All Government policy articles – Page 170
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NewsPosh retailers to be hardest hit by the sugar levy
Waitrose and Ocado are set to have the largest proportion of own-label products in the firing line of sugar levy
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Analysis & FeaturesThe EU: the good, the bad and the bendy
What did the EU ever do for us? We assess some of the key pieces of legislation affecting grocery over the last 50 years
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Analysis & FeaturesSoft drinks left carrying the can with sugar levy
With 54% of soft drink SKUs set to be subject to the sugar levy how will suppliers respond?
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Comment & OpinionZero hours contracts: a ban would harm businesses and workers
Banning zero hours contracts would not guarantee a minimum number of hours
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Comment & OpinionThe sugar tax: cleverly crafted all round
It is unthinkable that the soft drinks industry will not continue its journey of innovation and reformulation
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NewsSoft drinks industry reels over scale of Osborne's sugar tax
Under the two-tier system proposed by the treasury, the rate would work out at closer to 50% for some products
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Comment & OpinionClothier: Brexit has exposed lack of leadership
Food and drink desperately needs a manifesto to protect its interests and minimise risk says Wyke Farms MD Richard Clothier
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NewsFDF members dismiss EU stay campaign
The UK’s biggest fmcg suppliers have refused to give a mandate for the Food & Drink Federation to campaign against Brexit
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Analysis & FeaturesWould Brexit make food fraud better or worse?
Brexit would end the obligation for the free movement of goods. So would the UK be better placed to fight food fraud?
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NewsLogistics professionals poll reveals preference to remain in EU
Supply chain experts split 60%-40% in favour of Bremain
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NewsOnly 2,100 out of 20,000 signed up for AWRS
Its original estimate of 20,000 that needed to register still held true, HMRC added
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NewsNo new Sunday trading research since 2006, government admits
The last round of research was carried out under the DTI a decade ago
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NewsEfra committee calls for GCA powers to be 'urgently' extended
MPs have renewed calls for the powers of the Groceries Code Adjudicator to be widened.
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Analysis & FeaturesDoes PM's EU deal work for the food & drink industry?
David Cameron fired the starting gun on the long-awaited EU referendum last week, and already knives have been unsheathed
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NewsFDF seeks member mandate to run Brexit 'no' campaign
A crunch meeting of the UK’s biggest suppliers on Monday will decide if the Food & Drink Federation has a mandate to campaign against Brexit
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NewsKeep Sunday Special campaign to mount legal challenge
KSS says it has not entered the prospect of legal action lightly but there were “fundamental flaws” in the process the government had taken
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Analysis & FeaturesSugar tax back on the table in PM's Childhood Obesity Strategy
David Cameron’s childhood obesity strategy will include plans for a sugar tax
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NewsBRC calls for action on crime as costs to retailers soar
Average value of customer theft hits record high of £325
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NewsLiz Truss stays firm on no farming 'plan B' for Brexit
Truss confirmed Defra had still made no assessment of the impact leaving the EU would have on the farming sector
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NewsRevised drinking guidelines attacked as 'anti-alcohol' policy
The new guidance puts the UK at odds with the rest of Europe, industry says