Blue Skies picked up four gongs at the FreshAwards in London this Week including a Lifetime Achievement Award for its Founder Anthony Pile and the overall Fresh Produce Business of the Year. The Awards were organised by the Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC) and held at the Intercontinental Park Lane on […]
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Vegetable farm project yields first greens for canteen
An update on the Blue Skies Vegetable Farm project by Abraham Amoako Atta, National Service intern After land preparation and transplanting, the farm begun to take its form and shape. The field was segregated into several sections, each section for every crop. The crops successfully transplanted included; tomatoes, sweet pepper, […]
Why the EU referendum matters to Blue Skies
Blue Skies Founder Anthony Pile explains why he believes the UK should remain in the European Union. Next month those of us in the UK will be voting to remain or leave the European Union. Many of us have not thought much about the issues or indeed whether it really matters whether we […]
2016 School Farm Competition launches in Ghana
The second Blue Skies School Farm of the Year Competition was officially launched in Ghana on the 18th of May at a ceremony held at Fotobi Junior High School. The ceremony was attended by dignitaries, special guests and staff and students of local schools. The deputy Agriculture Minister Hon Louisa […]
Blue Skies finalists at UK Fresh Awards!
Blue Skies have once again made it through to the finals of the Fresh Awards. This year Blue Skies are finalists in the CSR Excellence category (which it won last year) and the Best Place to Work category. The Fresh Awards from the Fresh Produce Consortium are the industry’s most […]
UK Minister for Africa visits Blue Skies Ghana
UK Minister for Africa, James Duddridge, and UK Trade Envoy to Ghana, Adam Afriyie, visited Blue Skies today with the British High Commission to Ghana to see how the company is managing to export high quality value-added fresh-fruit products and employ over three thousand people, despite the challenges being faced […]
Vegetable Farming project takes shape in Ghana
Thanks to Perpetual Ofasi, Blue Skies Ghana for the report and the photos At the beginning of the year a vegetable farm was started by Blue Skies at the Dam Site. The purpose of this initiative is to supply the canteen with fresh and hygienic vegetables. This is to promote […]
Blue Skies Egypt opens new training centre
Blue Skies Egypt has recently inaugurated the new Training Centre. It was designed and built internally by BSE Engineering Manager, Khaled Awad. It consists of two large rooms and was built above the cafeteria building. There was a demand for a training facility for our staff as well as our […]
The Bishop of Peterborough pays a visit to Blue Skies HQ
The Rt Revd Donald Allister, the Bishop of Peterborough, paid a visit to the Blue Skies Head Office in Pitsford in March. The office falls under the Diocese of Peterborough so the Bishop was keen to find out more about what we do, our culture and the impact we have […]
Demonstrating a more progressive way of auditing
In 2014 Blue Skies introduced a ground breaking new second party auditing system. The second party (the purchaser in the farmer/purchaser relationship) social audits that we do at our farm suppliers in Egypt and Ghana are carried out by our people who live in these countries and understand the social […]
