News
16 February 2017
Brexit can benefit the beet farmers
By Paul Kenward, Managing Director, British Sugar
Leaving the European Union (EU) offers an exciting opportunity for great British businesses such as British Sugar. The British beet sugar industry is a major contributor to the UK economy; a key part of our agricultural ecosystem; and much more than simply an ingredient business. We are one of Britain’s globally competitive industries having seen prodigious steps forward in productivity in fields across East Anglia and the East Midlands as well as in our four advanced factories.