The Wine and Spirit Trade Association has submitted a response to the Government’s consultation on damaging US tariffs, calling for the swift removal of tariffs on US whiskies and warning that adding duties to wine could be detrimental to UK jobs across the industry. Since June [read more…]
The UK’s HGV driver shortage is becoming increasingly concerning, with the ‘perfect storm’ of Brexit, Covid-19 and growing demands exacerbating the problem. Here, Andrew Tavener, Head of Marketing at Descartes UK, explores the issues being caused [read more…]
UK wine and spirit businesses have welcomed the free trade agreement (FTA) with Australia, which will reduce the cost for both exporters and importers and will provide greater choice for UK consumers. In 2020 the [read more…]
Despite independent convenience stores playing a pivotal support role to local communities during the pandemic, their future looks bleak according to a retail expert, who warns that 6,000 UK corner shops could face closure. Thousands [read more…]
Whilst economic uncertainty is making shoppers more sensitive to pricing and promotions in-store, younger demographics prove more loyal to branded purchases, the latest research from Pricer, the world’s most reliable provider of ESLs (Electronic Shelf [read more…]
Half of the UK population (49%) say health and wellbeing is the most important factor when making buying decisions, according to new research conducted by Product of the Year, the UK’s biggest survey of product [read more…]
Veganuary, a global organisation encouraging people to try vegan in January and beyond, has today released the final figures for its 2021 campaign and the results are astounding. 582,538 people signed-up, compared to 400,000 in 2020, far exceeding the group’s 2021 target [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…]
Fortified wines enjoyed their best off-trade sales quarter for over five years, leading to optimism that this Christmas could see further growth for perhaps the most traditional of yuletide drinks. Latest numbers from the WSTA’s [read more…]
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has today (Thursday 10th December) published analysis showing that in the third quarter of 2020, food and drink exports fell by 11.6% to £5.5bn when compared to the same period in [read more…]
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