Brexit – Page 9
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KVI Tracker
Fruit & veg imports to become more expensive over last-minute Brexit rule
The cost of importing fruit & vegetables from the EU is about to rise by a further £200m, says the Fresh Produce Consortium
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News
Lack of clarity around looming Brexit checks leaves industry ‘apprehensive’
The Border Target Operating Model will see an array of new controls on EU food imports begin to roll out on 30 January
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News
New immigration rules will ‘disproportionately impact’ food businesses, ALP tells Home Office
ABP UK and Cranswick have warned of the effects the change will have on their business as well as consumers
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Interviews
How Mackie’s MD is giving the Common touch to a family business
Mackie’s of Scotland’s MD Stuart Common has been busy in his first year – slashing carbon use, building exports and raising awareness south of the border
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News
Dover Port accuses Defra of undermining UK food safety with border checks move
Post-Brexit sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) checks on EU imports will take place at Sevington Border Control Post from the end of January
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Analysis & Features
Which grocery players hit the stock market jackpot in 2023?
In 2023, crises from Ukraine to the Middle East, plus the ongoing cost of living crisis, battered stocks. Who coped best and what will 2024 bring?
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News
Expat favourite British Corner Shop enters administration
The Bristol-based online retailer has ceased trading with all 20 employees made redundant
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News
New origin and production food labelling plans in pipeline
The proposals would help back British farmers, said Defra secretary Steve Barclay at today’s Oxford Farming Conference
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Videos
2023 in cartoons: The Grocer’s Christmas Tinkle is back
The Grocer wishes you a very merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous 2024
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Rankings
Face off: Top Products Survey 2023 pits brands vs own-label
It’s no longer a battle of the brands. The bigger battle, after two years of inflation, is between brands and own label. Who’s winning?
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News
Wine importers bemoan cost of Brexit red tape as shelf-edge prices climb
The average supermarket bottle of wine has climbed 12.6% in price since Brexit
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News
Skilled worker visa salary increase to shut out ‘vital’ staff
Insiders sounded a warning over latest government plans to up the minimum salary required for a skilled overseas worker visa from £26,200 to £38,700
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News
New immigration rules could herald fresh labour crisis, warn meat producers
The meat sector has warned the plans could affect butcher and abattoir worker numbers
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Comment & Opinion
Working with Ireland is the best way for UK exports to thrive
For food and drink the Republic of Ireland is our most important interlocutor, says Ian Wright, co-chair of the Food & Drink Export Council
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Comment & Opinion
Post-Brexit policies massively disadvantage UK cheese exporters
We were told Brexit would support British business but the current plans give importers a massive competitive advantage, says Bill Mathieson, Long Clawson MD
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News
FSA under fire for ‘misleading’ post-Brexit precision breeding proposals
A post-Brexit bill changed the way genetically edited organisms in food and feed goods are regulated
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Analysis & Features
UK food security: all the challenges facing the supply chain
From supply chain disruptions to extreme weather and war, what are the biggest factors affecting UK food security now?
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Comment & Opinion
Will David Cameron leverage his CV to improve Britain’s trade strategy?
Questions have begun arising about what a foreign secretariat could look like under the former prime minister
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News
Labour pledges to pursue fewer but better deals in new trade strategy
Labour’s shadow secretary for business and trade Jonathan Reynolds criticised the government’s ‘scattergun’ strategy
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News
Brexit checks on EU goods will go ahead in January, Baroness Neville-Rolfe says
Cabinet minister Lucy Neville-Rolfe assured businesses that the government’s Brexit border strategy would roll out in January 2024