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Scaman's Eggs is a small, family-run business that sells quality, locally-produced fresh free-range eggs. The business, which has been running for five years, is based in farmland in Little Grimsby, on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds countryside. Our passion is for great tasting eggs, which are produced by our free range hens on the Scaman farm, where they can enjoy the great outdoors and lead long and happy lives. These eggs are then delivered to a variety of businesses across Lincolnshire and beyond, from farm shops, bakeries and retail shops to independent chefs, schools, restaurants and holiday parks. We're committed to excellence, and are proud to have been named Producer of the Year 2016 Select Lincolnshire Food & Drink Awards, and crowned Select Lincolnshire's People's Choice award winner 2017.

Scaman's Eggs currently employs four people; two warehouse operatives who weigh, sort and package the eggs, assuring quality at every stage, a driver who delivers the eggs to customers, and the Managing Director, Simone, who runs the business. From day one, our staff are encouraged to take part in training programmes, even incorporating other elements into training that would enhance a staff members career. Qualifications include Warehouse & Storage Skills, Manual Handling, Food Safety, Forklift Operators License, Team Leading and First Aid. In our staff, we look for team members who are hard-working, passionate about learning and care greatly for the quality that we produce.

The employees at Scaman's say they enjoy working with a great, close team and that they are lucky to have a good relationship with the 'boss'. As well as working hard within the warehouse, the team will attend local award ceremonies and events with Simone to show their commitment to the business.

It's a very eggciting time for the egg industry! In January 2018, it was announced that egg sales had topped £6billion for the first time in 60 years, with more and more people opting for a healthy, filling breakfast and brunch food. This followed the news that raw, runny eggs are now considered safe for expecting mothers, young children and the elderly to eat. This growing, positive news creates great opportunities for local egg producers and sellers across the UK.

This year Vertivore has hit a big milestone; after two years researching and developing the concept of vertical farming the planning application for our first commercial scale site (in Crowland, Lincolnshire) has been approved. We anticipate starting construction late 2019, with the aim of being operational by 2020.

Our vertical farm has been designed to ensure consistent quality and improved taste. Each of our plants is treated to five-star accommodation throughout their lifespan. Bedded into the finest substrate our seeds begin their journey in a cozy germination chamber. Then, not wanting to cramp their style, our herbs and salads are transplanted into trays where they are remotely shunted and spaced. This allows them to spread their leaves and mature into the young plants they were destined to be.

Inside of the climate chamber, the crops enjoy the benefits of 'summer' all day every day. Under the glow of LED lights they are fed the perfect cocktail of nutrients, each tailored to their very own needs. And why stop at one layer? The trays are vertically stacked making optimum use of space, in fact, space enough for a micro-brewery

What is a Vertical Farm?

An efficient and productive vertically-arranged indoor growing facility using LED lighting and a climate controlled system to provide optimum crop growth.

A consistently high standard of fresh, healthy and sustainable produce can be supplied to the market 365 days a year.

Why is This Important?

With the global population expected to exceed 8.5 billion and the UK population forecasted to exceed 70+million by 2030, the strain on farming is worsening. Soil is becoming unsuitable for healthy crop production and space for agricultural land is running out. In the UK, we are experiencing warmer winters, drier summers and more extreme events which are affecting crop growth.

The environmental impact of current agricultural practices is huge, using around 70% of available freshwater, and with 95% of fruit coming from abroad, each item on the supermarket shelves travels approximately 1500 miles before reaching the end consumer.

The destruction of ecosystems and impact of pesticides is causing further damage to our world and the food we eat.

There is an urgent need for new innovative agricultural solutions to be propelled into the mainstream…

Benefits:

• Grown & harvested 365 days a year, delivery available daily
• Carbon footprint reduction through UK grown produce, reducing time in transit and time to reach the customer
• Uses between 70-95% less water than traditional agricultural practices
• Pesticide free produce
• Eliminates agricultural runoff
• Closed system – No more weather-related crop failure
• Automated operations maximise efficiency
• Consistent, high quality supply of produce & improved taste
• Contaminant free environment through growing & packaging
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We source, pack and supply a wide range of high quality potato and vegetable products to the leading retailers in the UK.  Our products are grown by established and quality focussed growers, both here in the UK and abroad.  We work closely with our growers, throughout the growing, harvesting and packing of our products, to ensure that quality and traceability are maintained from “Field to Fork”. 

We also work constantly to find new ways to improve the taste, texture, appearance, and health benefits of our products through different growing techniques or new varieties.  Extending the seasons is also very important to ensure that we can provide our products year round, although some products, such as the Brussels Sprout, will always be seasonal.  Life here at Manor Fresh is much more than just putting product in a bag!

Our Exec Team believe it is important that everyone has the opportunity to add to their skills and shine.  Wherever possible we love to promote from within, many of our senior staff and managers have started on the “front line” of production, worked hard to learn the product and the processes and worked their way up through the business. 

For that reason we look for people to join us who have the right attitude towards work, who want to learn and progress.  We work hard, take tremendous pride in what we achieve for our growers and customers, but we have some fun too!

Southwell is our home, and has been from the very start. For over 50 years we’ve been kneading, beating and mixing, and our range has grown into a wide and varied selection of traditional and continental breads, hand finished confectionary and irresistible cream cakes.

Our dedicated team sell, produce, pack and deliver the 80,000 retail items we sell every day, six days a week. We also keep our ovens fired up 24 hours a day to ensure only the freshest quality baked goods are delivered to our customers.

You'll find our range on the shelves of stores from Liverpool to Grimsby, Sheffield to Peterborough, and in over 230 co-op food stores throughout Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.

Frontier Agricutlures head office is based in Witham St Hughs, south west of Lincoln.

Frontier’s values are integrity, customer focus and expertise. This means choosing to do the right thing for customers, colleagues and ourselves and collaborating to put the customer at the heart of everything we do.

Frontier people use their skills, training and expertise for the benefit of customers. Frontier encourages, supports and rewards colleagues who consistently demonstrate its values when dealing with each other and customers. The company operates a reward and recognition scheme built around celebrating colleagues who demonstrate exceptional performance as measured against the company values.

Frontier is primarily an organisation built on providing advice and services to customers. This would not be possible without attracting, retaining and developing the most talented people. Frontier expects and supports all colleagues to be the very best that they can. In pursuit of this the company invests heavily in learning and development programmes delivered both in-house and by industry recognised bodies. These cover a wide range of vocational and non-vocational areas including:

• Job specific training – all technical advisors are supported in gaining relevant industry qualifications including FACTS and BASIS.
• More Frontier agronomists hold the highly prestigious BASIS Diploma than at any other business
• Health and safety training
• Driver training – all fleet, delivery and company car drivers are regularly assessed by driver trainers, with fleet drivers required to complete recognised annual training.
• Executive Development Programme - bespoke development opportunities for senior managers, to support career progression and harness their contribution to delivering the business’ strategy
• Leadership Development Programme –Developing managers to better lead, coach and empower their own teams
• Personal skill development – Frontier offers a rolling calendar of general learning opportunities open to all colleagues. As well as training in the use of software such as Microsoft Office applications, these include other courses aimed at improving people’s personal skill set such as ‘speaking with confidence’, ‘overcoming difficult situations’ and ‘getting things done’.

Frontier provides all colleagues with regular performance and development reviews. This is an opportunity for people to identify and agree potential areas for future development with their manager.

Frontier is the largest crop production and grain marketing company in the UK, formed in 2005 as a joint venture between Associated British Foods and Cargill plc. We employ 1,000 people and turn over £1.5 billion. Our vision is to be the first choice partner for crop production and grain marketing, and the first choice employer in UK agriculture.

Our business approach is underpinned by our values of ICE – integrity, customer focus and expertise – which drive our behaviour and are key to our success.Our ambition is to grow our business and we intend to do it responsibly, doing things properly because it’s the right thing to do.

We will use our expertise, our scale and our leadership position to make a difference to others. Some companies call this sustainability. At Frontier, we call it the responsible choice.

The NCFM is dedicated to helping food industry employees advance their careers. We understand the demands of studying while working in this fast moving, dynamic industry and balancing family commitments. Our part-time Degree Apprenticeships provide one of many flexible study options for those working in Quality, Technical roles and Operations Management.

The NCFM is also committed to helping the sector innovate. We work with employers and partners towards this goal, aided by our partnership with leading equipment suppliers and our outstanding specialist facilities, food factory and cutting-edge automation.

NCFM offer a range of opportunities for business and employees. These cover opportunities for studying apprenticeships and degree apprenticeships, research and innovation.

As our name implies we are an international fruit marketing and distribution Company.  We source products globally, from over 1000 growers worldwide ensuring continuity of supply 365 days of the year

Established in January 2000, we are an award winning business supplying top Quality fruit to the UK's leading supermarkets.Specialising in apples, pears and avocados and with offices in Spalding, Lincolnshire and Whitstable, Kent, we employ in the region of 250 staff and turnover £114 million per annum.

Product is sourced from top quality suppliers in the UK, New Zealand, South America, South Africa, USA and Europe.  Our Packhouse at Spalding handles 4.4 million cases per annum which equates to 52.8 million packs.

Many organisations claim people are their greatest asset, but our Investor In People silver award in March 2014, and the FPC Fresh Awards Best Place to Work award in June 2014 confirms staff really are at the top of our agenda.

Our four Company values were chosen in consultation with our people and they chose - Passion - Quality - Innovation - Together. 

Our Company mission is to be "Customers First Choice".  With the introduction of a coaching culture and the development of a lean production system, continuous improvement is how we do business.

Still a privately owned company, over the years we’ve continued to grow, invest and succeed. We’re as focused as ever on our fresh potato business, while continuing to build on the success of our innovative prepared vegetable ranges. From our sites in Lincoln, Scotland and the South West, we supply retail, wholesale and food manufacturing customers with fresh and ready prepared potatoes

Our Main Board members have a wealth of experience – from farming right through to retail – and they continue to set the strategic direction for the business. They’re supported by the Executive Board, whose diverse range of expertise helps them to take that direction and work out how to turn the plans into reality. And the whole thing is underpinned by the 700-strong team of people who keep everything moving – day in and day out.

Whether running our factories and offices or looking after our growers and customers we’re all passionate about what we do and about how we do it. From maintaining our stringent Environmental Policy to ensuring that we provide safe and ethical working conditions for everyone in our supply chain through the UK Modern Slavery Act, everything we do is guided by a shared vision of ‘How we do business’. Supported by our values, this is what drives our actions every day. 

The relationship we have with every single one of our suppliers is incredibly important to us and we pride ourselves on our ability to develop partnerships based on mutual trust. It’s an extremely important part of our approach to business.

We work with all sorts of suppliers: specialist niche growers supplying very small quantities, family farms, large farming businesses supplying huge tonnages, growers supplying in tight seasonal windows and overseas suppliers filling the gaps that our home crop cannot fill.

Jarell Group are a collective of professional service organisations focusing on the workforce solutions marketplace. The Jarell Group incorporates in excess of 100 years’ worth of experience in the recruitment and training sectors.

We identify best practice, highlight new trends and encourage communication and collaboration between members. The Jarell group draws on industry experts working for large & small B2B organisations.

As a group of highly experienced professionals, our people redefine best practice on a daily basis. For now, we’re focusing on the recruitment, technology and payroll sectors, with transformative solutions, systems and software.

Our collective insights, skills and talents are streamlining administration, saving time and improving bottom lines for companies and brands across the UK, as well as offering individuals a better way to find and manage their employment, or get a better deal on loans or logistics