Oct 21, 2019 | Brexit, News
As the Prime Minister looks set to attempt to get Brexit legislation through the House of Commons once again this week the food industry’s main body is urging caution. Ian Wright CBE, chief executive, Food and Drink Federation, said: “Everybody has had enough of...
Oct 18, 2019 | Brexit, News
Boris Johnson says he remains very confident about achieving the majority vote he needs at Westminster to get Brexit done by 31st October. The Brexit deal he struck yesterday with the EU will be put to Westminster MPs, prior to a Commons vote tomorrow. However, the...
Oct 17, 2019 | Brexit, News
A Brexit deal has been agreed between UK and EU negotiating teams before the much anticipated meeting of European leaders in Brussels. A tweet from UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: ‘We’ve got a great new deal that takes back control.’ The two sides have...
Oct 16, 2019 | Brexit, News
The recent government tariff review has met with a negative response from many parts of the food and farming sectors. NFU President Minette Batters said the government has severely undermined the British farming industry by confirming it will remove the tariff...
Oct 7, 2019 | Brexit, Exhibitions, News
The chairman of Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC), Kevin Roberts, has used an address to the world’s largest food tradeshow to emphasise the Welsh red meat industry’s determination to continue exporting to the European market, whatever the outcome of Brexit...
Sep 25, 2019 | Brexit, News
An increasingly uncertain economic landscape and the looming threat of Brexit is continuing to take its toll on the food and drink industry. The UK’s biggest 150 food and drink supplier profit margins fell for a second consecutive year to 5.8% in 2018 from 6.2% in...
