The Oldham firm that makes the famous Colin the Caterpillar cakes at one of Marks & Spencer’s ‘fortress factories’ is celebrating after the retailer sold more than 10,000 new gluten-free Colins in ...

I'm watching, near hypnotised, as a dizzying row of chocolate caterpillar cakes are carefully being brought to life, foot by foot and spot by spot, right in front of my eyes. But this isn't any old ...

It's a week before Christmas and I'm stood in a queue watching as bag after cake-laden-bag are grasped by customers emerging down the steps of the Park Cakes factory shop in Oldham. As anyone who ...

Workers at Park Cakes have voted in favour of industrial action after the UK cakes and desserts firm changed contracts in the wake of new laws covering agency workers. Employees at the company’s sites ...

On the outskirts of Oldham in Greater Manchester lies Park Cakes, an M&S “fortress factory” and the partner behind its latest product launch –the Made Without Wheat gluten-free Colin the Caterpillar.