Labour shortages, call for Brexit rules to be relaxed
Channel 4 News reports that, as the UK economy begins the long road to recovery, many businesses are wondering: where ...
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UK food insecurity quadrupled since 2018
Around 8.4 million Britons struggle to get enough to eat, according to the latest figures from the UN, which puts ...
Hospitality can’t afford new UK gov obesity rules
The Hospitality sector is asking for government help over planned laws demanding calorie counts on menus. Kate Nicholls, CEO of ...
Australia free trade deal: Food standards and producers will suffer
Farmers across the UK are concerned by a UK trade deal offered to Australia with a 15-year transition to no ...
UK tree-planting drive ahead of hosting COP26
The UK government has announced a world-leading target on halting species decline and a plan to treble tree planting between ...
Tenth of Britain’s restaurants lost during pandemic
The BBC reports that some favourite haunts will no longer be there when hospitality restrictions are further lifted from tomorrow: ...
Animals recognised as sentient beings in UK law
The Guardian reports that animals are to be formally recognised as sentient beings in UK law for the first time. ...
Nestlé closing its Newcastle operation in the UK
Nestlé is to cut almost 600 jobs and close a confectionery factory in Newcastle. The company has said it will close ...
Asda chicken packaging reduced by 50 per cent
Asda is moving chicken out of plastic trays and into pouches to reduce plastic packaging on its chicken range by up ...
Tesco out-of-date food fine: undermines industry
The BBC reports that Tesco Stores Ltd admitted 22 breaches of Food Safety and Hygiene Regulations and were handed the ...
Free, prior and informed consent required as clean energy threatens Indigenous Peoples
A new coalition of Indigenous Peoples is calling for free, prior and informed consent to be negotiated without exception as...
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