HONOUR FOR SERVICES TO CHARITY

Bernard postponed honour collection

SEVEN WORKERS WENT BACK TO WORK?

The company announced this week it had to temporarily lay off an additional 26 workers following the outbreak and subsequent drop in sales. A total of 183 staff had been temporarily laid off although seven had been re-engaged on March 5, she said.

This week was all launched the one-page advert. BBC

BERNARD MATTHEWS: COMPENSATION AND INVESTIGATION

POULTRY giant Bernard Matthews is to receive around £600,000 in compensation for the healthy birds culled following the H5N1 outbreak at its Holton plant last month.

This is despite the fact Defra confirmed this week that the investigation into the outbreak at the site – and whether or not the company was to blame – was still ongoing. Says Farmers Guardian

BERNARD MATTHEWS TAKES FULL-PAGE ADVERT IN NATIONAL PRESS

WHY DID BERNARD MATTHEWS RECRUIT PORTUGUESE WORKERS?

“We weren’t going to get the people locally . . . young people just don’t see the food industry as sexy.” The Times

WHEN WORKERS PROTESTED AT BERNARD MATTHEWS

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WORKING AT BERNARD MATTHEWS

"You can imagine working in that kind of environment on a long-term basis. It must be really quite awful."
The solicitor defending Palmer and Allan, Simon Nicholls, described the conditions in the unit as "appalling". BBC