Copella aims to squeeze every last drop of water into apple juice

Jessica Shankleman
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East Anglian company targets 70 per cent cut in water use to help take pressure off UK's driest region

When Sir John Harvey Jones helped Bill and Devora Peake save their struggling apple juice business as part of his 1989 Troubleshooter BBC series, concerns about water stewardship no doubt ranked low on...

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