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Neil Kennedy is stepping down from his role at Arla, to pursue interests outside of the business, with effect from 31 March 2013. Neil was the CEO of Milk Link until the merger with Arla Foods amba and since October held the position of senior vice president for milk and member services.

Arla Foods amba has announced that the Arla Milk Link member milk price will increase by 1.33ppl with effect from 3 December. This latest increase will be applied by way of an adjustment to the Business Market Related element of the Arla Milk Link milk and take its standard litre price from 3 December to 28.83ppl.

Three Arla Foods creameries have been awarded a British Safety Council Sword of Honour, one of the most prestigious health and safety awards in the country.

The UK’s largest dairy company, Arla Foods, has driven forward a logistics first as its bespoke combination trailer takes to the road.

Arla Foods amba and Milk Link are pleased to be able to confirm that regulatory approval has been granted by the European Commission to merge. The Commission’s approval means that the merger will now complete on 1 October, enabling the formation of the UK’s number one dairy company.

Arla is targeting a 500 million litre increase in its raw milk supply by 2015 and is well on track to deliver this.

In a move to build confidence in the British dairy industry and with the support of Arla’s strategic customers, AFMP is taking a major step towards adopting a more transparent milk pricing and sourcing strategy with the launch of its milk sourcing model.

Growth and efficiencies characterised the first half of 2012. Major agreements have paved the way for significant opportunities for Arla in Germany, the UK and China, and previous mergers and acquisitions have delivered efficiencies across the organisation.

Arla’s investment in the development of its bespoke butter facility at Westbury, is allowing the company to extend its UK manufactured butter offering with production of Anchor block butter beginning at the site. This will be available from September.

Developing untapped talent on the shop floor, Arla Foods, the UK’s leading dairy company, has launched a bespoke warehouse management development programme.

Arla Foods’ Lockerbie dairy is going head to head with some of Britain’s best factories in the 2012 Best Factory Awards.

Following an unprecedented two weeks of activity within the industry, Arla Foods is able to confirm that having recovered money from its customers, and by increasing its non-aligned premium, it will no longer have to implement the planned August reduction in its milk price.