Opinion
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Comment & OpinionDitching GB-wide ‘Not for EU’ labels is the sensible decision
These ‘not for EU’ labels were never just about food, or trade, or biosecurity, says international trade editor Maria Gonçalves
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Comment & OpinionTory Brexit legacy increasingly tainted by border chaos
It’s no surprise Labour has inherited a trade policy trainwreck
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Comment & OpinionThe food sector must use its collective might post-election
When I talk to industry leaders, I hear a growing commitment to working together to drive progress at pace, says Sarah Bradbury, CEO of IGD
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Comment & OpinionWhat immigration will mean for UK food & drink
Newcomers to the UK will import inspirational tastes, flavours and customs along with religious and cultural festivals, says Richard Cope, senior trends consultant at Mintel Consulting
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Comment & OpinionAs exports decline, what’s going wrong in the UK food trade?
Post-Brexit, why are we buying from some countries but not selling to them?
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Comment & OpinionWhat Leadsom, Gove and Eustice brought to Defra in their reign
As parliament is prorogued this week, we say goodbye to former Defra secretaries Andrea Leadsom, Michael Gove and George Eustice, says Ian Wright, co-chair of the Food & Drink Export Council
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Comment & Opinion‘Trusted traders’ are vital to improving EU border checks
This sensible scheme has the potential to radically streamline the certification process, says Phil Pluck, CEO of the Cold Chain Federation
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Comment & OpinionDisaster planning not the best start to an election campaign
The food and drink industry has put thoughts of summer holidays on hold to go into full manifesto mode
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Comment & OpinionGovernment refused inflation-linked CPIs for school dinners. How is that fair?
What does the government want? To keep price inflation to a minimum through effective competition? Or to keep farmers afloat in their hour of need?
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Comment & OpinionBritain ‘sleepwalking into food security crisis’ as B-day hits
The new requirements come more than three years after the UK left the EU after the government claimed each delay was with business in mind
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Comment & OpinionMinimum wage, maximum effort: the pay conundrum for food and drink
Skills, expectations and stakes are higher than ever, but the rewards are increasingly in inverse proportion
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Comment & OpinionPanic! New Brexit border checks causing food industry angst
On Wednesday, the government finally revealed how much it is charging businesses for importing goods from the EU into the country to help fund new border controls.
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Comment & OpinionRage in Wales as farmers unleash wrath over Labour’s farming policy
The Welsh government’s proposals for a new, post-Brexit farm subsidy framework has gone down like a cup of sheep dip
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Comment & OpinionGross? How bureaucracy is creeping into the UK’s edible insect opportunity
Finally, eating insects is trendy again. Or was it ever?
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Comment & OpinionGovernment must prioritise food supply chain to avoid further inflation
This year’s general election marks a fork in the road for the food supply chain, says Phil Pluck, CEO of the Cold Chain Federation
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Comment & OpinionNorthern Ireland can finally reap rewards of its ‘special status’
The economic and social impact of the restoration of Stormont could be seismic for Northern Ireland, says Ian Wright, co-chair of the Food & Drink Export Council
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Comment & OpinionBrexit border rules: the big questions still to answer on imports
The latest bombshell to emerge is the upgrade of certain fruit & veg from low risk to medium risk
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Comment & OpinionWorking with Ireland is the best way for UK exports to thrive
For food and drink the Republic of Ireland is our most important interlocutor, says Ian Wright, co-chair of the Food & Drink Export Council
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Comment & OpinionPost-Brexit policies massively disadvantage UK cheese exporters
We were told Brexit would support British business but the current plans give importers a massive competitive advantage, says Bill Mathieson, Long Clawson MD
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Comment & OpinionWill David Cameron leverage his CV to improve Britain’s trade strategy?
Questions have begun arising about what a foreign secretariat could look like under the former prime minister