Posts Tagged ‘Seafish’
Processors urged to join ‘health’ check
A ‘HEALTH’ check is being carried out on the state of the UK seafood processing industry in the wake of Brexit. And companies are being urged to cooperate by letting the government and the industry authority Seafish know about their financial position. Seafish said such an examination of processing businesses is of particular importance as Britain leaves the European…
Read MoreLondon seafood summit on Brexit impact
THE Norwegian Seafood Council is hosting a major summit in London next week to prepare for the challenges posed by Brexit. More than 120 representatives from the Norwegian and British seafood industries will meet at the Berkeley Hotel on Wednesday to discuss what is likely to happen to trade when the UK leaves the EU in March next year.…
Read MoreGrimsby to stage seafood careers event
GRIMSBY is to host a major event next month in a bid to steer more young people towards a career in food and in the seafood industry in particular. Organised by Seafish and the Grimsby Institute, the Future of Food careers conference on February 22 is also aimed at key stakeholders and employers, both on the Humber and…
Read MoreBrexit threat to Scottish recruitment
SCOTLAND\’S seafood processors are far more dependent on European workers than those elsewhere in the UK, new figures from Marine Scotland show. And efforts to recruit UK workers were now becoming more challenging. The survey found that around 58 per cent of seafood staff in Scotland were from Europe – mainly Poland, Latvia and Lithuania…
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