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L to r: Wright and Dobbie The food manufacturing specialist which supplies savoury and sweet bakery products as well as ready meals to some of the UK’s leading retail and foodservice operators has appointed Ian Dobbie into the new role from this month. Dobbie is an experienced board director having held a 20-year role as UK managing director and then CEO of global bakery business the Délifrance group, specialising in the supply of frozen bake-off products. He has also held senior positions a...

Newspaper bosses have called for media organisations to receive a larger portion of the profits their content generates on online platforms. Their comments came during a hearing held by the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee on the future of journalism. Gary Shipton, editorial director of JPI Media, which publishes The Yorkshire Post and The Scotsman, said tech companies should pay publishers more for having their content on their platforms. Gary Shipton, editorial director at ...

Wrights Food Group has named Ian Dobbie as its new managing director. In his new role, Dobbie will focus on further growth across all trade channels and developing a strategic plan for the next stage of business expansion. He will work alongside the firm’s chairman Peter Wright and board of directors as they continue to develop more foodservice and retail partnerships, it said. Dobbie has 20 years’ experience as a UK managing director, followed by the role of CEO in global bakery business D...

Newspaper bosses have called for media organisations to receive a larger portion of the profits their content generates on online platforms. Their comments came during a hearing held by the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee on the future of journalism. Gary Shipton, editorial director of JPI Media, which publishes The Yorkshire Post and The Scotsman, said tech companies should pay publishers more for having their content on their platforms. Gary Shipton, editorial director at ...

Wrights Food Group appoints former Délifrance boss Pies and pastries manufacturer Wright Food Group has appointed former Délifrance chief executive Ian Dobbie as its new managing director. His appointment follows a period of growth for the business. During this time, Wrights supplemented its core foodservice business with a new seasonal range for Marks and Spencer and the launch of its food-to-go brand Urban Bistro and food delivery service Wrights Bites. Dobbie wi...

Just before lockdown was imposed again, BOB ADAMS set off on his latest Yorkshire river walk - this time along the Swale. He’s not sure when he’ll finish. But here’s the first leg... As the end of 2020 approached, I decided it was time to start my next river walk. After much deliberation I decided to tackle the River Swale. This river starts high up in the Yorkshire Dales, beyond Keld, at the western end of Swaledale, in my view the most picturesque of the Dales. The Swale is said t...

This is a poor excuse for a winter. But 1962-3 — now that was the real thing, and our Magazine feature on the big freeze set off a flurry of vivid memories from readers who lived through it.“Water

MAY I take issue with a passing comment in Richard Walker’s excellent article: his statement that the people who argue that the Scots tongue is not a language but a dialect are “quite entitled to hold that view” (Celebrating our culture can beat Scottish cringe, January 21). It is true that the linguistic status of Scots is ambivalent, but this does not mean that it is a mere matter of opinion. There is no simple binary distinction between “language” and “dialect”: the status ...

The 2020/21 William Hill World Darts Championship enjoyed record-breaking viewing figures around the globe. This years World Darts Championship saw Gerwyn Price claim the Sid Waddell Trophy during a unique event which saw crowds only admitted for the opening night before the remainder was staged behind closed doors. That, though, failed to stop the drama with a host of sensational matches, sudden-death legs and outstanding performances during the tournament. UK coverage on Sky Sports was broa...

Share As many as one in five businesses in Australias $50 billion tourism industry could fail in 2021, with operators and advocates pushing the Morrison government to extend temporary wage assistance. New modelling by the Tourism & Transport Forum shows nearly 32,000 businesses are at risk this year, amid coronavirus travel restrictions and Australias ongoing international border shutdown. Entrepreneur Peter Wright says many tourism operators wont survive another year of pandemic pain.   Davi...