News & Press

19 April 2016

Briar Chemicals firefighters visited pupils at Henderson Green Community Primary School this week to deliver a key message about how to stay safe around fire. Fire Safety Officer Sam Fisher visited a reception class of 24 children, aged 4-5 years old, to teach them about fire safety in the home and how to alert someone […]

23 March 2016

On Tuesday 22nd March a Science Boffin visited West Earlham Infant and Nursery School in Norwich to help them learn how fun science is by creating some crazy experiments for the youngsters. Following on from British Science week, children aged 5 to 7 years old had the opportunity to watch and learn from a Science Boffin during workshops arranged […]

22 February 2016

Briar Chemicals welcomed college students from Wymondham College who are interested in pursuing a career in Chemical Engineering. On Thursday 18th February the college students met Briar’s Site Manager, Tim Green and Commercial Manager, Susan Brench, to learn more about career prospects within a chemical manufacturing company. Qualifications in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering open doors […]

15 February 2016

Berlin, 9th-12th February 2016: Susan Brench, Briar Chemicals’ Commercial Manager engages with innovators at Crops and Chemicals Europe. The conference provided a valuable opportunity to explore new innovations in active ingredient formulation technology and to debate the future of the industry. Given that the global population is predicted to reach 9 billion by 2050, science and technology will surely be required to feed the […]

8 December 2015

On Monday 30th November, pupils from Norwich Primary Academy visited the Green Britain Centre in Swaffham, a trip facilitated by Briar Chemicals as part of its community relations programme. Pupils were given a tour of the Green Britain Centre, where they were able to see its giant wind turbine and learn how it generates power. […]

19 November 2015

Young scientists from some of the county’s schools have been given the opportunity to compete in a series of chemistry challenges, in a real life setting. Pupils from 14 of the region’s schools, including children from Hellesdon, Sprowston, Reepham and Norwich, took part in this year’s Top of the Bench Science Investigation Day, which is […]

6 November 2015

On 4th November, pupils at West Earlham Infant School in Norwich received a special visit from a member of the Briar Chemicals’ Fire Crew, to learn all about fire safety on Bonfire night. Briar Chemicals has five full-time fire fighters and 40 part-time fire-fighters on its site and enjoyed this opportunity to pass on fire […]

28 October 2015

Briar Chemicals celebrated its 11th Young Poets of the Year poetry competition earlier this month. This year the young poets joined television astronomer and writer Mark Thompson, the final stage judge for the poetry spectacular, at the “Spectacular Space” themed ceremony held in the BBC Voices studio at the Forum in Norwich. Mr Thompson said: “The […]

10 September 2015

Briar Chemicals celebrates its third anniversary after being sold by Bayer CropScience Ltd and becoming an independent company. Since being sold in September 2012, the independent company has invested on the site at substantially over £2m/pa. In December 2014, Briar completed a £4.6m investment in a new, highly automated waste water treatment plant.  The major benefit […]