FACTORY workers in York producing some of the nation’s favourite sweets completed courses on food hygiene.

Recruitment company gap personnel supplies Tangerine Confectionery's sites in York, Pontefract and Cleckheaton with temporary workers.

The recruitment company invested £25,000 in upgrading the skills of more than 1,500 workers across the business, which manufactures Barratt Sherbet Fountains, Princess Marshmallows, Taveners and Butterkist Popcorn.

Mark Shortell, group HR manager for Tangerine Confectionery, said: “It is crucial that our workers are fully skilled and up to date with the latest regulatory requirements and to have all this funded and managed by gap was terrific for us.”