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.
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.
Produced in Kent – Conference Report
10.10am Andrew Boxall (Strawberry Farmer Distributor)
Andrew, owner of H A Boxall & Sons of Sutton Valence, gave an overview of successful growing and marketing ...
ASDA buys Produced in Kent Strawberries for Ashford, Rochester and Kings Hill stores.
It is often said that Supermarkets are not interested in supporting local produce and we at Kent County Council a...
Strawberries go local
Kent grower Andrew Boxall is supplying his strawberry crop direct to three local ASDA supermarkets in the county.
In a pioneering arrangement which matches the ideals of Sir D...
Soft Fruit Grower of the Year 2004
National co-operation hopes
Achievements and plans…
Andrew Boxall’s range of strawberry varieties includes proven names Elsanta, Everest, Diamante and Flamenco.
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Keep it local, keep it Cornish
As part of Well Pict European`s on going policy to sell local produce, this year their Cornish operation has supplied strawberries to Kensey Foods based in Launceston i...
Quality - WPE stepping up to the mark
Overall the soft fruit season gave us higher than expected yields and sales were up year on year, on strawberries by 40%, raspberries by 60% and blackberries by ...
New WPE production in Scotland
In 2006 Well Pict European will have it`s own production in Scotland. Well Pict European Scotland Ltd will be producing 50 acres of strawberries in its first season, wi...
First WPE South African strawberry exports
For the first time since sanctions were imposed on the South African economy, strawberry exports have once again found their way onto European supermarket s...
The National Fruit Show has been the flagship of the top-fruit industry right from its beginning in 1933. Being grower organised and led, it has embraced changes and will continue to do so as the indu...
What about Prophet in SA?
Well Pict European has been using the system PR2 since April 2003. At the end of October WPE director Aurel Voiculescu and Mark Peachy (Prophet Plc) paid a visit to Well Pic...
SA Strawberry School
Developing soft fruit production in South Africa was always going to be a challenge for Well pict European. As the industry develops, the issue of good labour has become more and...
Don`t know your Z28 from your Z35?
Tunnel talk from WET
Well-Pict European Tunnels (WET) has always focused on giving their customers the best advice necessary to successfully grow protected crops; ...
"The" Farm to work at in Portugal
Good plants, the right fertilizer programme and crop protection are just a few of the things needed to have a successful strawberry crop, but even if all these are p...
Have you tried putting some cream on it?
AMS is selling cream, a natural connection you may think, but you won’t be pouring this on your summer berries. AMS has been appointed the sole UK distributor...
The ‘Blue Box’
The first product worthy of carrying the Well Pict European brand has been supplied by their flagship farm in Portugal. The product is already causing quite a stir on the French marke...
Superb Sabrosa
Perched on the rugged coastline of western Portugal, surrounded by national park nestles a gem of Iberian strawberry production. Well-Pict European Farms is the only UK grower producin...
PINK partner
Kent has always been one of the primary regions in the UK for berry production, Well-Pict European is pleased to be working so closely with a farm whom have been producing fruit in the a...
Prolific Packhouse
If the first three months of 2005 are anything to go by then the Well Pict European packhouse is going to be a very busy place during the summer season, writes production and wareh...
QC in motion
Well Pict European Ltd has recently implemented wireless QC application. The difference from the old system is that we do not need to synchronise the data to keep it up to date; the data...
Committed to increasing British production.
As part of their development plan to significantly increase production for the 2006 UK season in order to meet customer requirements, Well-Pict European h...
South Africa: 60% market share
A combination of excessively high rainfall and limited agronomic knowledge of the new PSI/BGI varieties introduced by Well-Pict European brought last season (04/05) to ...
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...
AMS awarded total British top fruit supply to Asda
Advanced Marketing Services (AMS) have been awarded the job of supplying the UK’s number 2 retailer, Asda, with their total requirement of British t...
Sales success with larger pack & Smartprice
AMS’ Marketing Department is pleased to report a very positive start with sales performance this year on all lines far exceeding the volumes that were sold...
Change for the better - Martin Seymour comments on 2004 and why he is getting excited about 2005.
2004 saw Well-Pict European close down two of our offices, Scotland and Kent. This was not a decision...
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