Two years on from the start of the Covid pandemic, the full extent of the damage done to the UK’s once vibrant hospitality industry has been revealed – a massive and devastating £115bn loss. Hit [read more…]
The results of the EIT Food-funded Increasing consumer trust and support for the food supply chain and for food companies project show that trust in different actors in the food industry has increased due to [read more…]
Campaign for Pubs, the grassroots UK membership organisation campaigning to support, promote and protect British pubs, has been reacting to the the Prime Minister’s announcement on the post-lockdown ‘roadmap. Greg Mulholland, Campaign Director of the [read more…]
Lynas Foodservice, based in Northern Ireland, has been awarded a £1.25m contract by the Department for Communities to provide essential weekly supplies for those in need as strict lockdown measures continue into 2021. Lynas, which [read more…]
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has published a new report revealing the impact of Covid-19 on food and drink retail purchasing in Scotland between January and July 2020. The FSS data confirmed that Scots bought more [read more…]
New figures released in the annual Bord Bia Export Performance and Prospects report 2020/2021 show that exports of Irish food, drink and horticulture to the UK were held to a marginal 5% decline in 2020, [read more…]
Greater Manchester spirits firm, Salford Rum, took the region’s rum crown in 2020 after seeing a 1,500% uplift in sales due to the Covid-19 lockdowns. When the pandemic hit the UK in March 2020, the [read more…]
The logistics industry stepped up to deliver for the nation in 2020, despite facing a worsening shortage of HGV drivers, economic and financial hardship, and significant disruption to operations, according to Logistics UK. The business group today (7th January) launched its Covid-19 Logistics Report 1, which provides a detailed overview on how the pandemic has affected logistics businesses [read more…]
Local pubs have been thrown a lifeline that means that the predicted 7,500,000 pints of beer destined for the drain tonight (Wednesday 4th November) can be consumed by regulars after all. “Basically as long as [read more…]
Following the Welsh Government’s announcement that it is to introduce a ‘circuit breaker’ lockdown in Wales in an attempt to stem the rise in Covid-19 cases, James Calder, Chief Executive of the Society of Independent [read more…]
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