All articles by Maria Gonçalves
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NewsBritish Corner Shop eyes expansion and new wholesale division
The expat favourite platform selling British goods worldwide was recently revived by two young entrepreneurs
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NewsBanned German meat imports ’entered the UK for a week’ despite foot and mouth outbreak
A glitch in the government’s post-Brexit imports platform allowed high-risk goods to enter the country a week after a foot and mouth outbreak alert was raised
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NewsUS president Donald Trump threatens UK and EU with tariffs
The president’s comments came as the US rolled out tariffs on Canadian, Mexican and Chinese goods
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NewsUK border authorities ‘unlawfully’ rejecting dairy goods from China
Lawyers representing food businesses claim government regulators are unlawfully stopping goods at the border
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NewsClimate group Wrap goes international with new EU division
Wrap is opening a new EU division in partnership with the International Food Waste Coalition
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NewsRachel Reeves pushes for ‘Brexit reset’ and Trump partnership in economic speech
The Chancellor delivered her speech outlining plans to grow the UK economy on Wednesday
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NewsCalls for EU closeness as government gears up for new trade strategy
The EU has also alluded to the possibility of having Britain join its tariff-free area, the Pan-Euro-Mediterranean Convention
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NewsMedia Bites 29 January: Rachel Reeves speech, Diageo, WH Smith and Starbucks
Chancellor Rachel Reeves will give a speech later this morning
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NewsFood businesses shouldn’t expect growth in 2025 amid Trump tariffs and inflation, IGD says
The IGD report said the potential for ‘stagflation’ in 2025 was high
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NewsNew project to save UK from food shortages gets £2m government backing
Anglia Ruskin University is leading an initiative to identify vulnerabilities and avoid collapse of the UK’s food system
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NewsFoot and mouth outbreak: industry urges better border control amid growing farmer concern
Defra halted all meat and dairy imports from Germany last week after an outbreak of foot and mouth disease was detected outside Berlin
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NewsUK helps Ukraine track stolen grains from Russia-occupied regions
The new Grain Verification Scheme will help Ukraine trace agricultural goods stolen by Russia and sold internationally
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Comment & OpinionTrump tariffs delay provides some respite – for now
Season two of the Donald Trump show is now on, with tariffs and further plot twists certainly awaiting
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NewsTrump tariffs: food businesses avoid ‘day one’ fees but uncertainty remains
US president Donald Trump has delayed imposing tariffs on imported goods
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NewsHolyhead port trade still heavily disrupted despite partial reopening
The north Wales port connects Britain to Dublin and is one of the country’s busiest
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NewsHauliers warn of ‘unfair’ scheme as government announces plans to tackle people smugglers
David Lammy said the new regime would “cripple people-smuggling crime rings and starve them of illicit finance fuelling their operations”
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NewsIrish food and drink exports to UK hit record numbers in 2024 despite Brexit challenges
This is according to new figures by Bord Bia, Ireland’s food board
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NewsDavid Kennedy leaves EY to join Science Based Targets initiative as CEO
The former director general for Defra was also the founding chief executive of the UK’s Climate Change Committee
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NewsGerman meat & dairy exports banned after foot and mouth disease outbreak
Meat and dairy supply in the UK will suffer some disruption after Defra banned imports from Germany
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NewsMedia Bites 14 January: Germany’s foot and mouth outbreak, M&S sewage-powered lorries, Ryanair alcohol limit
An outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Germany is posing a threat to meat and dairy exports