Today's women in milling

Women play a critical role in the UK flour milling industry, working across roles in milling, finance, operations, quality testing, and much more besides. Some work at executive level in milling businesses, ensuring consumers’ needs for flour as a critical ingredient are met, and supporting the development and growth of colleagues.

Today’s cohort follows a proud tradition of trailblazers in the industry, such as Margery Kempe, who launched her own brewing and milling empire in medieval Norfolk; and the many thousands of women whose work kept Britain from going hungry during the two World Wars.

Cultivating greater diversity in their workforces is enabling milling businesses to enjoy benefits including increased innovation and problem-solving, enhanced decision-making and productivity, a wider talent pool from which to draw, higher employee engagement and retention, and greater customer satisfaction.