Economics

UK's first sugar factory at risk of closure

Over 100 jobs are at risk after British Sugar announced plans to shut one of its four factories.

British Sugar's proposal to close its Cantley facility in the Norfolk Broads, the UK's first sugar factory, could put more than 100 jobs at risk. The company intends to

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