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L to r: Kevin Smithson, Linda Brown, Mark Chance, Simon Stoten and Lisa Mullen Border Biscuits has boosted its senior team with FMCG ‘heavyweights’ from the likes of Cadbury, Tesco and Genius Foods. The Lanark-based biscuit manufacturer has hired for five new senior roles as it aims to ‘disrupt the snack market’ and strengthen its position UK wide. Joining Border Biscuits are: Mark Chance, sales director – He joins after a career at Purity Brewing, Cadbury and Tyrrells, and will spearhead Border’s ambitious market share strategy Kevin Smithson, operations director – Smithson com...

Published on One of the UK’s leading premium biscuit manufacturers has unveiled former Cadbury, Tesco and Genius Foods heavyweights as part of a talent acquisition drive.  The five new senior roles herald Border Biscuits’ ambition to disrupt the snack market; strengthening its position UK-wide. The hires come hot on the heels of new managing director, Paul Parkins, joining the independently-owned business in August 2020. Joining Border Biscuits are:  Mark Chance joins after a career at Purity Brewing, Cadbury and Tyrrells, to take up the position of sales director, spearheading the fir...

BORDER Biscuits has hailed the recruitment of a series of senior food and drink executives from Cadbury, Tesco and Genius as it pursues “ambitious…

New toolkit to support industry's net zero emissions A NEW toolkit has been launched to help food and drink businesses ‘go greener’ as they play their part in helping Scotland reach its net zero emissions target by 2045. Industry leadership body, Scotland Food & Drink has unveiled it’s ‘Greening Your Business A Practical Guide for Food and Drink SMEs’ to provide practical support for SMEs in greening their businesses. Aiming to reduce carbon emissions does not necessarily mean decreasing profitability. Many Scottish food and drink businesses are already implementing measures t...

CLIMATE FOR CHANGE Chief Executive of Scotland Food & Drink, James Withers, is urging firms to try and cut food waste and energy use to reduce bills AS one of the largest industry sectors in Scotland, food and drink has long been a leader across a raft of disciplines, from advances in new product innovation and packaging to marketing and establishing export markets. It’s a dynamic industry, too, with a £15 billion turnover and more than 119,000 employees. Despite the challenges of the global pandemic, the industry refuses to shy away from its vision for future growth, and industry lead...