skills

Apprenticeship scheme from Dawn Foods aims to inspire next generation talents

As part of its commitment to nurturing new industry talent, Dawn Foods has launched a much-needed Student and Bakery Apprentice Ambassador Programme 2025, aiming to develop the next generation of skilled sector workers.

Business news, Ingredients, Regulatory, Sustainability

Nestlé’s youth employment scheme marks a decade of supporting sector job prospects

A key employment support initiative co-founded by Nestlé, The Global Alliance for YOUth, is celebrating its first decade of helping young people enhance their jobs skills around the world, with a number of sector businesses engaging with the scheme, writes Neill Barston.

BDSI’s work highlighting confectionery sector skills training sets the standard

This past week, Germany’s BDSI national confectionery organisation has highlighted a broad range of training opportunities for the sector, which highlighted the encouraging state of the industry there.

Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability

Focus: Women taking centre stage in engineering

Marking Women in Engineering Day, today, 23 June, product inspection business Mettler-Toledo celebrates some of the female engineers within the business.

Business news, Packaging, Processing, Sustainability

MAKE UK calls for manufacturing apprenticeship review, as £1 billion in funding goes unspent

Latest figures from manufacturing organisation MAKE UK have found that a record total of £1.04 billion in apprenticeship levy funds went unspent in Britain last year, against a backdrop of skills shortages, reports Neill Barston.

Business news, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability

Germany’s ZDS confectionery college marks 70 years within the industry

The year 2020 proved a very notable for Germany’s ZDS central college of the confectionery industry, as much as it has proved for all companies, employers and employees worldwide. The consequences of the ongoing covid crisis have also affected its academy. The organisation, which is on our editorial board, marks its 70th anniversary this month, offers a view on its upcoming activities

Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Sustainability

UK Food and Drink sector to offer 400 job placements under Kickstart scheme

The UK’s Food and Drink sector is to offer a valuable boost to young people entering the industry, after a successful bid to offer 400 job placements for young people as part of the government’s £2 billion Kickstart scheme, writes Neill Barston.

Business news, Food safety, Sustainability

World Confectionery Conference focus: Andy Baxendale gears up for speaking at our sector showcase

As a member of Confectionery Production’s editorial board, Andy Baxendale has plenty of tales from his varied career. Editor Neill Barston meets him at his UK studios in Greater Manchester, to discuss life amid the pandemic, and his latest plans including preparing to speak at the 2021 World Confectionery Conference.

Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability

Bühler makes major strides with its new Ivory Coast cocoa competence centre

A major cocoa processing breakthrough in Ivory Coast is set to be delivered through Bühler’s creation of its Agroindustrial and training facility (C.F.I.A.) in Abidjan (pictured below), reports Neill Barston.

Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability

Preventing loss: taking decisive action can result in manufacturers making significant savings

As economies around the world continue to be pressured by the effects of the coronavirus outbreak, preventing losses within confectionery, bakery or snacks manufacturing operations is of core importance. Graham Godfrey, a Confectionery Production editorial board member looks at the issue across the sector

Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Sustainability

Celebrating a growing number of women within engineering and manufacturing

For some years now, governments and industrial sectors around the world have stepped up their efforts to recruit a greater number of women into engineering roles – not before time in the view of many.

Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability

Delivering a confectionery masterclass

Confectionery Production board member Andy Baxendale has been called upon to help revive national training standards for the industry, amid fears the UK is losing traditional manufacturing skills

Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Sustainability