MORE than 30 jobs are being created at the Ballymoney, Co Antrim, food processing company Lovell & Christmas. The news comes only weeks after it was announced that the company was being taken over by the Unigate subsidiary Malton Bacon. The firm, which employs around 350 people, says it is changing work patterns and increasing production.

The company was acquired from the British conglomerate Booker plc in a £20 million deal. The Ballymoney plant is an EU-approved integrated pigmeat processing factory.