UK's First Sugar Factory on Brink of Closure The news that British Sugar's Cantley factory, a stalwart of Norfolk's agricultural landscape for over a century, is facing closure has sent shockwaves through the region.
The UK's first sugar factory, which began processing beet from local farms in 1912, is now at risk due to external pressures and internal struggles.
Behind the economic jargon about "improving efficiency" lies a more complex story.