be implemented on schedule.
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"Cheap imports and cost of legislation" forces family firm into administration
A three-generation Somerset family firm, the largest supplier of cut chrysanthemums in the UK, has been forced into administration.
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UAE steps up fruit and veg production
The United Arab Emirates is working hard to develop a vibrant agricultural infrastructure.
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ArticleColombian flower sales rocket
Colombian flower exports are at record levels, pushed upwards by the country's Florverde programme, which aims to better the social, economic and environmental conditions of the Colombian flower industry.