Keir Starmer – Page 7
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat’s in new workers’ rights bill and who should be worried?
It’s been hailed as the best news for workers in years, but it’s set to ban a number of industry practices and heap challenges on HR teams
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Category ReportWhat does whisky want from Starmer?
Scotch exports are down 18% after the post-Covid boom. Now, the industry wants the PM to honour his pre-election vow of support
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NewsMedia Bites 14 October: Waitrose’s James Bailey, Home Bargains, Energy bills and farming
Waitrose executive director James Bailey traces his love for the upmarket retailer back to his mum taking him to the Eastbourne branch as a six-year-old
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NewsMedia Bites 11 October: UK economy back in growth, workers reforms
The UK economy has returned to growth in August
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NewsBrexit border requirements on EU food imports delayed once more
New safety and security certificates were supposed to be introduced at the end of October as part of the Border Target Operating Model
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NewsBritish food and drink exports slump in first half of year on EU trade barriers
The food industry is calling for reduced trade barriers with the European Union
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Comment & OpinionThe new Efra Select Committee head is shrewd, radical – and cunning
My guess is Alistair Carmichael will also use his committee to hold Labour to account on policy on rural affairs, says Ian Wright, co-chair of the Food & Drink Export Council
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NewsMedia Bites 19 September: Brexit labelling, Asda, John Lewis
As the government ends ‘not for EU’ labelling, the papers scrutinise Mohsin Issa’s decision to step down at Asda
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NewsLabour urged to cut spirits duty after scotch whisky export slide
Volumes fell by the equivalent of 566 million 70cl bottles
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Analysis & FeaturesChina-EU trade war: what UK food and drink stands to gain… and lose
Tensions between Beijing and Brussels are running high – and UK pork and alcohol suppliers are watching with bated breath
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NewsDarzi report calls for ‘bold action’ to regulate food industry on obesity
The report by the leading cancer surgeon and ex health minister today contrasts the lack of action taken by govenments to tackle obesity to the succession of interventions that have successfully slashed smoking rates
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Comment & OpinionFSA food safety shake-up will ultimately come down to politics
Will a new Labour government, which itself brought the FSA into being, back plans that may be perceived as a two-tier system of regulation?
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Comment & OpinionPM’s business partnership pledge will be tough to pull off
This morning, Starmer became the first prime minister to address the TUC congress since Gordon Brown in 2009
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NewsKeir Starmer hails post-Brexit German treaty as he aims to reset EU relations
The British prime minister met with his German counterpart, chancellor Olaf Scholz, for talks on a new bilateral deal
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NewsMedia Bites 28 August: Next, vapes, plant-based meat
Thousands of store staff at the retailer Next have won a six-year fight for equal pay in a tribunal ruling that will be closely watched by supermarkets
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NewsFirst Brexit common user charge bills serve bitter shock to food industry
The costs of importing EU goods to the UK are quickly running into tens of thousands of pounds, businesses report
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Comment & OpinionFood & drink exports are central to UK growth agenda
Food and drink will play a vital role in delivering much-needed growth to the economy, says Ian Wright, co-chair of the Food & Drink Export Council
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NewsMedia Bites 21 August: McDonald’s, Diageo, Just Eat
McDonald’s plans to create 24,000 jobs in the UK and the Republic of Ireland over the next four years as it opens more than 200 restaurants in a sign of faith in the high street
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NewsIceland Foods calls on food companies to give prisoners a ‘second chance’
Iceland has successfully hired 330 former offenders since the launch of its Second Chance rehabilitation scheme
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Comment & OpinionBrazil meat conference shows progress on environment and welfare
It’s fair to say Brazil’s reputation on environmental issues has been less than glowing