An East Yorkshire poultry rearing company is celebrating after one of its employees won a second national farming award.
Mel Jackson, Poultry and Farms Supervisor at Middleton on the Wolds-based Clive Soanes Broilers, won Farm Worker of the Year at the British Farming Awards last week.
A poultry rearing company in East Yorkshire is celebrating after one of its members won a prestigious farming award.
Last week, Mel Jackson of Middleton on the Wolds’ Clive Soanes Broilers was awarded Farm Worker of the Year at the Farmers Weekly Awards.
Two Yorkshire family farming businesses have collaborated to create recipes that celebrate Yorkshire produce.
The team at Thixendale based Yorkshire Rapeseed Oil has created a series of recipes using chicken from Middleton on the Wolds business, Soanes Poultry to celebrate provenance.
A Middleton on the Wolds based family poultry business has created a new role in its senior management team to support its growth.
Soanes Poultry has appointed Nafferton HR specialist, Mandy Lowthorpe as People and Culture Manager.
A representative of a local branch of the Armed Forces and Veterans Breakfast Clubs (AFVBC) visited a Middleton on the Wolds business recently to give thanks for its generosity.
Founder and Co-Admin of Driffield AFVBC, Ian Dewar made the journey from his home in the village to present a certificate of thanks to Soanes Poultry’s MD, Nigel Upson.
Soanes Poultry has told MP Graham Stuart about the issues they are facing recruiting staff as a result of Brexit. As a result of labour issues, the firm has had to reduce its output.
A family-run business since 1947, all of the chickens at Soanes Poultry are grown on farms within 22mi of the factory in Middleton on the Wolds.
A 200-year-old granary has been lovingly restored by a Driffield farming family to create a luxury, large group holiday let.
Over the last few years, Sarah and Andrew Soanes have overseen the conversion of the disused farm building at Kipling House Farm near Middleton on the Wolds to create Kipling House Barn.
An East Yorkshire-based firm of Chartered Building Surveyors is helping to preserve village halls, for communities across the East Riding, to ensure these vital community hubs remain standing.
The team at Delaney Marling Partnership Limited (DMP) is working with members of the HWRA, formally known as Humber & Wolds Rural Community Council, which is an independent charity working to improve sustainability and vibrancy of rural communities in the Humber region.
A Middleton on the Wolds-based family poultry business is helping to support a budding racing driver.
Soanes Poultry has provided nine-year-old Jakub Trzeciak with racing overalls and financial support as he travels all over the country to compete in the Honda Cadet Class for eight to 12-year-olds.
As the national labour shortage threatens to impact on supplies of meat and poultry, Soanes Poultry has invested in a training facility at its Middleton on the Wolds factory.
The training hub is one element in a series of initiatives to recruit and retain employees and is run in partnership with Hull-based recruitment specialist, Sutton Recruitment.
The team at a Yorkshire Wolds poultry business have received a generous donation from its communications provider.
Hull-based Cobus Communications has donated £1,000 to the staff memorial fund at Middleton on the Wolds business, Soanes Poultry.
An East Yorkshire poultry supplier has appointed a Harper Adams graduate to a new position in its animal husbandry division.
Middleton on the Wolds based Clive Soanes Broilers, a sister company to Soanes Poultry, has appointed Emily Hughes to the new position of Poultry Health Specialist.
The team at a Middleton on the Wolds poultry business are celebrating after their Finance and IT Director has reached the finals of the prestigious Women in Meat Industry Awards.
Claire Wright ACMA has been shortlisted in the Manufacturing/Processing category of the annual awards that recognise outstanding female talent and showcase the contributions that women make to the meat sector.
The final phase of work to increase capacity and create new jobs at a Middleton on the Wolds based chicken business is nearing completion.
The £3.3 million poultry factory extension project will increase capacity by 20% and create 15 new jobs in the sales and marketing, processing and distribution departments.
One of Driffield’s biggest employers is lending its support to people in East Hull by donating chicken to a food poverty charity.
Middleton on the Wolds based Soanes Poultry is making a free weekly delivery of chicken to Hull-based EMS that works with residents, community groups and local businesses in Hull, East Yorkshire, North and North East Lincolnshire to alleviate food and fuel poverty.
Current champions are going head to head with first-time finalists in the battle to be crowned the “best of the best” at this year’s Remarkable East Yorkshire Tourism Awards.
The much-anticipated shortlist of finalists, revealed today by Visit Hull and East Yorkshire (VHEY), is being described as “the most exciting ever”. Tourism bosses say it’s testament to the popularity of the region as a visitor destination and the range of what’s on offer.
Plans to increase capacity at Middleton on the Wolds based chicken specialist Soanes Poultry will result in 15 new jobs.
The £1.6million poultry factory extension project will increase capacity by 20% from June 2019 and will create employment in the sales and marketing, processing and distribution departments.