Clairvest Group has acquired a minority stake in Redstone Food Group, a Canada-based supplier of in-store bakery items.

Greencore has suggested it cannot absorb all the additional costs from the UK budget measures, meaning more pricing pain for the consumer.

Devos Group and peer Wouters Fruit, both based in Belgium, have announced plans to merge their trading businesses.

Greenpeace has warned of “dire consequences” for the planet as talks over a global plastics treaty ended with no agreement.