Rachel Reeves news and analysis – Page 12
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NewsMedia Bites 31 October: Budget reaction, Kraft Heinz, Starbucks
Unsurprisingly, the front-pages this morning are all about Rachel Reeves’ first budget
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NewsYour reactions to the new government’s £40bn tax-raising budget
Readers of The Grocer share their opinions on how the autumn budget will affect their areas of industry
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NewsConvenience stores to bear £666m in extra costs from new budget
The ACS said the impact would be felt “unevenly” across the UK’s 50,000 convenience stores
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Comment & OpinionLabour’s budget gamble leaves businesses scrambling for cash
Labour is hoping it can both raid corporate pockets and simultaneously stimulate growth
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NewsAlcohol industry rages as duty set to go up in line with inflation
The tax hike was ‘a kick in the teeth to distillers’ said the UK Spirits Alliance
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NewsThe budget as it happened and what it means for fmcg
Rachel Reeves confirms this budget will raise taxes by £40bn
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NewsMedia Bites 30 October: autumn statement, Mondelez, Campari, Rude Health
The long-awaited Budget statement will be delivered by chancellor Rachel Reeves at 12.30pm
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NewsCity snapshot: Lidl agrees £70m real estate deal to forward fund 12 stores
Lidl has signed an agreement to sell 12 stores under construction to Roadside Real Estate for £70m. Plus, JLP is recruiting a record 12,500 temporary roles across the country over the Christmas period
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NewsStuart Machin urges Chancellor not to raise taxes on business
The M&S chief said he hoped recent ‘rumours’ that Rachel Reeves planned to raise National Insurance were untrue
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NewsMedia Bites 24 October: Disposable vape ban, inflation, online retail tax, the budget
The government has confirmed a ban on disposable vapes will come into force on 1 June
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NewsLords’ inquiry demands new taxes ‘hold industry to account’ for obesity crisis
The committee calls for prime minister Keir Starmer and Chancellor Rachel Reeves to take personal charge of a new obesity strategy
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NewsMedia Bites 23 October: Amazon tax, McDonald’s e.coli outbreak, Greggs Christmas ad
An e.coli outbreak at McDonald’s in the US generates headlines in this morning’s papers
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Comment & OpinionNew Labour government losing goodwill gloss already
There are very few sacred cows Rachel Reeves is reportedly unwilling to slay in what she warned this week would be a “difficult” budget
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NewsMedia Bites 18 October: Nestlé, Tesco, retail sales
Tesco and Shell are to buy the entire output of a controversial solar farm under construction on the Kent coast
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NewsNFU boss hits out at government’s food sector ‘policy paralysis’
Farmers were growing increasingly frustrated at a lack of concrete policies on a raft of major issues, warned Tom Bradshaw
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NewsMore than 600 charities call for Reeves to salvage £15m farmgate food waste fund
The charities said the fund could go towards providing up to 67 million meals a year to people in need but would go to waste without government support
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NewsBrewDog ‘near return to profit’ founder insists, as pre-tax losses balloon
BrewDog has not recorded a pre-tax profit since the £1.1m it booked in 2019
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NewsMedia bites 16 October: IMF, James Watt, Fenwick, John Lewis
BrewDog founder and former CEO James Watt has attacked plans by Chancellor Rachel Reeves to raise capital gains tax
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Comment & OpinionAlex Salmond knew how to leverage Scotland’s food & drink greatness
Salmond saw he could enlist Scottish food and drink assets in the battle to win Scotland’s independence, says Ian Wright, co-chair of the Food & Drink Export Council
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NewsBRC lobbying sparks row with small shops over business rates
The BRC has been accused of making proposals that only benefit ‘the largest retailers’ while being ‘really detrimental to a large majority of independents’