All Government and Regulation articles – Page 15
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Comment & OpinionRed tape and bureaucracy: do we need PackUK to run the EPR?
Questions are being raised over the future of PackUK, the new quango set up to run EPR. With a £150k year CEO and separate bureaucracy, could this be run by the industry instead?
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News‘600 shops and 5,500 jobs at risk’ from government plans to raise business rates
Consumers will also face higher prices as many affected businesses plan to pass the costs on, according to High Streets UK
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Comment & OpinionWithout dietary change, net zero is impossible
Dietary shifts are a crucial, but challenging, part of the UK’s decarbonisation pathway, say Ali Morpeth & Mike Barry, co-founders of Planetary Alliance
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Comment & OpinionOut-of-home chains can’t afford to ignore health mandate
Chains such as McDonald’s, KFC, Domino’s and Burger King are rapidly expanding into almost every corner of the world, says Georgie Cowell, senior research officer at ShareAction
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NewsUK and Faroe Islands reach agreement on fishing opportunities for 2025
The government announced this was valued at £5m based on historic prices
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Comment & OpinionLabour must double down and make reusable packaging mainstream
Labour promised a zero-waste economy - reuse and refill is a sure-fire way of cutting plastic pollution at source, says City to Sea CEO Jane Martin
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NewsMedia Bites 17 March: recession fears, Sainsbury’s boss on WFH, Reeves to cut red tape
Thinktank The Resolution Foundation warns Chancellor Rachel Reeves is to ’break her own fiscal rules’
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NewsMedia Bites 14 March: EU exports, GDP, farmer incomes
British food and drink exports to the EU have tumbled by more than a third since Brexit
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NewsPackaging: hotline set up to report EPR ‘freeriders’
The Environment Agency told The Grocer it had already taken action against more than 1,000 companies in the last five months to bring them into compliance
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NewsFood and drink companies face massive fines under new greenwashing probe
The sector is on a state of high alert after the CMA this week announced it would put consumer rights and prosecution of unfair activities ‘front and centre’ in the new Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act
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NewsUK ‘won’t hesitate to respond’ to Trump tariffs as EU hits back at US bourbon
The EU is launching a tough retaliatory tariffs package on US goods, while the UK is keeping a ‘pragmatic’ stance
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NewsMeat and dairy from Hungary and Slovakia banned as foot and mouth spreads
UK farmers are alarmed by the spread of the highly contagious virus in mainland Europe
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NewsFast food comes under fire from ShareAction health demands
In a scathing report, ShareAction accused restaurants, cafés and fast food outlets of being increasingly responsible fo the obesity crisis
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Category ReportThe rise of drinkable desserts: trends in dairy drinks 2025
From chocolate fudge to birthday cake, dairy brands are adding indulgent shakes inspired by afters. Is their health kick over?
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NewsFood safety bosses reveal eight companies to ‘fast track’ lab-grown meat
The FSA said teams of scientists and regulatory experts would begin work on the two-year programme to collaborate with the cell-cultivated products industry, academic bodies and trade organisations
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Analysis & FeaturesIs diversity, equity & inclusion dead?
Donald Trump’s anti-DEI drive is making waves in business, with several US companies rolling back on progressive policies. How much is the impact being felt over here? Will the movement be derailed?
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Comment & OpinionWill a Grinch-like ASA steal our Christmas supermarket ads?
Blockbuster supermarket ads are as much of a fixture of Christmas as mince pies
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NewsUK ‘walking into major food safety and security storm’, horsemeat scandal expert warns
Professor Chris Elliott, who led on the horsemeat scandal response to government, was one of many experts who warned of food safety threats
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NewsColgate partners with government for kids’ toothbrushing scheme
The personal care giant plans to donate more than 23 million toothbrushes and toothpastes
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NewsIceland leading new sector push to employ thousands of former prisoners
Iceland is leading talks to form a new coaltion of food and drink companies to help increase the number of opportunities offered to former offenders, as the UK battles a prison overcrowding crisis