Carrus

Carrus is a graduate recruiter that finds people jobs in the food industry. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_industry#Overview] Carrus is part of Focus Management, the food industry recruitment company set up by Stephen Jones and Michael Staniland in 1990 in Manchester.

The food and drink manufacturing industry is the single largest manufacturing sector in the UK, with a turnover of £64 billion, accounting for 17% of the total manufacturing sector. The industry employs some 550,000 people, Which represents 12.9% of the manufacturing workforce. In the UK there are 30,000 food and drink businesses. The industry buys two-thirds of all UK agricultural produce (AGCAS Spring 2005) There has been real growth in fresh produce over the past few years. The retail fruit and vegetable market is only one part of the total fresh produce sector. This market alone was worth over £8.5 billion in 2005 and is expected to increase to £9.8 billion by 2010. A range of factors, including year-round product availability, interest in organic and pre-packed produce, health issues and the popularity of TV cookery programmes, are supporting the market's development Fruit consumption has proved increasingly popular, with the net effect that the fresh fruit and vegetable market is forecast to make steady growth. The overall effect of these changes is that fresh produce is a strong area both in terms of job supply and salary levels [http://www.agcas.org.uk AGCAS Spring 2006)]

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External links

* [http://www.carrus.co.uk/ Carrus website]
* [http://www.focus-management.co.uk/ Focus Management website]