All Recruitment & Training articles – Page 4
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ArticleEast-West Seed provides farmer upskill funding
Some US$18m will be made available as it joins the Zero Hunger Private Sector Pledge
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ArticleConsultation opens to address agri-food skills needs in Kent
Recommendations from report by Growing Kent & Medway will be implemented to address skills challenges facing agri-food sector in the region from autumn 2022
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ArticleNFU calls on hort members to complete labour survey as shortages bite
Faced with labour shortages as high as 40 per cent in first half of year, NFU is gathering evidence to help expand Seasonal Worker Scheme in 2023
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ArticleLogistics sector launches massive recruitment drive
Generation Logisitics, a major new government-backed recruitment campaign coordinated by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) and Logistics UK, launches today
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ArticleLorry driver initiatives bear fruit
UK lorry-driver shortage persists but recruitment initiatives are starting to make a difference, says Logistics UK
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ArticleSanLucar Tunisia welcomes new cohort of young graduates
The company works with public training centres in the country so that young talent can build a future in the agriculture
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ArticleNew pilot grows fresh talent in Kent
A new apprenticeship scheme in Kent offers opportunities to fast track into the fresh produce industry
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ArticleLogistics UK urges former HGV drivers to rejoin sector
Hundreds of spaces available on government-funded HGV refresher training courses, Logistics UK says
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ArticleNew global chief executive for Fairtrade International
Sandra Uwera is announced as the new global chief executive officer, replacing former interim Nyagoy Nyong’o
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ArticleSouth African stonefruit industry aims to transform lives
A series of projects launched by the country’s stonefruit business looks to improve the lives of workers
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ArticleFyffes expands marketing team
Áine McElroy joins as marketing executive responsible for bananas and pineapples in Ireland
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ArticleJupiter support for female recruits
Jupiter Group continues to offer practical on-farm experience to female students in South Africa as a way of addressing gender marginalisation
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ArticleLST appoints new plant scientist
CEA tech specialist brings on board Laura Briers, a PhD researcher in Plant Physiology at the University of Nottingham
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ArticleSteve Murrells to step down as Co-op CEO
Shirine Khoury-Haq, group CFO and CEO of Co-op Life Services, to become interim group CEO after AGM in May
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ArticleKilbride named MD at Henderson Brown
Founder Martin Brown steps up to chairman role in a number of moves within fresh produce recruitment consultancy
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ArticleBSF assesses labour impact of war in Ukraine
Soft fruit industry body warns that Russian invasion of Ukraine could reduce overall productivity of Britain’s soft fruit pickers this season
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ArticleSix Vitacress farmers clock up 170 years
Salad producer celebrates six workers, including planning and quality manager Andy Roberts, who has been with the company for 50 years
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ArticleHGV driver numbers ‘stabilising’
Fall in driver numbers slows thanks, in part, to higher capacity for driving tests, Logistics UK reports
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ArticleTraining programme supports net zero in Kent
Growing Green is inviting up to 40 businesses to take part in pilot scheme to help reduce their carbon emissions
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ArticleZarrin helps revive Dominica bananas
Iran’s Zarrin Group is calling on Indian expertise to assist Dominica’s banana industry, still recovering from 2007’s devastating hurricane