Last year the Supreme Court handed down its Judgment in the case of Harpur Trust -v- Brazel. It ruled that part-year workers or employees on contracts that subsist year-round, whether hours are normal or irregular, are entitled to: The same statutory holiday as workers who work all year round, a minimum of 5.6 weeks or […]

The results of the Long-Term Farm Stored Fruit competition were announced at the Marden Fruit Show Society AGM on Wednesday 19 April 2023. Thank you to the sponsors of the competition Landseer Ltd, Wealden AM, Bloomfields Town Planners Ltd, Lambert & Foster Ltd and Isolcell S.P.A.   Judging took place on 21 February 2023 and […]

We would like to invite you to join us for our AGM which is being held on Wednesday 19 April 2023. RSVP to info@nationalfruitshow.org.uk by Friday 14th April. We are grateful to MHA Macintyre Hudson for sponsoring this year’s AGM and to our National Fruit Show sponsors, BASF, H L Hutchinsons, N.P Seymour and Worldwide […]

We would like to invite you to join us for our AGM which is being held on Wednesday 19 April 2023. RSVP to info@nationalfruitshow.org.uk by Friday 14th April. Please see our exciting programme.

We would like to invite you to join us for our AGM which is being held on Wednesday 19 April 2023. RSVP to info@nationalfruitshow.org.uk by Friday 14th April.

At this year’s AGM, (Wednesday 19th April, from 9am at the NIAB Green Tech Hub), The James Nichols Lecture will be given by Emily Norton. The title of Emily’s Lecture is “Making sense of the agricultural transition: highlights, lowlights and what’s needed next”. Emily is Head of Rural Research at Savills. She qualified as a […]

The Marden Fruit Show Society (MFSS) has appointed Sally Flanagan, a long-standing committee member and former Executive Director of The East Malling Trust as its new Chief Executive Officer. Sally takes over the reins from Sarah Calcutt, who has stepped down as the Executive Chair and now becomes the Honorary Chair. Sally, who has been […]

Below is the citation to accompany the presentation of the Worshipful Company of Fruiterers’ Fruit Culture Award 2022 to Brian Tompsett at the National Fruit Show. Our congratulations to Brian who has been such a key part of the show judging for many years. “The Fruiterers’ Fruit Culture Award is given in recognition of a […]

The National Fruit Show winners for 2022 have been announced on day two of the show, Thursday 3 November at the Kent County Showground. Sarah Calcutt, Executive Chair of the National Fruit show comments. We were delighted to have received 95 entries from 22 growers. The National Fruit Show is the best showcase for British […]

The National Fruit Show has opened today (Wednesday 2 November 2022) with the warning that more needs to be done to support the industry and British growers. Whilst many British growers have grown a well coloured, sized and excellent tasting crop, they are facing higher input costs of around 20-25% due to the combination of […]