21Feb
Brazil Poultry Group to Approach WTO on South Africa Chicken
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Feb. 15 (Bloomberg) — Brazil’s poultry association said it will ask the government to approach the World Trade Organization about South Africa imposing higher tariffs on some imports from the South American nation. These are “flagrant violations of the WTO’s anti-dumping agreement,” Ubabef [...]
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20Feb
UK becomes net exporter of lamb
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UK becomes net exporter of lamb The UK has become a net exporter of lamb for the first time in at least 50 years, according to new data from industry levy-funded body EBLEX. Sheep meat exports from the UK in 2011 were 11% up on the previous year, totalling 98,500 tonnes product weight, while UK [...]
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20Feb
Firm expectations for UK beef and sheep prices
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Firm expectations for UK beef and sheep prices YET another global prospects report indicates beef and sheep prices are likely to remain firm in 2012. Demand from the emerging economies is helping to support the market, according to the latest International Meat Market Review, published by [...]
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07Feb
A Hole in One
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Weddel Swift’s very own ovine guru Terry Barham has made the local news this week landing a hole in one during a round at Hurlson Hall Golf Club on December the 10th. Terry has been a member of the Golf Club since 1997 and this was his first hole in one. Delighted, he said he’d […]
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07Feb
The Antiques Road Show
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Rooting through the dusty storerooms at the back of the Weddel Swift offices a treasure was unearthed this week. Hiding beneath long forgotten documents and unused stationery was the old Weddel and Co. GMBH sign. The solid brass sign had, in another life, elegantly adorned the entrance to [...]
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07Feb
Sweet Success
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Mark Murphy, logistics manager at Weddel Swift Liverpool has being raising money for the Marie Curie Centre in Liverpool by making crisps, chocolates and soft drinks available for staff in the office. Mark also uses some of the cash to help fund a local Sunday league side Garston F.C, currently [...]
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07Feb
Let’s get the World in Motion
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It’s surprising when you delve through your drawers what you find! – lost photographs During the heady Spring of 1990, while the rest of the country was dancing to New Kids on the Block and rapping with John Barnes and New Order, Weddel Swift trader Iain Scott and the rest of the team at the [...]
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07Feb
Party Time
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Fun was had by all during the Weddel Swift Christmas party, this year hosted at Aintree Race course the home of the Grand National. The theme of the night was ‘Midnight in Monte Carlo’, so dinner suits and elegant dresses were the order of the day. A free bar, good food and excellent [...]
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17Aug
Weddel Swift Guide to the Perfect Steak
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Here at Weddel Swift with our years of experience of buying and tasting meat we would like to share our collective knowledge on this most common of questions. The perfect steak must have both a crisp outer surface and soft inside; it must be tender flavoursome, and consistent. The first secret [...]
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17Aug
Sizzling Success for Hofmann
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Congratulations are in order for Nigel Hofmann, owner of traditional Wakefield butchery Hofmann’s, as they have been crowned ‘Meat Trade Journals Champion of Champions’ in the UK top sausage making competition. The Annual championship pitches the best, award winning sausages across the UK [...]
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