Nick Hughes

Nick Hughes is an experienced freelance writer, editor and Editorial Director at Footprint, specialising in food and environmental affairs with an additional focus on retail, marketing, property and politics.
  • Rockets and feathers

    Rockets and feathers

    What goes up must come down. Although in the case of food prices, the descent is likely to be far slower than the journey to the summit

  • The next frontier in scope 3 reporting

    The next frontier in scope 3 reporting

    Hamish Forbes from WRAP gives Nick Hughes the lowdown on the organisation’s new guidance for scope 3 measurement and reporting and what it means for businesses

  • The folly in leaving food policy to Tesco

    The folly in leaving food policy to Tesco

    A government proposal to freeze the price of essential items sent a chill through a food industry battling structural challenges for which ministers appear to have no answers

  • Have businesses dropped the ball on salt?

    Have businesses dropped the ball on salt?

    As research reveals high levels of salt in popular high street sandwiches, Sonia Pombo from the campaign group Action on Salt & Sugar tells Nick Hughes why it’s time to put this key nutrient back on the public health agenda

  • Soy sustainability at a crossroads

    Soy sustainability at a crossroads

    Jonathan Gorman from the UK Soy Manifesto highlights the current risk to food businesses sourcing soy from the key Amazon region and discusses the potential for alternative feed sources to replace soy at scale

  • Agonising over agonists

    Agonising over agonists

    New survey data has revealed an estimated 8.25 million people in the UK, around 15% of the population, have either taken, are taking or are considering taking GLP-1 receptor agonists

  • Can businesses close the ambition-action gap on animal welfare?

    Can businesses close the ambition-action gap on animal welfare?

    Nicky Amos of Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare tells Nick Hughes how foodservice businesses are progressing on animal welfare and why the focus must shift from targets to delivery

  • Can caterers lead a revival in Britain’s forgotten meat?

    Can caterers lead a revival in Britain’s forgotten meat?

    From football fans to squaddies, wild venison is being introduced to new audiences as a more sustainable, affordable alternative to beef

  • Fresh twist in chicken split

    Fresh twist in chicken split

    One of Europe’s biggest chicken producers brings a fresh dimension to the debate, unveiling new measures that will have the effect of partially decoupling higher welfare outcomes from higher emissions

  • The new School Food Standards for England: the good, the gaps and the consequences

    The new School Food Standards for England: the good, the gaps and the consequences

    Chefs In Schools chief executive Naomi Duncan shares her thoughts on the proposed new school food standards for England and how to deliver a transformation in school food culture