Brexit insight and analysis – Page 4
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Comment & Opinion
The food industry can’t sit back and be villainised for rising food prices
Commentators sympathetic to the government are surmising someone must be taking advantage of our national economic difficulties to make an unrequited profit, says Ian Wright, co-chair of the Food & Drink Export Council
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Comment & Opinion
If the CBI is to survive, it must be more than the entitled leader of industry
This is a hubristic moment which should provoke significant change in the CBI’s scale and character, says Ian Wright, co-chair of the Food & Drink Export Council
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Analysis & Features
Is Britain’s new Brexit border ready to roll?
After three years of delays, the Border Target Operating Model is here. How does it work? And at what cost?
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Comment & Opinion
Dimbleby’s legacy is an echo of ‘posh boy government’. But he is principled and brave
Whether Sunak or Starmer is prime minister after the next election, Dimbleby will be the go-to source for policy formulation, says Ian Wright, co-chair of the Food & Drink Export Council
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Comment & Opinion
Let’s hope the Windsor Agreement presages better trade across the Channel
Rishi Sunak’s claims of a “historic” deal that solves all the problems of Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit trade regime are somewhat overstated
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Analysis & Features
What the Windsor Framework really means for food businesses
The new ‘Windsor Framework’ totals more than 100 pages and addresses some of the shortcomings of the Northern Ireland protocol
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Analysis & Features
At a glance: the key points behind the new Northern Ireland Brexit deal
Green lanes and the end of a sausage ban – how will Northern Ireland protocol 2.0 affect food businesses?
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Comment & Opinion
The devil is in the detail for Sunak’s new NI protocol deal
The minutiae will be crucial to the success of the proposed Windsor Framework, says Ian Wright, co-chair of the Food & Drink Export Council
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Comment & Opinion
Supermarkets have broken the fresh supply chain. The solution is in their hands
The answer to these shortages lies solely in the hands of retailers, says Ged Futter, director, The Retail Mind
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Comment & Opinion
Fruit & veg shortages are the fault of reckless supermarket buying habits
Local grocery stores are loyal to their suppliers – and their shelves remain stocked with abundance, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This
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Comment & Opinion
From lab-grown meat to insects, alternative proteins are the future of our diets
Alternative proteins face regulatory hurdles but applications are already in progress around the world, say Katrina Anderson, associate director and Sian Edmonds, senior associate at Osborne Clarke
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Long reads
Why fruit & veg shortages are only a tiny bit about Brexit
The British Retail Consortium cited “difficult weather conditions in the south of Europe and northern Africa”, which had disrupted harvests for products such as tomatoes and peppers. But critics have pointed to plentiful produce elsewhere in Europe
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Comment & Opinion
Starmer impresses farmers with NFU Conference appearance
Keir Starmer became the first Labour leader to attend the conference in a decade, pledging changes to trade and veterinary agreements
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Analysis & Features
What we could do with food since Brexit that we couldn’t in the EU...
The UK’s novel foods approval process currently matches the EU’s: lengthy and complicated. Could the FSA’s new, Singapore-inspired approach cut red tape and allow British innovation to thrive?
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Comment & Opinion
Stop looking for Brexit dividends. Rushed legislation won’t benefit anyone
It’s high time we moved on from clambering to tell a positive Brexit story, says Dan Crossley, executive director, Food Ethics Council
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Analysis & Features
Can Keir Starmer’s charm offensive woo big business?
Keir Starmer and his team are on a charm offensive to woo big business. Now with many boardrooms signed up, there is a rising clamour for policy
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Comment & Opinion
Should fmcg producers pass on the benefit of softening commodity prices?
It’s clear fmcg manufacturers face a perfect storm at the start of 2023, says Peter Hatfield, fmcg specialist at management consultancy Vendigital
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Comment & Opinion
The whisky industry is being hamstrung by high tariffs and taxes
Alleviating the cost of storage and freeing up the capital in unsold inventory can provide stimulus, says Nicola Bonini, group head of origination at Supply@Me
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Comment & Opinion
New French border checks highlight ongoing food export friction
UK exporters will face additional bureaucratic burdens from 13 January due to new French border check requirements
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Analysis & Features
How Brindisa became a trailblazer in bringing Spanish cuisine to the UK
The business, once a fledgling cheese importer, has developed into a wholesaler, retailer and award-winning supplier