Brexit

  • Foodservice Footprint F42-Review-6 Businesses look to ditch EU suppliers Foodservice News and Information Out of Home sector news  news-email Gerry Walsh CIPS Chartered INstitute of Procurement & Supply Brexit

    Businesses look to ditch EU suppliers

    Almost half of UK businesses are actively looking to work with more domestic suppliers to reduce their exposure to EU supply chains, according to a new survey. The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) said that 40% of UK… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint F41-p10 Political Print: Gove’s big green vision Political Print  news-email Michael Gove DEFRA Brexit

    Political Print: Gove’s big green vision

    DEFRA secretary’s conference speech is full of bold talk on the environment but short on detail – especially when it comes to Brexit. By Nick Hughes. Last week, the Print predicted that Michael Gove wouldn’t be quite so reticent in… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint F41-p6 Foodservice leaders upbeat despite Brexit ‘havoc’ Foodservice News and Information Out of Home sector news  news-email CGA Brexit

    Foodservice leaders upbeat despite Brexit ‘havoc’

    Two in three senior executives in the eating and drinking out sector remain positive about prospects for their company in the coming 12 months. Performance has also been in line with, or above, expectations for over three quarters (76%) of… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint Tree-shutterstock_35578852 Think-tank calls for end to subsidies Grocery sector news updates  Subsidies news-email CAP Brexit

    Think-tank calls for end to subsidies

    The UK should end subsidies for food production after Brexit and instead pay farmers for delivering environmental services, according to a leading think-tank. In a new report titled Farming Tomorrow, Policy Exchange also called on the government to unilaterally phase… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint Unknown-14 10 things we need to know about Brexit Out of Home News Analysis Political Print  Queen's Speech Liz Truss Food & Drink Federation Common Fisheries Policy CAP Brexit

    10 things we need to know about Brexit

    Talks with the EU are finally under way a year after the referendum and the food industry is anxiously awaiting the outcome, writes Nick Hughes. Friday marked the first anniversary of Britain’s vote to leave the European Union. Much has… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint 1 Foodservice lacking bark as Brexit bites My Viewpoint  Whitbread Weetabix Sodexo Sainsbury's McDonalds Compass Cargill Brexit ABP

    Foodservice lacking bark as Brexit bites

    The sector risks being forgotten if it doesn’t get its act together and start lobbying hard, writes David Burrows. Managing Brexit will need the whole food industry – farmers, food manufacturers and retailers – to find a single voice with… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint Wind-Farm-300x204-300x204 Campaigners demand Brexit protection of EU laws Foodservice News and Information Out of Home sector news  news-email Friends of teh Earth EFSA CFP CAP Brexit

    Campaigners demand Brexit protection of EU laws

    Campaign groups have welcomed a government commitment to bring current EU environmental protections into UK law but called for more detail on how such laws would be upheld and enforced post-Brexit. Last week the UK government published its Brexit white… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint 10-Downing-St-300x200 Theresa May’s Brexit speech: initial analysis Foodservice News and Information Out of Home News Analysis Out of Home sector news  Theresa May NPD news-email Cyril Lavenant Brexit Article 50

    Theresa May’s Brexit speech: initial analysis

    The Prime Minister this week outlined her 12-point plan for Brexit, which included no place for the UK in the single market, a vote in both Houses of Parliament on the final deal and a promise to “get control of… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint F42-Political-Print Looking for the bright side Political Print  TTIP Trumpnomics Donald Trump Brexit

    Looking for the bright side

    His campaign rhetoric suggests President Trump will be bad news for the planet, but is there cause for optimism? What will a Donald Trump administration mean for food and the environment? It’s a sentence the Print never anticipated having to… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint F41-p10 Sustainable diets in a post-Brexit world Behind the Headlines  WWF-UK Sustainable Diets news-email Duncan Williamson Brexit

    Sustainable diets in a post-Brexit world

    Britain is a long way from being self-sufficient – and now is the time to reshape the food industry with health and sustainability in mind, writes Duncan Williamson. Food – how we grow, rear and catch it and what we… Read More