Karen Betts news, analysis and comment – Page 6
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Comment & OpinionPig crisis conflict to seasonal wage confusion: five key takeaways from the NFU Conference 2022
The conference was a day of lively debate as it broached the problems currently facing farmers with speeches from NFU president Minette Batters, Defra secretary George Eustice and more
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NewsCity Snapshot: Inflation hits new 30-year high in January
Inflation hit a new 30-year high last month as prices continued to climb despite January sales. Plus, Heineken bounces back but warns prices rise could hit demand for beer; full-year results from Coca-Cola Europacific Partners and Kerry Group; and Treatt appoints new CFO.
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NewsFDF elects Apetito’s Paul Freeston as president
Freeston is to succeed Jon Woods, who was elected in 2019
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Analysis & FeaturesBudget 2021: food and drink industry has its say
Reactions from industry to Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget announcements have been largely positive, praising the relief action taken to ease pressure on businesses after nearly two years of pandemic-related squeezes
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NewsFDF signs raft of food & drink players up to Action on Fibre initiative
Backed by General Mills, Premier Foods, Nestlé, Pladis and more, the initiative would make high-fibre diets ‘more appealing, normal and easy for the population’, said the FDF
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Comment & OpinionWhat next for the FDF under incoming CEO Karen Betts?
Betts will inherit one of the most powerful roles in the British food industry when she takes over later this year
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NewsKaren Betts appointed new CEO of the FDF
Betts will succeed Ian Wright, who steps down at the end of the year after seven years in the role.
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NewsScotch whisky distillers welcome Australia trade deal
It could save more than £5m in tariffs each year
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Comment & OpinionToday we should celebrate women in grocery – and acknowledge we have further to go
Grocery is full of innovative, brilliant women blazing trails in fmcg. But there remains a majority of men in senior roles and a pay gap between genders
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NewsUS suspends tariffs on Scotch whisky
Tariffs on British products will be suspended for four months to ‘allow time to focus on negotiating a balanced settlement’
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NewsScotch whisky losses top £500m due to US tariffs
The tariffs were initially introduced in retaliation for illegal EU state support given to Airbus
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NewsUK set to maintain US tariffs in £45m cost to food industry
Brussels imposed a 25% tariff on $4bn of US products last week including chocolate and seafood
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InterviewsKaren Betts: the diplomat with a passion for whisky
SWA chief Karen Betts is drawing on her diplomatic experience to resolve punitive US tariffs on scotch whisky. Brexit is next on her to-do list
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NewsUS maintains whisky tariff but drops further food and drink hikes
The Trump administration had threatened to impose new tariffs on $3.1bn of EU exports
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Comment & OpinionA global pandemic is the wrong time for tough US tariffs
The industry is already contending with Brexit, Covid-19 and an impending recession. Now the US wants to remind us things could get worse
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NewsIndustry leaders urge governments to avoid trade bans
The letter calls on the UK to ‘lead the way and reject moves towards protectionism’
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Analysis & FeaturesBudget 2020: Who were grocery’s big winners and losers?
The specific measures in Rishi Sunak’s first budget were a mixed bag for grocery
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NewsBrexit stockpiling leads to record UK food and drink exports
No-deal stockpiling boosted food and drink exports to a record high last year as two Brexit deadlines encouraged foreign buyers to stock up on British goods, official figures show.
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NewsTariff-hit scotch whisky producers call for urgent end to US trade war
SWA CEO Karen Betts met with MPs and government officials this evening
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NewsTrump’s tariffs trigger slump in UK food and drink exports
British food exports to the US fell by a quarter following the introduction of Donald Trump’s punitive tariff regime last year, with the situation now at risk of deteriorating further.