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Branston Ltd, the UK’s leading supplier of potatoes, has reaffirmed its commitment to environmental best practice by promoting Vidyanath Gururajan (Vee) to the role of Projects Director and awarding him a place on the company’s Executive Board.

Vee, 30, joined Branston in 2005 as a Development Engineer before becoming Group Head of Projects and Development, with [...]

Branston Ltd has announced a £600,000 investment in new software across its three UK sites, which will provide even greater working efficiencies.

The company, which is the UK’s leading supplier of potatoes, is to introduce LINKFresh® 2 at its sites in Lincolnshire, Somerset and Scotland.

Developed by Anglia Business Solutions, the LINKFresh 2 package will be configured [...]

Anaerobic Digestion plant and water recycling systems will go ahead at Lincolnshire site
Branston Ltd has confirmed that plans to build an anaerobic digestion plant that will turn waste potatoes into electricity are to go ahead, with construction work starting next month.
The anaerobic digestion plant is part of a £1.4 million investment in [...]

Branston used this year’s Summer Field Walks to introduce growers to the company’s new varieties, biocontrols, desiccation techniques and the latest developments in GPS.
The UK’s leading supplier of potatoes entertained and educated some 45 members of its Lincoln Producer Group this week at E.M. Howard Limited, Nocton Rise.
Steve Crane, Group Manager for Branston Seed, conducted [...]

Branston Ltd officially opened its £3.5 million high-tech, high-care, environmentally-friendly Prepared Factory today (21 July).
 
Over 100 guests were joined by TV chef James Martin at the celebration, which saw the company formally embark on its latest venture: building its prepared potato and vegetables business [...]

Branston Ltd, the UK’s leading supplier of potatoes, has announced that it is to sponsor the industry’s premier event – British Potato 2009 (BP 2009).
The company has been headline sponsor of the Potato Council’s bi-annual potato event since 2000.

“At Branston we are committed to the British potato industry and once again, we are delighted to [...]

£275,000 INVESTMENT AT BRANSTON IN THE SOUTH WEST
New plant installed and ordered as growth continues
Branston Ltd is investing £275,000 in its Somerset site as the company continues to enjoy increased demand.
The UK’s leading supplier of potatoes, which employs 150 at its Seavington St Michael factory, is introducing hi-tech weighing and packing machinery to further increase [...]

New plant installed and ordered as growth continues
Branston Ltd is investing £275,000 in its Somerset site as the company continues to enjoy increased demand.
The UK’s leading supplier of potatoes, which employs 150 at its Seavington St Michael factory, is introducing hi-tech weighing and packing machinery to further increase the efficiency of its salad potato line.
Currently [...]

A £600,000 investment in a Perth factory is to receive significant financial support from the Scottish Government, through the Scottish Rural Development Programme (SRDP).
Branston Ltd has been awarded a £117,000 Food Processing, Marketing and Co-operation Grant to further modernise its Abernethy site as part of the £60 million SRDP funding which aims to support Scotland’s [...]

Visitors to Branston’s stand at Cereals came face to face with a selection of UK farmers most hated pests.
The UK’s leading supplier of potatoes marked its debut at Cereals by introducing growers to an exhibition of slugs, wireworm, PCN and nematodes and the biocontrols it has developed to combat them.
“With more than 60 slug species [...]