A brief outline of British Sugar's history
2007
UK's first Bioethanol plant opens at Wissington
2006
EU agriculture ministers formally adopt radical reform of the EU sugar sector
1991
Associated British Foods bought British Sugar, and is still the parent company today
1982
British Sugar Corporation became a Public Limited Company, trading as British Sugar
1981
The government sold its 36% stake in the British Sugar Corporation
1972
Launch of the Silver Spoon retail brand for granulated, cubed, caster and icing sugar
1956
The Sugar Act replaced the 1936 Act and set up the Sugar Board, which guaranteed the price for growers, both in the UK and Commonwealth
1936
The British Sugar Corporation was created by the Sugar Industry (Reorganisation) Act to manage the entire UK sugar beet crop
1912
The first sugar factory was built at Cantley in Norfolk
1909
The National Sugar Beet Association was founded to establish the manufacture of sugar from beet as a British industry