All news articles – Page 8
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NewsIceland Foods drops years-long trademark dispute with country of Iceland
Iceland would instead use the ‘couple of hundred grand’ it would save in legal fees to give a ‘rapprochement discount’ to Icelandic shoppers, executive chairman Richard Walker said
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NewsShellworks raises £11m to scale eco plastic packaging alternative
Founded in 2019, London-based Shellworks develops and manufactures Vivomer, a bio-based material made using microbes to ferment second generation feedstocks, such as used cooking oil
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NewsDRS: Wales urged to appoint DMO fast or face border chaos
Trade bodies warned that without the swift appointment of an administrator, the chances of a UK-wide DRS rollout going ahead as planned were slim
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NewsCriminals swerving inland border controls to bring illegal meat into UK
So-called ‘drive-bys’ of ‘disease-risk’ illegal meat and plant products – where vehicles swerved the facility after being directed there from Dover – rose from 8% last August to 18% in November
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NewsDot Dot Bubble Tea ready to take east Asian drink mainstream with JamJar backing
Founder Yan Ying, who appeared on the BBC’s Dragons’ Den last year, created the UK’s first ready-to-drink bubble tea when she launched the business in 2023
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NewsBrewDog founder James Watt ‘heartbroken’ over job losses
Watt admitted that BrewDog had ’expanded too fast and diversified too broadly’ under his leadership
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NewsPackUK asks government to allow EPR scheme to run at a loss
Under the proposed shake-up, PackUK also revealed it will significantly reduce the window for firms to resubmit their data for the tax
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NewsLidl GB announces new chief operating officer
Currently COO at Lidl Italy, the new hire is moving to the GB board as Maciej Tylkowski takes an international position in the business
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NewsTesco staff in £134m share ‘windfall’
Tesco said its staff shareholders would make on average between £5,000 and £8,000 each from their options
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NewsShoppers switch to own label and buy less to save money: NIQ
Total till sales at UK supermarkets increased 3.3% in the four weeks to 21 February, but volumes declined by 0.8% – a bigger fall than January’s 0.6%
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NewsEPR: retailers and Wrap back call for funding rethink
A new white paper calls on Defra and PackUK to revamp the system so companies that are shown to be investing in genuine recycling initiatives are rewarded with lower fees
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NewsConservatives vow to tackle food labelling ‘flag loophole’
The proposal was unveiled on Monday by the oppostion party, which warned it was ‘increasingly urgent’ especially in light of the ‘devastating Family Farm and Family Business Tax’ and the ‘lack of clarity’ over the Sustainable Farming Incentive
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NewsReeves rejects calls to scrap fuel duty rises despite Middle East oil surge
The plan to gradually reverse the fuel duty cut extended in the autumn budget, and return fuel duty to pre‑March 2022 levels, remains in place
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NewsDefra currently without strategy, Efra committee chair warns
In an Efra Committee meeting this morning, chair Alistair Carmichael said the department was publishing ‘tactics before you have strategy’
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NewsBooker locks 650 prices to support operators throughout spring
Prices will be locked until 16 June 2026
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NewsFood waste app Too Good To Go appoints new UK & Ireland MD
The new hire replaces Sophie Trueman, who moved to a new global commercial director role with the platform in December
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News‘Defra error’ to blame as Soil Association Certification appeals ruling
The accreditation scheme has argued the Information Commissioner’s Office judgement was made following an administrative error on the part of Defra
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NewsEmployment costs drive up Greggs prices but CEO predicts more ‘positive’ 2026
In January, Greggs increased the price of a sausage roll by 5p and added 10p to the price of a latte coffee
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NewsApplied Nutrition to open Knowsley distribution centre and HQ
The centre will support accelerating demand for Applied Nutrition’s products
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NewsM&S raising store worker pay by 6.4%
The rise, which will benefit 55,000 workers, is an increase of 6.4% from current M&S rates