All Government policy articles – Page 116
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Comment & OpinionFood and other frontline workers must be first in the queue for vaccinations
The government’s current plan puts the food supply chain at serious risk
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NewsFood and drink workforce crisis looms as Covid absence rates treble
Some areas of the country, including London and the south east, are aleady seeing levels above 20%
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NewsAnger as wholesalers ignored again by Chancellor’s latest lockdown bailout
Sunak confirmed a new £4.6bn package of new lockdown grants worth up to £9,000 for businesses in the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors
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NewsVape store body lobbies government for essential retailer status
The UKVIA is arguing that vape stores are “already well equipped to be Covid-compliant” and readily able to limit shop occupancy
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NewsMorrisons to use car parks for Covid vaccination programme
CEO David Potts said today portable buildings would be operating from three store car parks from 11 January, with another 47 on standby
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NewsUnion calls for retail staff to be prioritised for Covid vaccine
In a letter to health secretary Matt Hancock and business secretary Alok Sharma, Usdaw urged the government to intervene to protect staff
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Comment & OpinionBrexit deal, HFSS consultation, grocery honours: what you might have missed over Christmas
2021 already looks like it might be another bumpy ride for the food and drink sector
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Comment & OpinionChaos at the border bodes far from well for Brexit
As FDF CEO Ian Wright pointed out, the week has ‘lifted the curtain’ on the potential for chaos
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NewsBorder reopening ‘too late’ to stop food shortages
The FDF said there would be ‘significant disruption’ on the shelf starting next week
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NewsPlans to test drivers at Dover risk spreading Covid, haulage chiefs warn
The government proposals were a “knee-jerk” reaction that would result in the mixing of drivers who would otherwise be socially distanced in their cabs, according to Road Haulage Association policy director Duncan Buchanan
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NewsFood leaders demand compensation from ‘bungling’ government over Dover chaos
‘You didn’t have to be Mystic Meg to know what was coming,’ FDF CEO Ian Wright tells BEIS committee
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NewsHospitality chiefs welcome new sector support package in Scotland
UKHospitality Scotland executive director Willie Macleod said the new measures, were a ‘lifeline’ for businesses excluded from previous support
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News24 hours to prevent food shortages, warn supermarket leaders
Ministers have been told empty lorries stuck in the UK would mean products such as fresh fuit and salad vegetables would soon begin to disappear from shelves
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NewsMore teenagers exposed to junk food ads online than on TV, research claims
Nearly nine out of 10 teenagers have been exposed to junk food ads on social media, according to Cancer Research UK
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NewsOcado says suppliers need to ‘mitigate’ Brexit costs
The online supermarket has written to suppliers refusing to enter negotiations over price rises
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Analysis & FeaturesBrexit: Three ways an EU trade deal could make all the difference for food and drink
Many changes are locked in, but key issues remain at stake
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NewsArsenal helps charity score 500,000 pandemic meals milestone
Charity His Church has been working with the club to deliver food and essentials to needy families
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Comment & OpinionWhat’s behind strange timing of government’s animal transportation review?
The meat industry doesn’t have any spare bandwidth to provide a sufficient response to the government’s proposals
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NewsFood and drink leaders welcome rejection of carbon tax
It follows a government consultation over the summer on what sort of system should replace the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme post-Brexit
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NewsWholesaler prepared to go to prison after refusing to pay thousands in business rates
Darren Labbett, MD of Woods Foodservice, has written to Boris Johnson complaining of the ‘injustice’ of the sector not being included in rates relief