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KEN Dixon, the former Rowntree chairman and the man who launched After Eight chocolates, has died at the age of 92.

Rowntree Society investigates history of slavery and forced labour in cocoa company’s colonial-era past By Anthony Myers The Rowntree Society has said it has uncovered links to slavery and historic racial abuse in the brand's supply chain in light of the Black Lives Matter movement. The Rowntree chocolate factory in York was founded in 1862 and is the home of the KitKat bar since 1935. Research into the company’s past, carried out last year partly in response to the Black Lives Matter movement, reviewed the company’...

1/1 AN investigation into the history of the Rowntree chocolate company has produced shocking evidence that the famously philanthropic family business may have profited from slavery and forced labour. Research by the Rowntree Society prompted partly by the Black Lives Matter movement has also uncovered allegations of racial discrimination and anti-union tactics at the firm’s South African subsidiary Wilson Rowntree during the apartheid era as recently as the early 1980s. A statement by the Rowntree Society today stressed that it had found no evidence that Rowntrees, w...

Joseph Rowntree report explores historic slavery connections Rebecca Cooney finds out how the Joseph Rowntree charities plan to deal with the bitter aftertaste of their colonial history by Rebecca Cooney Free email bulletins