The app for local labour, Grafter is a free app that connects people looking for extra labour with people looking for work. Everything is managed securely within the easy-to-use app. Find, book and pay local labour. Finding a Grafter takes a matter of minutes and you simply select from those available in your area. Grafters […]

IT’S OFFICIAL! All visitors to the National Fruit Show can pre-register online at our website and receive their 2017 Visitor Badge enabling free fast track entry straight into the Show halls on arrival. Sign up using the online registration form on our website home page at www.nationalfruitshow.org.uk  It’s fast, easy-to-use and available 24/7. Registration includes a short […]

Consistent flavour, good fruit quality and long shelf life are set to make two new raspberry varieties, Malling Bella and Malling Charm, strong favourites with consumers and retailers in the future, says breeder NIAB EMR. They are the first two raspberry varieties from the East Malling Rubus Breeding Consortium, a partnership originally formed in 2015 […]

A UK based leading provider of alternative payment solutions, OnePay, is exhibiting with us on Stand S38a. OnePay, based in Yorkshire, enables efficient payment to those without access to UK banking such as temporary or seasonal workers, making it ideal for use within the agriculture sector and managing payrolls with ease. The team will be […]

We are lucky enough to have four outstanding Main Sponsors for the National Fruit Show.  Avalon Produce Limited – Stand K32 Avalon Produce Limited is one of the largest UK top fruit companies, supplying than 310 million apples and pears a year. Now in its third year, Avalon Produce Limited, established in 2015, is a “direct” […]

In another major coup for the National fruit Show, we are delighted to welcome Co-op Food to our exhibitor line-up for the very first time. Co-op Food will be on Stand H11, and are looking forward to meeting the growers and Show visitors alike.

Create A Cabin on stand K16, provides bespoke insulated DIY modular buildings including hygenic and secure food-grade units designed to meet commercial requirements. Creating space with minimal costs to increase production, the company’s cabins can be fitted inside existing farm barns, without the need for planning permission. Often used as offices, storage, temporary accommodation, food […]

Fresh produce strategic IT solutions provider Freshware designs and develops industry specific software solutions for the fresh and frozen produce industry. Clients typically cover the complete process of growing and marketing the product, importing containers, loading lorries and shipping consignments through to wholesalers within the major markets across the country. Freshware provides systems for all […]

Landseer Ltd has been exhibiting at the National Fruit Show for well over a decade and provides crop protection products and consultancy to the UK horticultural market. The company markets a wide range of pre-harvest products such as Runner, Tracer, Kindred and Flexidor, using innovative technology such as TrapView to ensure that insecticides are timed […]

On Wednesday 25th October, English Apples & Pears will launch an in-depth report, exploring the potential impact of Brexit on Seasonal Labour and Orchard Fruit production in the UK. The review highlights the importance of introducing a Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme by September 2018, in time for the 2019 season, to prevent the potential collapse […]