Brexit – Page 68
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NewsGovernment shelves 25-year food and farming plan
Defra cited Brexit-based priorities for kicking the plan into the long grass, adding some of its objectives would be included in the upcoming Agriculture Bill, due in the spring
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Comment & OpinionWill the Food and Drink Sector Council be allowed to change the game?
If ever there was a time when the government needs more input from the food and drink industry into its future policies, this is it
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NewsBrexit to hit food & drink and retail hardest, documents show
The analysis found that the agriculture sector may not be adversely affected
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NewsMichael Gove approves £16m cash for Defra Brexit preparations
The Defra permanent secretary warned of ‘severe disruption’ to public services without investment
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NewsEx-MoD spin doctor Stephen Bethel to head BRC corporate affairs
Bethel will lead the BRC’s communications and political engagement team with its three priority campaigns…
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Comment & OpinionResolving our food differences with the US could be nearly as tricky as Brexit
As the chlorinated chicken row rumbles on, resolving differences with our friends across the pond could become as challenging as the Brexit negotiations
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NewsBuoyant sales for Buckfast but Brexit hits profit margins
Annual accounts for owner J Chandler & Co for the year to 31 March 2017 show a 3.1% rise in sales
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NewsIrish food and drink exports rise 13% to hit record high
The UK remained Ireland’s key export market, accounting for 35% of total exports
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Comment & OpinionYes, food price inflation should ease – but we can’t afford to get complacent
It’s been a bruising 18 months for consumers since the Brexit vote sent sterling crashing
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NewsCo-op's Steve Murrells urges post-Brexit EU partnership
Murrells welcomed Michael Gove’s pledge that payments to farmers would be extended post-Brexit
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Comment & OpinionIt's crucial for food to increase its R&D spend
As Brexit looms, the UK food industry must increase its spend on research and development
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NewsStark warning on productivity issued by AHDB
A “yawning productivity gap” that opened up between 2000 and 2013, worth over £4.3bn in lost GDP, needs to be addressed
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Comment & OpinionBrexit phase 1: encouraging, slightly
The agreement reached on 8 December on phase 1 of the Brexit negotiations has been met with a huge sigh of relief in many …
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Comment & OpinionGove promises change – but there’s no getting away from those Brexit fault lines
While the environment secretary was again adamant that UK food and animal welfare standards would be a red line in negotiations, the fault lines are already clear to see
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NewsFarm subsidies to continue until 2024 pledges Michael Gove
Speaking at the Oxford Farm Conference, the environment secretary promised a less bureaucratic subsidy system after that
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NewsPrinces profits hit by cost hikes and exchange rate pressure
Pre-tax profits excluding impairment charges were £28.7m, down from £54.4m in 2016
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NewsPM insists EU free-trade deal before Brexit is possible
General election delay to negotiations will not affect ability to secure deal before 29 March 2019 insists May
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News'No deal' with EU would hike UK food prices, admits Gove
The UK would not opt out of WTO tariffs to lower costs for consumers, he warned
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NewsHow Brexit is shaking up the grocery price landscape
The clearest picture yet of how Brexit is changing the way Britain eats, drinks and shops is revealed in our Top Products 2017 survey
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Comment & OpinionProgress made on Brexit must continue at pace in 2018
I will remember 2017 as the year the government agreed to establish a food & drink sector council