All articles by Ian Quinn
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Analysis & FeaturesWill government heed warnings over youth employment?
Supermarket chiefs have written to Keir Starmer calling for less red tape and costs, with retail’s crucial role in helping young people into jobs at stake
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NewsWales DRS ‘at risk’ as talks fail to achieve breakthrough
Drinks industry bosses met in Cardiff with Plaid Cymru’s Llŷr Gruffydd, cabinet minister for rural resilience and sustainability, who has taken on responsibility for the scheme
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NewsFSA vows to tackle SPS uncertainty as date for EU summit announced
The FSA has been holding a series of workshops with the food sector to try to prepare for the outcome of the negotiations, but admitted there was major uncertainty across the supply chain
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NewsTesco boss Ken Murphy says bad weather has had bigger impact than Iran war
Tesco revealed first-quarter like-for-like sales in the UK grew by 1.8%, although Murphy stressed that was against a period last year which included a summer heatwave
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NewsCBD products risk being driven off shelf, health watchdog warned
The Cannabis Trades Association said there was ‘increasing concern’ that the SPS dynamic alignment would drive CBD away from its status as a regulated consumer food product to become “quasi-medicinal, pharmacy-only” products
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NewsFSA given government funds to launch new mandatory health targets
The FSA said today the DHSC was providing the funds after concerns were raised that the watchdog did not have the resources to take on the major new role
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NewsTesco faces protests over ‘widening’ worker pay gap
The worker-led campaign group Organise will attend the meeting at Tesco’s Welwyn Garden City headquarters to deliver a petition signed by more than 10,000 workers
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NewsAngela Eagle’s departure delivers blow to support for new nutrient profiling model
Eagle in her role at Defra was viewed as one of the strongest supporters of the shift to a new NPM
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News£320m investment in alt-protein at risk from ‘hostile’ EU takeover, MPs warned
The Alternative Proteins Association warns that the UK is risking its ‘progressive’ policies on developing lab-grown meat being taken over by an EU framework that is ‘slower, more politically contested, and increasingly hostile to the technologies’
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NewsTalks to revive Wales DRS as documents lift lid on glass row
Sources are suggesting there is fresh hope the new Plaid Cymru government may be more open to engaging with industry concerns over the inclusion of glass than its predecessor
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NewsScottish government rules out ‘moving goalposts’ on new nutrient profiling model
The Scottish government said it had ‘heard the message’ from the food industry it would be wrong to shift the goalposts
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NewsRed Bull boss Peter Charles spreads his wings to BSDA role
Peter Charles replaces William Watkins, founder and owner of Radnor Hills, who is stepping down at the end of his term
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NewsCBD manufacturers in ‘limbo’ as EU reset sparks approval doubts
Thousands of applications for CBD food and drink products are in “limbo” amid uncertainty over the government’s SPS re-alignment negotiations with the EU
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NewsTesco announces 20% ‘health discount’ for staff to ramp up everyday wellbeing
The supermarket giant has announced a 20% colleague discount across a wide range of healthcare products
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NewsObesity ‘moonshot’ at risk from industry lobbying, claim health groups
NGOs and medical leaders have warned it would be an economic disaster for the government to listen to calls from the food industry for a rowback on measures outlined in Wes Streeting’s 10-year NHS plan
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NewsHospitality ‘bites back’ at social media junk claims
Youth charity Bite Back accused the UK’s biggest fast food chains of using social media to bypass the new restrictions on HFSS advertising
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NewsSupermarket CEOs demand Keir Starmer acts on retail jobs crisis
The CEOs of Asda, Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons hit out at a lack of opportunities for young people and accused the government of making their plight worse with a bombardment of expensive regulation
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NewsDRS: thousands more retailers given option to opt out
Exchange for Change has also outlined details of new grants to help retailers shoulder the cost of rolling out reverse vending machines
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NewsHealthy diet requires 85% of disposable income for lower-income families
The Broken Plate report, published today by the Food Foundation, shows households with children in the lowest 20% of incomes are finding it increasingly difficult to feed their families with nutritious food
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NewsUltra-processed food fears biggest factor in diet changes, finds FSA survey
The FSA’s report found three-quarters of the population had made at least one change to their diet