All Government policy articles – Page 41
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NewsShops in England to see business rates bill drop by more than 50%
The average shop’s bill will fall from £8,172 in 2022/23 to £3,678 in 2023/24, according to retail estate advisors Altus Group
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NewsThérèse Coffey hints at fresh produce supply chain reviews
In an often confrontational Commons Efra Committee session this week, the environment secretary said she had lined up one or potentially two ’reviews for the future’
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Comment & OpinionSeasonal workers are at risk of abuse. Regulation needs to catch up
As the net has been cast wider, the supply chain has become longer and more vulnerable to abuse
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NewsFraud-linked meat supplier Loscoe Chilled Foods placed into administration
The supplier was linked a fortnight ago to a National Food Crime Unit probe into the passing off of imported beef as British
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NewsHumza Yousaf urged to delay Scottish deposit return scheme until 2025
Environment secretary Thérèse Coffey told MPs yesterday she hoped Yousaf could be persuaded to abandon the 16 August deadline
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Comment & OpinionAs Sunak readies ‘Green Day’, food industry initiatives are a basket case
DRS is in danger of going down the drain, while EPR has been described as a ‘fiasco’
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NewsHumza Yousaf urged to salvage Scotland's DRS or risk wasting £100m
A raft of manufacturers including AG Barr, Britvic and Coca-Cola urged the new leader to make the scheme a “top priority” as the new SNP leader
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NewsSupermarkets sign up to ‘unprecedented’ collaboration on climate change
It comes with estimates that food and drink consumed in the UK is responsible for around 35% of the country’s emissions
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NewsSoy traders face stricter EU laws on environment
Soy traders such as Bunge and Cargill will have to prove their supply chains are not linked to illegal deforestation
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Comment & OpinionRavenous: Henry Dimbleby pulls no punches about policy in food tsar tell-all
Henry Dimbleby’s latest book must be one of the most exhaustively researched works of all time
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Comment & OpinionNestlé and Unilever risk causing confusion with health reporting. But it’s a positive first step
For now, it’s barely possible to understand the reporting without a degree in maths
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Comment & OpinionDimbleby’s legacy is an echo of ‘posh boy government’. But he is principled and brave
Whether Sunak or Starmer is prime minister after the next election, Dimbleby will be the go-to source for policy formulation, says Ian Wright, co-chair of the Food & Drink Export Council
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NewsRishi Sunak ‘majorly oversold’ Windsor Framework, say food businesses
The new Northern Ireland Brexit deal has ‘major limits’ according to industry
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Analysis & FeaturesIn his own words: Henry Dimbleby on why he quit government health role
National Food Strategy author Henry Dimbleby has quit as the UK’s food tsar, furious at Whitehall’s lack of a strategy. But he’s not giving up on major change
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NewsExiting food tsar Dimbleby launches new campaign to get Brits to eat less meat
The National Food Strategy author told The Grocer he has entered a partnership with advertising giant M&C Saatchi
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Comment & OpinionBudget: businesses like ours need childcare support and green incentives now
There were two incredibly important announcements in the budget, but they don’t go far enough to encourage growth, says Jamie Keeble, co-founder of Heck
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NewsDunns Food & Drinks to invest £1.5m in pursuit of net zero
The company is also set to trial an electric van as part of the Scottish Wholesale Association’s decarbonising project
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Comment & OpinionWhat’s stopping Russian discounter Mere relaunching in the UK?
What are the ‘complex, non-standard’ challenges for a Russian-owned company trading in the UK?
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NewsWholesaler concerns dismissed following public sector procurement query
Shadow environment minister Daniel Zeichner MP raised the issue during Cabinet Office questions in the House of Commons last week
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NewsHealth tsar Henry Dimbleby quits slamming ‘shocking’ obesity
Dimbleby accused ministers of abandoning its plans for health after the departure of former PM Boris Johnson