Byline: RACHAEL BLETCHLYWHEN Henry Rowntree and his brother Joseph took over a struggling cocoa importer in 1862 they had no idea they were about to change the nation's tastebuds for ever.But this week the company that consummated our love affair with confectionery is celebrating its 150th ...
Official statistics on export figures following the EU referendum revealed that a crash in the pound sterling seemed to help drive British exports; and the UK’s deficit on trade in goods and services had narrowed by £1.1bn in July 2016. For GBP and GBP pegged markets, given the weak st...
even if the first thing to come into many people’s minds in connection with him is something to do with burnt confectionery. This year saw the 1100th anniversary of his death on 26 October 899, at the age of about 50. The occasion is being marked with conferences and exhibitions ...
At the time, Quaker influence on British industry was hugely out of proportion to their numbers, and their progress became something of a business phenomena. Many of those Quaker companies still exist today, notably the confectionery and chocolate-makers Cadbury, Fry's and Rowntree; cookie and ...