NFU Mutual launches national award for postgraduate agricultural students
NFU Mutual has launched its 2024 Centenary Award – with this year’s scheme now open for applications. The rural insurer’s annual award scheme provides bursaries to pay up to 75% of course fees for selected students who are undertaking a postgraduate course in agriculture (master’s or PhD) within the UK. The Centenary Award was created […]
Syngenta tomato wins Best New Variety Award
One of the exciting new tomato varieties from Syngenta has won the UK’s Best New Variety of the Year at the prestigious Grower Awards, presented in London last week (20 March 2013). Edioso is grown by Flavourfresh Salads and marketed exclusively by ASDA as ‘Tomkin’ in the company’s Extra Special range, renowned for bringing its […]
Alvan Blanch receive Queens Award
Local manufacturers, Alvan Blanch Development Company Ltd, have been presented their Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2012 by the Lord Lieutenant for Wiltshire, Mrs Sarah Troughton. The Award – a celebratory cut-glass bowl – and a short speech were given by the Lord Lieutenant on Tuesday, 19th February. This marked a great occasion to […]
Technology award for Farmex
Reading-based Farmex scooped the Award for Innovation for their system of data gathering and analysis and the judges were impressed by the projected 30 per cent improvement in productivity. “Use of innovated data analysis, ICT (Information Communication Technology) systems and the cloud data storage will hopefully encourage producers to adopt and exploit the technology,” they […]
Double award success for Nissan’s Dynamic Duo
Judging Cars in the Fleet News Crossover sector were judged on a number of criteria, including operating costs, suitability for their use as business cars and the level of support from the manufacturers and their corporate sales teams. Qashqai beat off stiff competition from rivals including Kia Sportage, Range Rover Evoque, MINI Countryman and Skoda […]
