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Winners announced at the Great British Cheese Awards

The Great British Cheese Awards have announced the category winners of their inaugural competition, with both established cheesemakers and new, young cheesemakers walking away with top awards. Voted for by the general public, these new awards emphasise the diversity and talent that lies within the artisan British cheese industry and have highlighted that established artisan brands are inspiring new up-and-coming cheesemakers who are both producing equally fantastic quality cheese. The category winners and runners-up are:Artisan Producer – Mrs Kirkham’s Lancashire Cheese Famous

South Caernarfon Creameries takes top Welsh Food & Drink Award

It continues to be an award-winning year for South Caernarfon Creameries who have now scooped the Made in Wales Food & Drink Award 2016. The Award recognises the food or drink company in Wales that has made the biggest impact taking into account innovation, use of Welsh products, added value, and commercial success.Judges learnt of South Caernarfon Creameries’ recent multi-million pound investment of a new cheese production facility and how the new unit had enabled the company’s capacity to increase by 25 per cent and also secured 100 jobs. One Judge said “They’ve moved from being a

Thrive wins ‘One You’ campaign in Cheshire East

Brand Communication Agency, Thrive, has won a three-year contract to deliver the Government’s ‘One You’ campaign in Cheshire. ‘One You Cheshire East’ is part of a national health initiative supported by Cheshire East Council, along with Peaks & Plains and Age UK Cheshire East. Thrive will draw inspiration from the national ‘One You’ campaign, which has a remit to improve lifestyle and health, reducing the burden on the NHS. The service will cover weight management, exercise, smoking cessation, drinking and sexual health.Thrive will deliver an integrated campaign encompassing press, radio

Hadley Park House Hotel receives 4-star status after £100K refurbishment

A refurbishment and bedroom upgrade for Hadley Park House Hotel in Telford has paid dividends as following a recent inspection by the AA, the hotel received an extra star, achieving prestigious four-star status.The family-owned 22-bedroom hotel which employs 40 staff has recently invested in a £100,000 refurbishment programme. The project focused on all 12 bedrooms in the original Georgian house which were completely redecorated and new carpets, lighting, hard and soft furnishings installed. The hotel’s conservatory restaurant, adjacent bar, Morning Room and Lounge have also had a makeover

Dipping Crackers join West Coast brand by Stag Bakeries

West Coast, the new brand launched earlier this year by Stag Bakeries has added dipping crackers to the collection. In keeping with West Coast’s ideology of producing items that showcase contemporary flavours and unusual ingredients, the new dipping crackers take inspiration from international tastes.West Coast have initially launched three varieties of cracker which can be enjoyed as a snack, dip or accompaniment to a meal. Lentil & Biriyani is made with Mathia flour and delicately spiced with traditional Indian flavours and works well with curry as an alternative to poppadoms. Inspired

Hip ‘Hippo’ Hurrah for new confectionery from Barú

New crafted luxury marshmallows join Barú’s contemporary confectionery range. The new seasonal collection of ‘non-chocolate’ marshmallows includes boxed and bar varieties in six flavours: Vanilla Bean, Toasted Coconut, Sea Salt Caramel, Blueberry & Basil, Strawberry & Cacao and Raspberry & Mint.The new marshmallows have been carefully developed to showcase Barú’s contemporary innovation and also to reflect current flavour trends. The new range uses natural ingredients such as dried raspberry, strawberry, blueberry and basil and key ingredients like Sea Salt Caramel and Toasted Coconut are

Something Different for your Christmas Cheeseboard

Cheer up your Christmas cheese and try something different this year. Stag Bakeries offers an exciting alternative to traditional savoury biscuits to serve alongside a cheeseboard, and, something which will create a definite talking point amongst dinner party guests. The appropriately named ‘Something Different for Cheese’ is a luxurious fruit cake that is delicious when served and eaten with cheese.The rich fruit cake is made with raisins, sultanas, currants, dates, cherries and cranberries that are generously soaked for 4 weeks with ruby port and whisky. The cake is also delicately

New Boozy Fruits for Christmas

Preserved fruits in alcohol are a popular Christmas treat, whether they’re being used as a quick and easy dessert or to give as a stocking filler gift for foodie friends. This year Opies has extended their acclaimed preserved fruits in alcohol adding two new varieties: Stem Ginger in Famous Grouse and Christmas Fruits in Courvoisier.Opies Stem Ginger with Famous Grouse takes succulent, young Chinese Stem Ginger which is gently infused with the UK’s number one blended whisky – Famous Grouse. Simply adding the infused ginger delivers a luxurious and spicy finish to a variety of bakes and

Bennett Opie provide freshwater well in East African village

Bennett Opie has announced that they have sponsored a second freshwater well in Uganda. Bennett Opie’s Jele Well is found in the Olio Sub County, located in Serere district in North Eastern Uganda where access to water was extremely limited.Prior to the installation of the well, the nearest water source for this community was located 1.5km away. The Bennett Opie Well will provide clean fresh water for 160 households, and an estimated 1400 people. Bennett Opie have worked with the Fields of Life charity and the Jele Well is the 389thwell the charity has drilled. William Opie, Managing

New one-stop solution for Christmas Cheeseboards

Cheeseboards are for sharing: they’re a great way to round off a meal and the perfect way to carry on the conversation.  For a cheeseboard, accompaniments should be relatively simple and nothing should overpower the star of the show – the cheese. This year, award-winning producer of high quality sourdough crispbreads Peter’s Yard, has made things easy for home entertainers and launched a new Mixed Selection Box: a one-pack savoury biscuit solution carefully designed to complement the diverse offering of a cheeseboard.Peter’s Yard’s new selection box presents variety as it brings together

Cheshire’s summer shows become a showcase for Thrive Creative’s clients!

Two of Cheshire’s biggest summer events – the Royal Cheshire Show and the Nantwich Show – took on an extra dimension this year, with a number of the key exhibitors being clients of Cheshire-based Brand Communications Agency, Thrive Creative!At the Cheshire Show in late June one of the main attractions was the ‘Cycling Village’, created specially to highlight the coming visit of the Tour of Britain cycle race in September. Thrive have already created the distinctive ‘Cheshire Tour of Britain’ identity and website, and used these concepts to add the cycling theme to Cheshire East’s marquee

Emerging brand Peter’s Yard announces simultaneous launch of new lines in grocery and speciality sectors

Peter’s Yard has become an exciting brand to watch. Single-handedly they have shaken up the savoury crackers category in the speciality food sector and become trailblazers in innovation and quality. Peter’s Yard have also made a seamless, well-handled entry into multiple grocery with listings at Waitrose and Ocado. This month, they will introduce three new lines which, for the first time, will have a simultaneous launch in both multiple grocery and the speciality sector.The three new packs will provide consumers with a greater choice of innovative, high-quality savoury crackers and an

South Caernarfon Creameries showcase local school’s cheeseboard creations at Royal Welsh Show

South Caernarfon Creameries will showcase slate-inspired accompaniments designed by local children from Pentreuchaf School at this year’s Royal Welsh Show. The Welsh farmer co-operative were approached by the Pwllheli-based school  to help on a project intended to educate the primary-school children about business and marketing.The project, which the pupils decided to call ‘Menter Llechan Lan’, has been the focus of the school term. The school children have spent months designing and liaising with Cerrig, to devise a range of slate products that can be used with South Caernarfon’s Welsh

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall officially open South Caernarfon Creameries new cheese production unit

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall officially opened South Caernarfon Creameries’ new cheese production unit on Tuesday 5thJuly.Their Royal Highnesses toured the Creameries’ site, met with staff and members of the dairy co-operative, which is owned by 127 farmers who farm in North Wales and Mid Wales. The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall also had an opportunity to taste some of South Caernarfon Creameries award-winning cheese, including the Welsh Slate Cavern Cheddar that was created in conjunction with Sainsbury’s and Llechwedd Slate Caverns in Blaenau Ffestiniog.

Bennett Opie sponsor NSPCC Gherkin Challenge for fourth consecutive year

Bennett Opie Ltd, creators of Opies’ Cocktail Gherkins was the main sponsor of the NSPCC’s Gherkin Challenge, which took place last Sunday, 19th June. Last year  Opie’s  sold almost 1.1million jars of cocktail gherkins, which if stacked end to end, would be 660 times higher than the Gherkin building, so therefore it was a natural choice to support the event and the valuable work the NSPCC. As well as being a main sponsor, a 9-strong Bennett Opie team ran the 38 floors to the top of iconic London skyscraper, The Gherkin.Managing Director at Bennett Opie Limited, William Opie, said: “We were

Brian Turner officially launches the Great British Cheese Awards

Chef Restaurateur and President of the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts, Brian Turner, officially launched the new Great British Cheese Awards at an event held this week at La Fromagerie, the acclaimed cheese room, shop and tasting café.The Great British Cheese Awards have been launched with the specific aim to recognise, promote and reward excellence in the artisan cheese industry and are organised by Great British Chefs (the UK’s fastest growing food website) and Peter’s Yard, whose crispbread was recently named as “the best biscuit for cheese out there”. The awards will celebrate the best

Stag launches new products to their fresh bakery range

Stag Bakeries is a renown bakery, producing and supplying over 200 different products to the local Scottish Islands market. The sweet bakery range has had something of an overhaul in recent weeks and four new sweet confections have been introduced for local people to enjoy.Rocky Road, Paradise Slice, Apple & Toffee Slice and Traditional Flapjack are now available from local retailers as well as from Stag’s own mobile shops which deliver across the island. Charlie Macdonald, Owner of Stag Bakeries said “It’s important that we reinvigorate our product offer every once in a while,

‘Elizabeth’s’ to get a free cream tea at Hadley Park House Hotel

To celebrate the Queen’s 90thbirthday, Hadley Park House Hotel in Telford, Shropshire is offering all fellow Elizabeth’s a free cream. The exclusive Elizabeth-only offer will run on the afternoons of 10th– 14thJune, which will coincide with the Queen’s celebration weekend and through to her official birthday.Owners of Hadley Park House Hotel Mark Lewis and Geraldine Lewis said “What better way to celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday than to offer local Elizabeth’s a free cream tea. This offer is open to anyone with Elizabeth in their name.” “We thought Afternoon Tea was a fitting tribute.

Sainsbury’s awards South Caernarfon Creameries major Cheese Supply Contract

South Caernarfon Creameries has announced that it has been awarded the contract to supply Sainsbury’s with their Basics Cheese range. The contract includes 13 products across Sainsbury’s Basics range and will launch into store later this year.Alan Jones, Managing Director at South Caernarfon Creameries said “We are extremely pleased to have been awarded the Basics cheese supply contract by Sainsbury’s. This contract will result in us supplying both entry level cheese as well as top tier products nationally to Sainsbury’s”. “With our new cheese production facility soon to be fully

Stag Bakeries announces completion of £525,000 investment programme

Stag Bakeries, the Stornoway-based family-owned bakery, has announced completion of a £275,000 expansion. Alongside the expansion, Stag has invested in new machinery to enable further new product development. The total investment is estimated at £525,000.The bakery has been expanded by an additional 350 square metres which has allowed for additional warehouse and office space for the growing business. The new building was constructed by local contractors Neil Mackay & Co Ltd. Charlie Macdonald, owner of Stag Bakeries said “For many years we have had a very healthy trade in the Scottish

St Luke’s Hospice turns to Thrive Creative for new fund-raising campaign

Hospice care, and its lack of funding, has been in the spotlight in recent months. In fact, one of the North-west’s leading hospices, Winsford-based St Luke’s, estimates that the care they provide free to local people actually costs them £8,600 a day…equivalent to £5.98 every minute. 80% of that funding comes from public donations – which is why they recently turned to Cheshire-based Brand Communications Agency, Thrive Creative, to develop a new fund-raising campaign to boost regular donations.The new campaign sensitively highlights some of the many services the Hospice provides for the

Cress Co launch Christmas Brochure with over 400 new products and exclusive brands

Fine Food Distributor The Cress Company has officially launched their 2016 Christmas Catalogue which features over 750 ambient and fresh speciality products. The catalogue introduces 29 new suppliers and 400 new lines including exclusive products from Stag Bakeries and Image on Food. Retailers will also benefit from a choice of exclusive brands only available from The Cress Co: Baghi’s Italian bakery, artisan bakers Campbell’s Bakery, Friary Liqueurs, quirky American-inspired confectionery Stateside Treat Emporium, Carved Angel Christmas Puddings, Wild Fig Scottish Preserves and Sam’s Cider.

Bennett Opie to ‘step up’ and sponsor the NSPCC’s Gherkin Challenge

Bennett Opie Ltd, creators of the Opie’s Cocktail Gherkins will be the main sponsor of the NSPCC’s Gherkin Challenge, which takes place on Sunday 19thJune 2016.  Last year  Opie’s  sold almost 1.1million jars of cocktail gherkins, which if stacked end to end, would be 660 times higher than the Gherkin building, so therefore it was a natural choice to support the event and the valuable work the NSPCC does to protect children and young people across the UK.Participants of The Gherkin Challenge are invited climb the 38 floors to the top of iconic London skyscraper, 30 St Mary Axe, which we all

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