Food & Drink

Charles Baughan, managing director of award-winning UK food company Westaways meets enthusiastic young tasters. Image by Westaways

British food and drink exports are growing in new markets

08 May 2012

by Angela Singleton, London Press Service

China has entered the top 20 destinations for British food and drink exports for the first time with a 55 per cent increase on 2010, partly due to changing tastes and an increasingly westernised diet.

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Prize winner: Heather Whittaker pictured with her Hereford cattle. Image by Absolutely Food

Self-taught beef farmer Heather’s quest for success

Self-taught beef farmer Heather Whittaker adopted a “take the bull by the horns” approach to her new chosen career.

10 April 2012

Drinking it in: US President Barack Obama sips Buxton water at the Foreign Office, London. Image by Nestle

“Zero-waste”bottling plant to open in the UK

One of Europe’s most innovative and efficient bottling facilities is to open in the UK after a 35 million pounds investment in the new state-of-the-art plant by Nestlé Waters.

10 April 2012

Friends of the farmer: “good” insects illustrating a calendar promoting “green” pest control. Image by Greenwich University

An ecological approach to controlling agricultural pests

An advanced centre to develop technologies and policies that could reduce chemical pesticide use in agriculture in the UK and the rest of Europe has been launched in southern England.

13 March 2012

Wrapped up: Nestle UK has reached a green record by sending no waste to landfill. Image by Nestle

Sweet! - top confectionery firm slims down its waste to zero

One of the largest confectionery companies in the UK has marked another environmental record by the remarkable achievement of sending none of its waste to landfill sites.

15 February 2012

Skilled cheese makers have produced Scottish cheddar for more than 50 years. Image by Lockerbie Creamery

More cheese, please - growing taste for Scotland’s cheddar

A large cooperative of dairy farmers is to invest 20 million pounds in expanding its cheddar factory in Scotland to try to cope with the increased appetite for UK cheese at home and abroad.

08 February 2012