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Skills strategy for the post-Brexit agri-food chain

28th September 2018 | Agricultural Policy & Regulation, Brexit, UK Policy & Regulation

A new cross industry initiative seeks to take an integrated approach to lifting the UK agri-food skills base in order to raise the sector’s productivity. It says that Brexit and national policy changes are the ideal time to drive this process. Previous initiatives in...

MDS seeks wider agrifood industry training remit

20th December 2017 | Agricultural Inputs, Crops, People

MDS, the management development scheme set up by the fresh produce sector 30 years ago, is seeking to widen its services across the wider agribusiness sector, its chairman Christine Tacon told a recent industry meeting.