Save the date for the British Butchery Awards 2025
On 30th June 2025, the first national butchery awards developed by the butchery industry for the butchery industry is set to take place, and it will be an event not to be missed. The British Butchery Awards, organised by leading trade organisation National Craft Butchers, seek to recognise and celebrate outstanding butchery businesses, individuals and […]
National Craft Butchers Honored as Best Trade Organisation at Meat Management Awards 2024
National Craft Butchers Honored as Best Trade Organisation at Meat Management Awards 2024! We are thrilled that we have been awarded title of Best Trade Organisation at the Meat Management Industry Awards 2024. Managing Director, Eleanor O’Brien said on the night, ‘Without the support of our members we wouldn’t be able to do the work […]
Smoke and Fire Events Announces the Inaugural Butcher Wars World Challenge at Ascot Racecourse
Date: 20th -21st July 2024 Location: Ascot Racecourse, High St, Ascot SL5 7JX Smoke and Fire Events is thrilled to unveil the first-ever World Butcher Wars Challenge, set to take place at the prestigious Ascot Racecourse on July 20th and 21st. This landmark competition will gather over 28 of the globe’s finest butchers, hailing from […]
Team GB Butchery- UK Lions have opened the selection process build a team to challenge the World’s best!!
The World Butchers’ Challenge is a butchery competition of epic proportions. With butchers from across the globe battling it out for the title of the world’s best, it’s often referred to as the ‘Olympics of Meat’. Paris 2025 — World Butchers’ Challenge (worldbutcherschallenge.com) The countdown to the World Butchers’ Challenge (WBC) has officially begun, with […]
NCB celebrates 10th PA Anniversary and launches Game Guide for butchers
NCB celebrates 10th Primary Authority Anniversary and launches Game Guide for butchers National Craft Butchers (NCB) and Horsham District Councils Environmental Health Team celebrate the 10th Anniversary of their award-winning Primary Authority Partnership this month. To commemorate this milestone the partnership recently held an event at NCB members Knepp Castle Estate in West Sussex, at […]
National Craft Butchers Product Awards 2023
The first results are in for Butchery’s most coveted awards! Today, Craft Butchers from England and Wales will receive their eagerly awaited results, from National Craft Butchers Product Awards. After being blind tasted by a team of expert judges, each butcher will find out if any of their products have scooped a prestigious gold, silver, […]
Retail Payments Survey 2023
From Cash to Contactless – Retailer Group Leads Study on Payment Trends in Retail The Independent Retailers Confederation (of which National Craft Butchers is a member) will be working with key financial institutions within the UK to gauge the shift in retail payments. The IRC has partnered with UK Finance, HM Treasury, Bank of England, […]
Abattoir closures impacting farming and food business across the UK, survey finds
A survey of more than 1,300 farming and food businesses across the UK found that access to local abattoir services was essential for many of them to operate, with 88% stating their abattoir was either important or essential to the success of their business, while 64% felt the availability, or lack of availability, of a […]
Energy Bill Discount Scheme
The Energy Bill Relief Scheme currently provides a discount on wholesale gas and electricity prices for all non-domestic consumers. This includes public sector organisations, voluntary sector organisations like charities, and businesses. The scheme came into effect on 1 October 2022 and was always intended to run until 31 March 2023. The new scheme has a […]