Brexit insight and analysis – Page 26
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Comment & OpinionBread is a barometer for Brexit Britain. And it is getting more expensive
So much for cheap food prices post Brexit … be prepared for less bread for your dough is the message coming out across the grocery industry
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Comment & OpinionBritish farmers must challenge these US-style mega farm misrepresentations
A headline-grabbing report on intensive factory farming is pure ’scaremongering’ … it’s all down to a question of scale
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Comment & OpinionThe multiples need to come clean on Brexit’s actual impact on prices
With material costs and retail prices shooting skywards, shoppers are being kept in the dark about the true cost of Brexit, warns ex Sainsbury’s boss Justin King
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Comment & OpinionBrexit has shone a light on food jobs
Just why is it so hard to find British workers for jobs in food and agriculture? asks managing editor Julia Glotz
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Comment & OpinionThe British are coming. But not just yet
New York’s Fancy Food Show is a prime opportunity for UK food & drink to showcase its wares. But this year’s British presence was underwhelming, says Chris Blythe of The Brand Nursery
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Comment & OpinionLeaving the London Fisheries Convention tells us more about Gove than fishing rights post-Brexit
Leaving the relatively little-known convention represents a “first historic step” towards freeing the UK fishing sector from the shackles of Europe, but how significant is it?
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy are so few Brits prepared to pick fruit?
The UK fruit & veg sector is at risk because Brexit has made it harder to hire seasonal workers from Europe - and Brits don’t want to do the job. We explain why it’s so hard to hire British workers for seasonal jobs, and what to do about it.
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Comment & OpinionDon’t hold your breath for a rapid passage of this bewildering array of Brexit Bills
There are enough minefields in these Bills to keep the Commons locked in disagreement for 22 years, let alone months
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Comment & OpinionThe Grocer's view on the General Election 2017
Let us be absolutely clear Mrs May. There is no clarity right now. Only confusion …
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Analysis & FeaturesWhere now for the pound – and food price inflation?
So far, so Brexit. The day after a political earthquake, the value of the pound has dropped sharply while the globally focussed FTSE 100 is on the rise
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Comment & OpinionWe need a national mission for UK food
A national mission. That is how Theresa May described the quest for Brexit success this week
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Analysis & FeaturesSupply chain special: left to rot?
Closed borders could spell trouble at our ports, with fresh food left to rot and buyers going elsewhere
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Comment & OpinionNegotiation isn't a dirty word
Negotiation has been around since the dawn of trading and yet it’s the main topic of the news today
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Analysis & FeaturesParty lines on those 'bloody difficult' industry issues
With the EU divorce dominating the general election campaign, we round up what’s being promised by the parties on the workforce, rates and taxes
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Analysis & FeaturesFood & drink faces a tough road ahead as Brexit warnings mount
No one said Brexit would be easy – although plenty have suggested everything is going to be just fine
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Comment & OpinionBrexit will shake up parallel trade
Exhaustion of rights’ is the legal concept that permits ‘parallel trade’ or ‘grey market’ imports of genuine branded goods
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Comment & OpinionAn election manifesto for food and drink
The food and drink industry has six, important weeks to make its case to whomever forms the next government
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Comment & OpinionA chance to shout out
It took a Bristolian to sum up the national reaction: “You’re joking – not another one!”
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Comment & OpinionLabour puts welcome focus on looming skills crisis post-Brexit
The food and drink industry has to step up and keep stressing the huge ramifications not just for the current workforce but for the skills and people it needs in the future too
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Comment & OpinionAmid distraction, we must trade in the here and now
As if the nation hasn’t been asked its opinion enough in the past three years