Andrew Boxall had been growing the finest strawberries in Kent and that in the past 10 years Andrew had been supplying “Local” strawberries to ASDA in Kent.
The sweet, melodious sounds of Xhosa women singing resonates over the strawberry fields on a Geelhoutboom farm where all types of berries thrive alongside a clear mountain stream
A report compiled for the British government’s Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has further illustrated the crucial role of seasonal migrant workers and the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Scheme (SAWS) to the horticulture sector.
A new age in seasonal labour solutions
2006 has seen some large changes for Fruitful LTD. Two new members of staff have been taken on to drive Fruitful Ltd forward and establish it as a market leader...
Fed up of receiving calls from recruitment agencies?
If you have ever been involved in human resources you will have taken calls from recruitment companies offering to help fill a position you’ve adv...
Fruitful Ltd blossoms
Fruitful Ltd was founded as a seasonal labour, we-based introductory agency by AMS in 2001 and has since introduced workers to all employers from all areas of the land-based i...
Fruitful Jobs can find you staff!
Zena and Jeremy a backpacking couple from New Zealand have taken on two Fruitfuljobs placements. In the summer they worked as camp and field supervisors on a straw...
Fruitful Winter
Fruitful LTD, the staff supply service developed by AMS as an additional service to its growers has successfully placed over 70 applicants onto farms this summer. The vacancies ranged f...
PickWise: 100 up
PickWise arrived in the Uk fresh produce market in 2002 with a bang (OK, and a couple of splutters). Now SCS (Supply Chain Systems Ltd), developerse of the "Wise" range of software p...
EU Accession draws closer
With the 1st May drawing ever close it seems that British employers are less and less sure how the government is going to deal with EU enlargement. The powers that be were q...
SAWS: The impact of EU accession
Over the next few weeks work permits (UK) will announce those companies/farms who have been awarded operator status for the SAWS program. These operators will be able...
PickWise Questions Answered
PickWise has been developed and maintained by Supply Chain Systems (SCS), a subsidiary of ADAS. We are now at the end of the third season and this year saw almost 300 hand...
Introduction of the Manual Harvest Worked to the Agricultural Wages Order 2003
The new agricultual wages order 2003 (1) has been released, the order applies from the 7th July this year, and sees the ...
Labour Shortage Hitting UK Fruit
British consumers have an increasing appetite for home-grown strawberries, but a shortage of migrant labour is threatening the £300m industry.
Eastern Europeans are...
Worker shortage threatens British growers
The fresh produce industry this week faced up to repeated warnings that falling migrant worker numbers could seriously threaten its stability.
The soft-...