Fruitful has had workers arrive at WPE Portugal over Feb and the workers are enjoying the new facilities at the farm.

Fruitful jobs has launched its new website, the site has been overhauled to include specific sections on areas such as SAWS and a more detailed employer section and jobs board.

Tabletops - which have picking costs 30 to 40 per cent lower than for bed-grown strawberry crops - are helping to reduce the adverse impact of a severe labour shortage.

Farms manager Dave Thomson offers some good advice on how to make maximum use of the technique.

The Well Pict Berries website at www.wellpict.com has been updated and improved with more information and resources than ever before.

Strong demand for strawberries means that the days when they were only on British plates during their UK outdoor growing seasons are long gone.

Well Pict European has been crowned Supplier of the Year for the second year.

With industry-wide support, the UK`s East Malling Research (EMR)-based strawberry breeding programme now has a sound long-term future.

Well Pict European South Africa benefits from 2008 exchange programme.

In our tenth anniversary year we can look back at achievements and we look ahead to new challenges.

The GLA is set to work with local councils to target rogue gangmasters.

The success of NFU lobbying for an increase in the size of the SAWS has been appreciated by growers affected by labour shortages.

Some 5,000 more workers have been granted access under SAWS, home office minister Phil Woolas announced today.

The government has been asked to relax labour market restrictions to migrant workers from Romania and Bulgaria...

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.

This summer has not been the kindest to the soft-fruit category, with unseasonably wet and dark conditions holding back both supply and demand.

The fresh produce industry this week faced up to repeated warnings that falling migrant worker numbers could seriously threaten its stability.

A mix of chemicals found in black raspberries may more effectively prevent cancer

Labour issues have come to a head across the fresh produce industry this year, following restrictions on seasonal migrant workers

The East Malling Research Strawberry Breeding Club will be officially launched at Fruit Focus 2008