All articles by Harry Holmes – Page 9
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NewsCivil service job cuts threaten food safety, FSA warns
Boris Johnson plans to slash the number of civil servants by 91,000 by 2025
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NewsTesco dominates Grocer Gold Awards 2022 with eight prizes
Tesco capped a momentous year at the Grocer Gold Awards last night, walking away with eight awards including Grocer of the Year and Online Supermarket of the Year
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InterviewsTim Smith on the UK’s Trade and Agriculture Commission, intervention and food standards
As chair of the Commission, Tim Smith advised on food’s role in Britain’s future trade deals. Did anyone listen? It remains to be seen
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Analysis & FeaturesLive shopping, a Norwegian Ocado and the M&S ‘bullseye’: five key moments from Shoptalk Europe
While TikTok sees the UK live shopping market reaching $7.4bn, M&S unveiled its plans to personalise five billion customer interactions
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NewsUK’s ‘rigid’ border policy fuelling inflation, industry warns
Fresh produce is being particularly affected by congestion at ports
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Interviews‘Our biggest risk to health is inertia’: how Kieron Boyle is driving social change in food
Boyle chairs a multitrillion-dollar investor coalition. He’s driving the food industry to take action on obesity levels and health inequalities
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NewsBudget groceries rising in line with average inflation, says ONS
ONS published its analysis in response to claims from Jack Monroe that value ranges were rising most
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Analysis & FeaturesHow the food and drink sector will play a part in ‘levelling up’ the UK
Spread across the UK and employing millions, the food sector could play a pivotal role in ‘levelling up’ the nation. But to do so, it will need the government’s help
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Analysis & Features10 British agritech startups blazing an agricultural revolution
The homegrown agritech sector is becoming a major success story, boosted by government investment. Here are 10 of the best leading the way
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Comment & OpinionCan Mars persuade shoppers to pay more for ‘healthy confectionery’?
The confectionery giant is resisting HFSS tinkering by launching an alternative range mostly made of date paste and nuts
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NewsMars launches new Bounty, Snickers, Mars and Galaxy bars to dodge HFSS crackdown
It’s the first major confectionery business to launch HFSS-compliant products ahead of the new junk food rules
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Comment & OpinionAnother Queen’s Speech, another pledge to scrap the NI protocol. What next for UK food & drink?
Fishing and agriculture, two industries supposed to benefit more than most from Brexit, were not mentioned in today’s speech
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InterviewsOriginal Beans founder Philipp Kauffmann on craft chocolate and ethical trade
Philipp Kauffmann founded Original Beans to celebrate some of the world’s rarest cacao. Now he wants to see craft chocolate recognised in the mults
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy food export bans spell catastrophe for millions
As food export bans spread like wildfire, just how bad is the picture for world hunger?
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat does Fifa’s winter World Cup mean for food and drink’s summer of sport?
This year, the World Cup is moving to December. Will other summer sporting events take centre stage? And how will food and drink deal with the pressures of a World Cup at Christmas?
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Analysis & FeaturesFour HFSS layout trials underway in UK stores
New HFSS laws ban the placement of unhealthy foods on checkouts, aisle ends and in store entrances. So what will retailers do with the vacated space? And where will they put those HFSS foods?
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News‘War room’ recalled to tackle food shortages as government relaxes labelling rules
The government has agreed to suspend elements of labelling rules to allow the switching of sunflower oil to rapeseed oil without having to change labels
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Comment & OpinionFDF’s Karen Betts is more diplomat than ‘wrecking ball’. That could work in Whitehall
Setting out her vision at the FDF’s annual conference, CEO Betts indicated a distinct change in style from her predecessor Ian Wright
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Analysis & FeaturesCan cities still feed themselves once diesel trucks are banned?
Paris is ousting the vehicles in 2024. London, Oxford, and Bristol won’t be far behind. Diesel lorries cannot last much longer, but is the sector ready for the shift?
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NewsFSA expands into diet and health as part of new strategy
The watchdog said it needed to widen its scope in response to changes in the food system