Marshall’s lifetime recognition caps sparkling night at FPC Fresh Awards
Wholesale markets a dead end? No reason to pursue a career in fresh produce? Forty five years later, Gary Marshall certainly can tell a different story. Friday night at the glitzy Grosvenor House on Park Lane, the owner of New Covent Garden Market’s Bevington Salads and Chairman of the Covent Garden Tenants Association was honoured […]
More stringent border checks of produce imports coming into UK won’t happen until July 2025
The UK government on Friday pushed back potential border checks of medium-risk fresh produce items coming from the European Union to 1 July 2025. The checks, which potentially could have thrown businesses and the entire fruit and vegetable import supply chain into turmoil, originally were set for 1 January 2025. The temporary easing will give […]
Aldi reaches historic 20-year deal with British apple grower AC Goatham
AC Goatham & Son, one of the most renowned fruit farms in the UK, has reached a new £750 million deal with Aldi to supply it with fresh apples and pears. Based in Kent, AC Goatham has been working with Aldi since 2016, but was not its sole provider of British apples until last year. […]
UK government’s border control receives thumbs up from FPC
An ambitious overhaul of the UK’s border control systems has been met with resounding approval from industry leaders, including Nigel Jenney, chief executive of the Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC). The initiative aims to enhance national and biosecurity while optimizing the flow of goods, aligning closely with Jenney’s long-standing advocacy for an industry-focused approach to border […]
UK Grower of the Year? FPC Fresh Awards will honour one in July
Perhaps at no point in recent memory has there been a more challenging time to be a grower in the UK – with the COVID-19 pandemic, rising costs, labour shortage and weather that has been especially fickle wreaking havoc on farmers and their crops. But the best of the best have shined through, and the […]
FPC hosting black-tie ceremony for Fresh Awards on 8 July in London
The Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC) is inviting all who are involved in trading fruits and vegetables, cut flowers and plants across the UK to submit their entries for the annual FPC Fresh Awards. The FPC will be hosting its first reception to honour the best growers, service providers, marketers and “distinguished personnel” from across fresh […]
FPC Future event brings together innovation, produce tech leaders this week
The Fresh Produce Consortium is hosting a new event called FPC Future on Thursday at Epic Centre, Lincolnshire Showground that will feature the most groundbreaking developments in the industry, including robotics and automation. The goal of the event is to give produce leaders the opportunity to see how new innovations across the supply chain can […]
Freshfel, FPC urge government to delay derogation for plant health certification
Freshfel and the Fresh Produce Consortium have asked the UK government to hold off on instituting a requirement that imports from the European Union need phytosanitary certificates from 1 April. The European fresh produce association and the FPC say effects from the costs of the 750,000 PCs will put an enormous strain on an already taxed system […]
