All articles by Michael Barker – Page 116
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ArticlePlanning for success
Businesses might be fit for today, but what if there were a sudden change of management? Michael Barker asks recruiters how firms can avoid a crisis
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ArticleSmooth operator targets drinks market
Michael Barker chats to Guka Tavberidze, founder of the Savse brand that is taking the smoothie category by storm
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ArticleInterview: Caroline Drummond's turning over a new LEAF
LEAF chief executive Caroline Drummond is full of ideas for taking the organisation forward and improving Brits’ nutrition. Michael Barker went to meet her
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ArticleBelgium 'rediscovers' UK market
Belgium has been a major supplier of fruit and veg to the UK for many years, but while that has waned somewhat, it is coming back strong
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ArticleInterview: Branston plans to beat the beige
Branston’s new MD is on a mission to boost potato consumption and get shoppers to see past the ‘wall of beige’. Michael Barker paid him a visit
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ArticleCGMA unveils new wholesale market identity
But tenants’ chair said that for traders, logos and “glossy pictures” were unimportant compared to issues like the migration strategy
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ArticleThanet Earth offers journey of discovery
The Thanet Earth Discovery Fellowship is offering Kent students the chance to get hands-on experience of commercial horticulture. Michael Barker visited Hadlow College to find out more
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ArticleTop-fruit volume sales soar
Volume sales are soaring as low prices make top fruit more attractive than ever to consumers, while growers say new-season conditions look promising
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ArticleNew technology moves towards absolute traceability
Many new technological developments are focused on ensuring absolute traceability and visibility in the supply chain
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ArticleChingford reduces sustainability team
Fruit firm has "rationalised the sustainability team down from two sustainable horticulture managers to one company agronomist"
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ArticleG's review could mean job losses
Veg and salad supplier realigning business for the future in response to 'changing market dynamics'
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ArticleGrowers predict more growth for cherries
Growers have high hopes that new darker cherry varieties will spearhead a further era of growth for the category
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ArticleInterview: Produce World and its £500m ambition
Produce World has major growth plans, and the number of changes it has made recently suggest it means business. Michael Barker went to meet the senior team
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ArticleAge of progression: Delassus interview
Delassus Group chairman Kacem Bennani Smires has reached 30 years in the fruit and vegetable trade
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ArticleFood Dudes founder Fergus Lowe dies
Bangor University professor dedicated much of his career to finding a new way of getting kids to make a lasting dietary change
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Ian Bowie dies, aged 77
Fruit trader, who was active in Greenwich and Borough Markets, passes away in the West Indies
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ArticleSpecial report: Life after SAWS
In the first season following the abolition of the Seasonal Agricultural Workers’ Scheme (SAWS), Michael Barker asks agencies to evaluate the availability of labour for the coming months and years
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ArticleFairtrade Fortnight casts a wider net
This year’s Fairtrade Fortnight is putting the spotlight back on the producers with the focus on a wider range of products
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ArticleBranding the convenience sector
With further rapid growth predicted for the convenience store market, Michael Barker asks what opportunity it opens up for branded produce
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ArticleFarming industry on the verge of an 'upturn in fortunes'
IGD CEO points to rise of discounters and farmers’ markets as evidence that 'all market gaps are exposed and filled over time'