McVitie's shop floor roles redundant at their Manchester manufacturing facility. This redundancy announcement was also due to the modernisation agenda of the company and also involves a move from an 8-hour 5 day operation, to a 12-hour 7 day operation. In November 2014 United Biscuits, and hence also McVitie's, became owned by Turkish company Yildiz which in 2016 grouped some of its subsidiaries including United Biscuits as pladis (see United Biscuits). McVitie's McVitie's is a British snack food brand owned by United Biscuits. The name derives from the original Scottish biscuit maker, McVitie & Price, Ltd., established in 1830 on Rose
United Biscuits Network United Biscuits Network United Biscuits Network (or UBN for short) was an internal radio station serving the factories of United Biscuits. It was in operation from 1970 to 1979. UBN broadcast from the United Biscuits factory in Osterley to United Biscuits factories in London, Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow 24 hours a day. It was the training ground for many of the UK's most famous radio presenters including Roger Scott, Adrian Love, Steve Allen, Chris Grant, Nicky Horne, Graham Dene, Peter Young, and television personality Dale Winton. The first Programme Director, when the station opened in 1970, was Neil Spence the