The Sussex Business Awards have announced that VineWorks has been shortlisted for Medium Business of the Year for 2023.

Simon Bray’s Jazz apples, grown in Kent, once again scooped the tastiest apple title at this year’s National Fruit Show.

Berry Bros & Rudd and Symington Family Estates have confirmed their acquisition of Hambledon Vineyard, following a successful plc takeover bid.

Balfour Winery, one of England’s largest producers, believes that 2023 could represent a seismic shift for the industry, after a record-breaking harvest which could create new opportunities for English wine; both in this country and abroad.

Hutchinsons agronomist Nigel Kitney has been recognised for his outstanding lifetime contribution to the fruit sector at this year’s National Fruit Show.

The 2023 grape harvest is complete and the team at Albury Organic Vineyard in Surrey is celebrating a huge crop.

As the UK horticulture sector continues to face significant challenges, from soaring production costs to a lack of certainty over future workforce availability, the NFU has welcomed many of the House of Lords’ recommendations to the government to help overcome barriers and grow the sector.

East Yorkshire vineyard Laurel Vines has been able to decrease the amount of ag-chems applied to vines using a natural product made by earthworms.

A new project is aiming to create an open standard for digital maps of commercial vineyards in the UK and around the world.

Growing Kent & Medway has awarded a share of over £1.6M to 13 businesses to fund projects that will sustainably transform the horticultural and plant-based food and drink supply chain.

Growers are being reminded to review farm insurance policies amid a much-improved crop for top fruit this season, alongside an expected increase in value.

A new collaboration between the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) and the University of Worcester is looking at how grape growers might be able to make green wine – in terms of its environmental impact, that is.