All Government policy articles – Page 80
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Comment & OpinionBrexit port chaos is threatening to undermine impressive industry efforts on food waste
Too Good To Go’s new campaign is backed by Defra, Wrap and almost 30 food and drink suppliers, including Nestlé, Arla Foods and Danone
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NewsCompanies urged to sign up to mass Covid testing to ‘keep food supplies running’
Defra is calling on companies to come forward to receive hundreds of thousands of free testing kits for staff
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NewsBrexit delays may cost industry £170m in food waste, official analysis shows
Government analysis has revealed up to 142,000 tonnes of food, feed and drink may be lost in the next six months
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat’s the solution to the seafood sector’s export crisis?
Seafood exports to the EU have all but ground to a halt, with suppliers urging a six-month ‘grace period’ to cut red tape
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Comment & OpinionSupermarkets are in an impossible position on face masks
When it comes to face mask enforcement, retailers are being told to go left, go right and stay where they are, all at the same time
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NewsMass Covid testing for food workers begins after Tate & Lyle trial
The government has agreed to provide up to six weeks’ worth of free tests for food companies
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NewsFood manufacturers call on government for rescue package
A coalition of 18 trade associations has written to Chancellor Rishi Sunak outlining measures designed to help food producers
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NewsSymbol groups to be hit by government’s HFSS crackdown
Unaffiliated independent retailers will be exempt regardless of store size
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Comment & OpinionSeafood ‘sticking plaster’ is welcome but it’s not the only sector that needs post-Brexit support
A £23m fund is better than a slap in the face with a wet kipper. And it’s more than the UK meat sector has been promised
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NewsMorrisons ramps up production of free school meals boxes
The supermarket said it had upped capacity so it could produce “tens of thousands” of boxes each week
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NewsSupermarket bosses complain of ‘draconian’ Covid clampdown by health inspectors
Councils have been sending in inspectors across the UK after being urged by ministers to enforce safety measures
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NewsRetailers welcome new legal protections for shopworkers in Scotland
Scottish Parliament yesterday voted to support a bill to create a new statutory offence of assaulting, threatening or abusing a retail worker
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NewsSoaring rent debt will lead to ‘ghost high streets’ without more support, warns BRC
BRC property policy advisor Dominic Curran was commenting on the latest rent payment data, which showed retail’s debt had reached £2.2bn by the end of 2020
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NewsM&S to bolster free school meal vouchers with extra £5
The additional funds are designed to feed two children rather than the one the vouchers are catered towards, as well as to cover both breakfast and lunch
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NewsWholesalers forced to furlough staff as government u-turns on school meals vouchers
The move to reintroduce the national voucher scheme on 18 January will see families offered £15 a week per eligible child
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Comment & OpinionThe wholesale sector shouldn’t pay the price for furore over Chartwells’ free school meal boxes
A lot of wholesalers already are doing much better at providing free school meal boxes
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NewsWholesalers warn against ‘knee-jerk’ reaction to free school meals boxes controversy
The scandal erupted this week when parents began sharing what appeared to be images of sub-standard boxes across social media
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NewsUnitas slams disparity in grant funding between Scottish and English members
Goldney has written to the prime minister and the chancellor, urging them to establish a fund for wholesalers in England
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NewsGovernment set to prioritise supermarkets at EU border to avoid food shortages
Supermarket lorries returning to the EU to restock will be prioritised at the border under the proposals
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NewsAsda to open in-store Covid vaccination centres
Qualified Asda pharmacy staff will administer jabs, starting with priority groups