Rural insurer, NFU Mutual, is dealing with more than 200 claims for damage caused by the devastating floods with an estimated cost over £3m. NFU Mutual, which insures over three quarters of UK farmers and thousands of rural homes and businesses, activated its emergency claims plan to provide essential help to
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Phase one of East Yorkshire poultry business’s expansion plan is complete
The first phase of Soanes Poultry's £1.6m poultry factory extension project has been completed with the installation of a new chiller. Work began on the £400,000 project in September 2018 and will increase chill capacity at the Middleton on the Wolds factory by 25 per cent. Soanes Poultry's managing director Nigel Upson
Successful return of farmers’ market
The return of the award winning Northern Dales Farmers’ market to Thirsk was hailed a big success by delighted shoppers and traders. And so much so that another one is planned. Hambleton District Council’s Vibrant Market Towns Team which focuses on developing projects that will enhance the vibrancy of Hambleton’s traditional
East Yorkshire business highly commended in national meat awards
The team at an East Yorkshire poultry business are celebrating after being highly commended in a prestigious meat industry award. Middleton-on-the-Wolds based poultry business Soanes Poultry won the award for its Grain Fed Chicken in the Best Poultry Product in the annual Meat Management awards. The winners of the 2018 Meat Management
Yorkshire Wolds poultry business gains new business from prestigious inns and hotels group
An East Yorkshire-based poultry business has won new business from a celebrated group of Yorkshire inns and hotels. Soanes Poultry has partnered with Provenance Inns and Hotels for direct delivery of its award winning chicken to the group's seven sites that include the National Pub and Bar award winning Carpenters Arms
Thirsk welcomes return of famers’ market
Thirsk is busy preparing for the return of the award winning Northern Dales Farmers’ market later this month. The market is one of the UK’s largest organisations of its kind, running local food markets at locations almost every weekend across North Yorkshire, Teesside and County Durham. Nigel Davison, market manager, and his
East Yorkshire poultry business launches new initiative to save packaging
A Middleton on the Wolds based family business has launched a new initiative in a bid to reduce packaging. Soanes Poultry has added new "hock tags" to their premium grade whole chickens that highlight the Soanes name and provenance. Ben Lee, head of sales and marketing at Soanes, said: "It's a challenge
I’Anson to invest £12m in new production facility
Rural Solutions makes two new strategic appointments
Nationwide Rural Diversification, Planning and Development specialists Rural Solutions has made two key appointments. Dawn Mercer joins as a senior consultant based in Oxfordshire and Richard Baldwin joins as associate director at the company’s headquarters in Skipton. Both will be part of the growing advisory team. Dawn comes to Rural Solutions from
Riverford couple mark five years in business and eye further expansion
Husband and wife team Iain and Liz Pocklington are celebrating five years in business, running the Riverford Organic Farmers home delivery franchise across North Yorkshire, South Durham and Teesside. The couple deliver Riverford’s organic veg and recipe boxes to more than 750 customers across the region every week. In the last five