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Analysis & Features
Trump’s Liberation Day: what could US import tariffs mean for NI food and drink?
Food and drink traders in NI are confused as to how incoming tariffs will affect them given their unique UK-EU dual market status
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News
UK seafood industry gets major export boost in Vietnam
The sector has taken a hit since Brexit, as it counted the EU as a major export market
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News
UK fmcg businesses offshoring jobs to cheaper European countries amid tax rises
Small to medium-sized fmcg businesses are increasingly hiring for certain roles in international markets
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Comment & Opinion
It’s official: EPR’s £1.6bn green tax on industry is no joke
Treasury’s watchdog has reclassified EPR as a tax on business as it ups the cost estimate by a cool £200m. Is it all a cruel April Fools’ joke?
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Comment & Opinion
Shoplifting epidemic can only be fought with drug policy
The political elite have failed to fix fundamentally flawed drug policy, says independent policy analyst Mev Brown
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News
Iceland Foods CEO warns of price rises as food inflation surges
Tarsem Dhaliwal said that he expected food inflation to reach 4% across the sector, as suppliers and retailers mitigate cost increases from April
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Comment & Opinion
Defra’s Food Strategy will fail if it doesn’t support growth
Addressing obesity, sustainability and food security all crucial in food strategy but so is growth
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News
FSA given £1.4m funding to open innovation hub for novel foods
‘There is growing interest in the potential of new technologies to increase the UK’s food security’ said FSA chair Susan Jebb
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Comment & Opinion
Spring statement 2025: no crumbs of comfort for food businesses
Today’s statement was never going to be a game-changer – but as inflation begins to fall, can the food industry and retail find a silver lining?
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News
Food inflation steady at 3.3% as industry braces for spring budget
There was good news for fish shoppers with prices down 0.7%
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Comment & Opinion
Spirits and hospitality can’t afford a gut punch in spring statement
The sectors took a quadruple hit at the last statement – it’s someone else’s turn, says Nick Gillett, MD at Mangrove Global
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News
City snapshot: Consumer confidence remains fragile ahead of spring budget
Consumer confidence has made a marginal improvement ahead of next week’s spring budget but there were no signs of any real recovery, according to a closely watched survey out this morning
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News
Grocery propping up high streets as supermarkets expand convenience footprint
Convenience stores were the fastest-growing type of outlet in 2024 based on net openings, fuelled by a ‘space race by large chains’, according to a report from PwC
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News
City snapshot: Gen Z drives bump in consumer confidence
Brits are feeling more optimistic about their personal finances and therefore expect to spend more over the next three months. Also, Cranswick raises revenue targets
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News
Media Bites 20 March: interest rates, budget impacts, Ben & Jerry’s
The Bank of England is expected to keep interest rates on hold at a rate of 4.5% when the Monetary Policy Committee makes its announcement today
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News
Logistics’ staffing costs soar ahead of retail and manufacturing sectors
New government figures reveal that 35.7% of transport & storage sector firms’ staffing costs rose in the past three months
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News
Meat exports get a boost as Philippines trade bans lifted
Ministers from the UK and the Philippines have been holding trade talks in London under the first Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO) meeting
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News
Media Bites 17 March: recession fears, Sainsbury’s boss on WFH, Reeves to cut red tape
Thinktank The Resolution Foundation warns Chancellor Rachel Reeves is to ’break her own fiscal rules’
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News
British food and drink exports slump by over a third since Brexit
Food & Drink Federation data showed UK exports had consistently fallen since Brexit, while imports had increased
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News
UK ‘won’t hesitate to respond’ to Trump tariffs as EU hits back at US bourbon
The EU is launching a tough retaliatory tariffs package on US goods, while the UK is keeping a ‘pragmatic’ stance