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Activists slammed after farmer's death

22nd Feb 2012

Shock has turned to anger following the death of a farmer targeted by animal rights activists reports the farmers weekly.

Pig producer Stephen Brown, 52, was found dead on his farm at East Harli...

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Asda creates 5,000 jobs

23rd Jan 2012

Supermarket chain Asda has announced plans to open 25 new stores and three depots, creating 5,000 jobs this year reports the BBC.

There will be a new depot in Rochdale, an existing one in Falkirk ...

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Livestock Farmers Warned to be Vigilant for New Disease

11th Jan 2012

LIVESTOCK farmers are being urged to look out for signs of a new and emerging disease in mainland Europe causing foetal malformations in cattle, sheep and goats. Reports the Farmers Guardian.

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Value of AD units on mega-farms questioned.

4th Jan 2012

 

A new report on Anaerobic Digestion (AD) and large-scale intensive livestock farms, which was commissioned by the Soil Association and the World Society for the Protection of Animals and written...
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Happy Christmas from everyone at Europeople

23rd Dec 2011

We would like to wish everyone a Happy Christmas and New Year!!!

Best Wishes

THE EUROPEOPLE TEAM

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Intensifying livestock farming not environmentally viable

21st Dec 2011

 

The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation has today called on farmers worldwide to use natural resources more efficiently to meet the growing demand for meat and animal products worldwide, withou...
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New Website Europeople's Workbook

18th Dec 2011

 

Coming soon from Europeople Staffing Solutions is a new and exciting workbook which allows farming people and businesses to communicate, post jobs, find work and search our database of hundreds ...

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Eighty-eight pc of Welsh farmers to receive Single Payment

30th Nov 2011

 

EIGHTY-EIGHT per cent of Welsh farmers will receive their Single Payments on Thursday, the day the European Commission payment window opens.

 

Alun Davies, Deputy Minister for Agriculture,...

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UK considering unilateral battery egg import ban

16th Nov 2011

 

THE UK is considering a unilateral ban on illegally produced eggs after the European Commission ruled out new legislation to enforce the imminent battery cage ban. Reports the FG.
 
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X-Factor judge to wear milk moustache

16th Nov 2011

 

X-FACTOR judge Kelly Rowland has been unveiled as the new face of the ‘Make Mine Milk’ campaign.
 
The singer and TV personality becomes the latest in a long list of celebrities to wear th...
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Royal Mail remains very confident in Angard reports The Recruiter

11th Nov 2011

 

The Royal Mail says it is “very confident” that negative comments made about its in-house agency Angard Staffing Solutions represent the views of “a very small minority”.
The Royal Mail is usin...
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CAP changes could be 'catastrophic' to Welsh dairy industry

1st Nov 2011

 

THE Farmers Union of Wales is urging the Welsh Government to carry out urgent impact assessments to ensure dairy producing areas are not devastated by what could be ‘catastrophic’ changes to t...
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MP's Axe Agricultural Wages Board

26th Oct 2011

MPs have voted to abolish the agricultural wages board, despite last minute attempts by campaigners to save the board.

The future of the body that sets wages for farm workers is in doubt following...

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Farming company has been fined £7,000

17th Oct 2011

 

A Lincolnshire farming company has been fined £7,000 after a worker was hit by a forklift truck.
 
CW Dobbs and Son of Spalding has also been ordered to pay £2,588 in legal costs after agency...
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UK unemployment reaches highest level for 17 years

13th Oct 2011

 

The latest UK employment data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reinforces gloom in the labour market, with unemployment reaching its highest level for 17 years.
 
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No escape' from meat inspection costs

5th Oct 2011

 

LIVESTOCK farmers and processors have been told they will not be able to escape paying the full £25m cost of meat inspections, the industry has been told reports the Farmers Guardian.
 
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Rise in sheep rustling across Britain

4th Oct 2011

Organised gangs of crooks are thought to be behind a dramatic 80% rise in sheep rustling across Britain reports The mirror.

About 30,000 were stolen in the first eight months of this year as the i...

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GLA has revoked more than double the number of licences in 2011

30th Sep 2011

The Gangmasters Licensing Authority has revoked more than double the number of licences in 2011 than it did in the same period last year.

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Arla given "Green Light"

28th Sep 2011

 

Plans to build "the world's largest zero-carbon dairy", capable of processing 1.3bn litres of milk a year, have been given the go-ahead.
 
The £150m Arla Foods site in Buckinghamshire was gran...
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James Caan "Do Not Underpay Your Top People"

27th Sep 2011

In a recession, it is a mistake to think that if the markets are difficult then your top people will stay with you.

This was the message from James Caan at an event hosted by online careers provid...
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