A Norfolk sugar factory has applied to build a new 'green' sugar beet drier. British Sugar hopes to build the extension to its plant at Wissington, near Downham Market. It says the 25 x 15m ...

The company, which operates a factory in Wissington ... boil and process the beet crop into different grades of sugar for food and confectionary manufacturers. Phil McNaughton, head of ...

Now, British Sugar has announced it will be opening its factories up again next month for this year's beet campaign. Bury St Edmunds and Wissington will open on September 16, Newark on September ...

British Sugar said it had spent £16.5m on making one of its factories more environmentally friendly. The company has a new evaporation plant at its Wissington factory in Norfolk, aimed at cutting ...

Just a few months ago, sugar beet grower James Forrest was stuck in the mud as British Sugar's Bury St Edmunds factory prepared for its annual shutdown. This season he is looking forward to a much ...