All Government and Regulation articles – Page 44
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NewsFive things you’ll learn from the retail crime webinar
The struggle to combat retail crime rumbles on, but what’s the solution?
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Comment & OpinionStockpiling food for hypothetical crises? No thanks
Mental health has nose-dived in this country thanks to fear ‘nudging’ from government, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This
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Analysis & FeaturesWhere does food fit into the town of the future?
The ‘UK’s most sustainable neighbourhood’ is being built in East Sussex, with food at its heart and retailers encouraged to embrace the concept
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NewsWHO backs call for extension of sugar tax to cakes, biscuits and chocolate
The WHO report features research from experts at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) calling for policies to tackle obesity, diabetes and tooth disease
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Analysis & FeaturesPolitical digs and cheese Swifts: this week on grocery social media
The UK’s cost of cheese crisis highlights economic woes and Ocado, Itsu and Lidl hop on gen Z trends
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Comment & OpinionWhy isn’t the food industry preparing for Wes Streeting’s ‘steamroller’?
Who knows what measures a determined Labour government with a strong majority might introduce?
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Analysis & FeaturesNational Food Strategy is an-off-the shelf solution for Labour
New taxes and mandatory health targets could be in the pipeline
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NewsQuarter Proof ups strength of its drinks to 15% abv in ‘strategic’ rebrand
The brand will also next month add Three Grain Spirit to ape vodka
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NewsGCA postpones supplier survey due to general election
The Grocer understands the results of the annual YouGov survey, which were due to be published in the middle of June, will now not come out until the end of July at the earliest
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NewsHostility to UPFs in parliament growing amid ‘deafening’ industry silence
A white paper published by marketing and PR agency SPQR includes a forensic breakdown of all mentions of UPF in the current parliament
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Comment & OpinionFood & drink needs to get ahead of the UPF debate
Everywhere you look – in the media, online, and in the bookshop window – we’re confronted with warnings about ultra-processed foods, says Tom Horsman, director at SPQR Agency
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Comment & OpinionWhat Leadsom, Gove and Eustice brought to Defra in their reign
As parliament is prorogued this week, we say goodbye to former Defra secretaries Andrea Leadsom, Michael Gove and George Eustice, says Ian Wright, co-chair of the Food & Drink Export Council
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NewsLabour ready to revive Henry Dimbleby’s plans for wave of HFSS taxes
“I think there is a real prospect that a Labour government will revisit the sugar tax,” said one top industry source
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NewsThousands of firms facing legal action over missing packaging data as deadline looms
The Grocer understands the deadline will not be extended again
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Comment & Opinion‘Trusted traders’ are vital to improving EU border checks
This sensible scheme has the potential to radically streamline the certification process, says Phil Pluck, CEO of the Cold Chain Federation
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NewsDefra unveils ‘improved’ Sustainable Farming Incentive
The much-maligned replacement for EU subsidies will now pay farmers for 102 sustainability-led actions
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Comment & OpinionDisaster planning not the best start to an election campaign
The food and drink industry has put thoughts of summer holidays on hold to go into full manifesto mode
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat our industry is demanding from a general election
Key bodies in the food, grocery and farming sectors set out their priorities for an incoming government on issues such as the supply chain, retail crime, labour shortages, inflation and health
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Comment & OpinionFood banks are now normalised. This is a failure of state
Emergency charitable food aid feels like it has become entrenched in the UK, says Dan Crossley, executive director at the Food Ethics Council
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Comment & OpinionWhat the NFU wants to see beyond the Farm to Fork Summit
A public show of support isn’t enough – we need actions and policies, says NFU president Tom Bradshaw