Out of Home News Analysis

  • The Friday Digest: Winds of change?

    The Friday Digest: Winds of change?

    MPs returned to Westminster this week ahead of a busy autumn that will see the Conservative Party elect a new leader and the new chancellor, Rachel Reeves, deliver her first budget. Most new governments are afforded a brief honeymoon period… Read More

  • Funds flow back to gene editing tech

    Funds flow back to gene editing tech

    It is the controversial technology that consumers know little about, but England wants to see it thrive. By David Burrows. The agriculture gene editing industry has raised more than $2.72bn (£2.07bn) since 2012, according to AgFunder data. Most of the… Read More

  • PLASTICS PACKAGE: Scotland leads the charge on cups

    PLASTICS PACKAGE: Scotland leads the charge on cups

    This dispenser of packaging tittle-tattle is left tutting (and pointing at the waste hierarchy) as industry fights latte levy and roars back at Defra’s EPR fees. By David Burrows. Scotland has edged closer to introducing a 25p charge on single-use cups.… Read More

  • THE FRIDAY DIGEST: How now free-range cow

    THE FRIDAY DIGEST: How now free-range cow

    It’s a four-day week for those lucky enough to be living in England. We’ve therefore squeezed the best sustainability stories into our usual digestible format for you; so make a brew, sit back and enjoy tales of grazing cattle, gene… Read More

  • Progress stalls on meat reduction

    Progress stalls on meat reduction

    People are eating a little less meat than a decade ago but enabling dietary change at scale remains a major challenge. By Nick Hughes.  Meat consumption is back in the news then? That’s right. New research published in the Lancet Diabetes &… Read More

  • Honest by nature

    Honest by nature

    The burger restaurant has abandoned its innovative model of buying entire cow carcasses and is re-focusing its support for regenerative beef farming. By Nick Hughes. I’m standing in a sodden field near Retford in Nottinghamshire. The rain continues to lash… Read More

  • The Friday Digest: The kids aren’t alright

    The Friday Digest: The kids aren’t alright

    UK obesity policy has stagnated in recent years after the Conservative government decided to postpone a number of measures designed to create healthier food environments. These included plans to introduce a 9pm TV advertising watershed for foods high in fat,… Read More

  • Comment: Nutri-Score is a pragmatist’s best friend 

    Comment: Nutri-Score is a pragmatist’s best friend 

    Debate has long raged over the best system for communicating the nutritional value of food and drink products. Sometimes we just need to follow the evidence, says Nick Hughes. It’s the middle of August; peak holiday season, and in the… Read More

  • All eyes on school food standards

    All eyes on school food standards

    A pilot project shows promise in a new approach to enforcing requirements for food served in schools, but campaigners want to see greater ambition. By Nick Hughes.  School food has come a long way since Jamie Oliver first alerted the… Read More

  • The Friday Digest: Fruit and veg wilts while megafarms spread

    The Friday Digest: Fruit and veg wilts while megafarms spread

    This week’s Digest has a head for figures, and not all of them (or indeed any of them) are especially positive. Regular Footprint readers will need no reminding of the value in eating more fruit and vegetables for a healthy, sustainable diet, yet new data released… Read More