13 April 2012
Burges Salmon has advised Loungers, the operators behind the highly successful Lounge café-bar chain, on a £16m investment from private equity specialist, Piper.
29 March 2012
Increasing numbers of businesses are finding themselves affected by the EU Food Contact Materials regulations.
20 December 2011
Burges Salmon has advised Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company S.A. and Heineken N.V. on the acquisition of 41.2% of the minority shares in Pivara Skopje, their joint venture beverage company in the Republic of Macedonia.
11 October 2011
Burges Salmon has advised the shareholders of Somerset-based beef and lamb processor RWM Food Group on its sale to ABP Food Group for an undisclosed sum.
09 February 2011
A strong EU farm policy is essential in the quest to deliver affordable food, the European Parliament has argued. With worldwide demand growing and 16% of EU citizens below the poverty line, access to food is an increasingly important issue.
27 January 2011
National law firm Burges Salmon's Food & Farming team has acted for Milk Link on its recent acquisition of the award winning Cornish Country Larder cheese business (CCL) for an undisclosed sum. The deal strengthens the co-operative's position as a leading producer of British cheese.
03 December 2010
The announcement this week by the Treasury that the Legislative Reform (Industrial and Provident Societies and Credit Unions) Order 2010 will be re-laid before Parliament in the next few weeks has been welcomed by Burges Salmon.
26 October 2010
The deal struck between Arla Foods UK and the British milk co-ops First Milk and Milk Link to give Arla a minority share in the Westbury processing facility is essential to maintaining the future for the Wiltshire plant.
14 October 2010
News that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is to take over policy decisions on food labelling, formerly the remit of the Food Standards Agency (FSA), is an opportunity for greater clarity in this area.
01 October 2010
Burges Salmon acted for Milk Link Limited and Westbury Dairies Limited in relation to creation of a new tripartite joint venture to operate the UK's largest bulk butter and milk powder processing plant.
10 August 2010
From the 1st of July this year, all pre-packaged organic foods produced within the EU must carry the new "Euro-Leaf" logo (pictured below). The logo is designed to give added consumer confidence in organic products, as it signifies compliance with EU legislation on organic production brought into force in 2009.
27 July 2010
Employment law is constantly changing. The employment team have put together a list of some of the recent changes that may affect farming businesses.
31 March 2010
The Court of Appeal reviewing the case of JN Dairies -v- Johal Dairies (originally heard during an 8 day High Court trial in March 2009) has unanimously found in favour of JN Dairies.
30 January 2009
The Competition Commission has cleared the acquisition by Long Clawson Dairy Limited of the Stilton and speciality cheese business of Dairy Crest plc after accepting the failing firm defence applied.