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Food and Drink Federation calls on UK government to support the sector in its latest manifesto
The UK’s Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has released its latest manifesto seeking government backing for its key sector markets amid a backdrop of continued trading uncertainty surrounding Brexit.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Fairtrade campaigners call on PM Boris Johnson to support cocoa farming sector
Campaigners from the Fairtrade organisation have called on UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to take urgent action in helping support the cocoa farming industry.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Sustainability
Brexit warnings renewed by the Food and Drink Federation
Assuming the role of chief executive of the UK’s Food and Drink Federation has offered Ian Wright plenty of tests, as Neill Barston discovered, meeting him at the organisation’s London headquarters
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Regulatory, Sustainability
UK manufacturers call on government to deliver digitalisation
An industry study has found that 84% of UK manufacturers believe the government should be doing more to help deliver digitalisation of workplace operations.
Manufacturers’ survey shows a third of British firms expect low skilled job losses to automation
Around a third of British manufacturers expect some low skilled jobs to be lost over the next five years as a result of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital technologies, according to a study from industry organisation Make UK.
Exports slow as Brexit confusion continues
While it was encouraging to see the latest figures from the Food and Drink Federation reveal that confectionery, and in particular chocolate, remained the UK’s second largest sector export, the results revealed British trade had slowed notably.