All Government policy articles – Page 80
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NewsRates overtaking rent as biggest retail property cost
Business rates are currently based on open market rents in 2015, but values have plummeted since
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Comment & OpinionJunk food ad war is lost – now food and drink suppliers need clarity on the details
It’s easy to see why companies are confused and even more so why they are scared
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Analysis & FeaturesHas the UK really broken the EU trade deal in Jersey?
That’s the accusation from France – but the truth is complicated
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NewsAsda hunger report shows single parents and disabled worst hit by pandemic
Asda has also launched a new national food drive calling on customers to help people struggling with hunger
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Comment & OpinionDear Henry Dimbleby: give us a fair food strategy for people, planet and animals
We want a National Food Strategy both businesses and grassroots organisations can get behind, says Dan Crossley, executive director of the Food Ethics Council
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NewsAnimal welfare action plan raises farmer fears over lower standard imports
The NFU said the government’s new action plan would ’raise the bar at home’, without any certainty the same standards would be applied to imports
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NewsGuild of Fine Food unveils first Deli Retailing Code of Practice
The code is split into three main sections: Food Safety Essentials, Good Hygiene Practices and Trading Standards
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NewsRetailers ‘smash’ emissions target but transport emerges as key concern
Carbon emissions from more than 70 big retailers, representing a quarter of the entire market, have fallen by 49% since 2005
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NewsBRC calls for end to social distancing as retail footfall struggles
BRC CEO Helen Dickinson said businesses were hoping for social distancing to come to an end
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NewsLidl quits digital DRS group, amid confusion fear
The retailer, alongside Aldi, Co-op, Ocado, suppliers Diageo and Danone and the BRC, had been part of the Digital DRS Industry Working Group
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NewsWaitrose defends rates relief as it posts record profits
Waitrose posted record levels of profits last year as sales boomed during a period in which it benefited from business rates relief.
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NewsKind plans lobbying push ahead of HFSS clampdown
Kind has begun ‘initial conversations’ with PHE in a bid to change its bars’ classification
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NewsIGD launches new guide to help suppliers tackle food surplus crisis
IGD has worked with Ben Elliot, the food surplus and waste champion for Defra, and Wrap on the new guide
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NewsHospitality calls on government to make landlords write off half of lockdown rent debt
UKHospitality CEO Kate Nicholls has written to communities secretary Robert Jenrick calling for the government to mandate ‘the sharing of pain’
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Comment & OpinionHow HFSS brands can stand out despite advertising restrictions
The handbook for how to navigate advertising restrictions has already been written, says Hannah Walley, head of media, insights UK, Kantar
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NewsBritish jobs under threat as UK-Norway fish access talks fail, company claims
The lack of a deal with the Scandinavian state for 2021 meant UK vessels would be unable to access their waters
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Analysis & FeaturesThe future of deposit return schemes could be digital, here’s why
Delays, government infighting, industry concerns: the rollout of a DRS has caused havoc. Could a digital element be the solution?
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NewsGovernment must engage with EU to resolve Brexit export crisis, MPs say
Parliament’s Efra committee said the major barriers to trade could see meat and seafood jobs exported to the EU
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NewsOne third of food and drink companies have no climate change plan, finds poll
The revelation comes with the FDF announcing a “pioneering” target for the industry to hit net zero carbon emissions by 2040
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NewsRetailers and suppliers to launch ‘digital DRS’ trial in bid for rethink of plans
Aldi, Co-op, Lidl and Ocado, alongside suppliers such as Diageo and Danone, are backing the trial