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Optimism rises among hospitality and food bosses

Hospitality and food and beverage industry bosses are more optimistic about recovery in the sector than they were 12 months ago. That’s the result of a survey of 311 executives by Allegra Strategies. But senior industry figures were still cautious about the prospects for 2010, with 86% of those surveyed expecting recovery across the wider economy to [...]

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Cumbria food ambassador’s OBE for services to food and farming

By Kat Barns
date 2009-12-02 comment Comments (0)
  Cumbrian food ambassador Annette Gibbons has received an OBE at Buckingham Palace for Services to Food and Farming in Cumbria.
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Great Food - That’s The Point

By Eva Makin
date 2009-11-05 comment Comments (0)
The team at The Point, located at Lancashire County Cricket Club (LCCC), are aware that one of the key factors
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Chef Heathcote at Food Festival

By Eva Makin
date 2009-09-03 comment Comments (0)
CELEBRITY chef Paul Heathcote kicked off Bolton’s Food and Drink Festival this Bank Holiday Weekend when he cooked up one
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‘Can cook, will cook’ Summer Feast

By Eva Makin
date 2009-08-25 comment Comments (0)
Sholver residents who have been taking part in a local cooking project showcase their newly acquired skills by cooking up
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Expert Arnd Baggen brought in to spice up food festival

By Eva Makin
date 2009-08-21 comment Comments (0)
Bolton’s annual Food and drink festival will be given a boost by the man behind Manchester’s popular Christmas Market. Arnd Baggen
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Taste Cheshire Food Trail launched

By Kat Barns
date 2009-05-27 comment Comments (0)
  Food producers and VIPs came together in Chester for the launch of the Taste Cheshire Food Trail.   The initiative, launched by
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2010 Year of Food plan for Wirral

By Nathan Harris
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  Plans for Wirral’s Year of Food in 2010 have been revealed.   The borough is currently bidding for European funding to help
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RSPCA calls on pubs and restaurants to enter its 2009 Good Business Awards

By Kat Barns
date 2009-05-03 comment Comments (0)
  The RSPCA is calling on pubs and restaurants around the UK to enter its 2009 Good Business Awards, which recognise
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Pub chains join FSA healthy eating drive

By Daniel Finch
date 2009-02-05 comment Comments (0)
Six of the UK’s leading pub chains have become the latest catering operators to sign up to the Food Standard
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FSA insists it won’t be ‘calorie police’ on menus

By Nathan Harris
date 2009-01-15 comment Comments (0)
  The Food Standards Agency (FSA) today insisted it would not be “calorie police” when a trial of nutritional labelling on