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One Of Britain’s Leading Vertical Farms Up For Sale After £10m Losses
London-based Vertical Future, which has raised more than £37m in capital since it was founded in 2016, saw its losses surpass £10m in...

Sarah-Jayne Gratton
Aug 4


Boardroom Blues Cast a Shadow Over UK Supply Chains
Business leaders across the UK are facing a fresh wave of pessimism, with sentiment now gloomier than at any point since the 2016 Brexit...

Sarah-Jayne Gratton
Aug 1


Fruit & Veg On Prescription Cuts GP Visits And Boosts Patient Health
A groundbreaking scheme trialled in the UK has revealed that prescribing fruit and vegetables to patients can significantly improve their...

Sarah-Jayne Gratton
Aug 1


Co-op Goes Small to Serve Big: ‘On The Go’ Stores Hit the High Street
Co-op has launched its new chain of ‘food-for-now’ stores, Co-op On The Go. Its first On The Go store opened yesterday (31 July) in...

Sarah-Jayne Gratton
Aug 1


Pea Crisis Looms As Drought Slashes British Harvest By Up To 30%
Farmers are warning of a potential shortage of British-grown peas in supermarket freezers this year, following prolonged periods of...

Sarah-Jayne Gratton
Jul 31


Terminal Takeover in Sight: CMA CGM Eyes Hutchison Assets After Deal Falters
French shipping and logistics giant CMA CGM has confirmed its interest in acquiring terminals from CK Hutchison, following the expiry of...

Sarah-Jayne Gratton
Jul 31


Safe Food, Strong Science: UK Research Network Gears Up for Next Phase
Backed by new Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and Food Standards Agency funding, the Food Safety Research Network...

Sarah-Jayne Gratton
Jul 31


Fresh Growth Forecast Could Bear Fruit for UK Horticulture
The IMF has nudged up its UK GDP growth forecast to 1.2 percent in 2025, with a further rise to 1.4 percent in 2026, reflecting a...

Sarah-Jayne Gratton
Jul 30


Blueberries Go Viral As British Sales Skyrocket
Blueberries are having a moment as growers are trying to keep up with "soaring" sales of the superfood. British Berry Growers, the...

Sarah-Jayne Gratton
Jul 30


Profit Meets Planet: Staples Adopts UK’s First Solar-Powered Produce Trailers
Staples Vegetables has become the first fresh produce supplier in the UK to adopt fully battery and solar-powered transport...

Sarah-Jayne Gratton
Jul 30


Britain’s Food Future on the Boil: Climateflation Set to Drive Prices Up by a Third by 2050
Britain is at risk of a worsening “climateflation” crisis amid the fallout from increasingly extreme weather that could drive up food...

Sarah-Jayne Gratton
Jul 29


Rising Food Costs Propel UK Shop Price Inflation to Highest Level Since April 2024
UK shop price inflation rose to 0.7% in July 2025, up from 0.4% in June, marking the highest rate since April 2024. The increase was...

Sarah-Jayne Gratton
Jul 29


Farmers Call for Urgent Overhaul to Rescue UK Food Production
The National Farmers Union (NFU) has responded to the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affair’s (Defra’s) farm profitability...

Sarah-Jayne Gratton
Jul 29


“It’s Not Just Poor Design, It’s Discrimination”: The Growing Backlash Against Card-Only Self-Checkouts
From replacing human workers to constantly declaring there’s an ‘unexpected item in the bagging area’, people have a number of reasons to...

Sarah-Jayne Gratton
Jul 28


Kashmiri Growers Celebrate Apple Exemption From UK-India Trade Deal
A major horticultural body in India has hailed the exclusion of apples from the draft UK–India Free Trade Agreement (FTA), describing the...

Sarah-Jayne Gratton
Jul 28


Protected, Perfected, Proud: Armagh Bramley Apples Reap Rewards Of PGI Recognition
Recognition with an elite European protected status has been a “game-changer” for the Armagh Bramley apple, a grower of the speciality...

Sarah-Jayne Gratton
Jul 28


Tesco’s Five-A-Day Play: Supermarket Giant Turns Healthy Eating Into A Gamechanger
Tesco is launching a campaign to help families to eat more fruit and veg, as Government figures show fewer than 1 in 10 children and 1 in...

Sarah-Jayne Gratton
Jul 25


British Breakthrough: Hutton Institute Launches First Homegrown Blueberry
The James Hutton Institute has unveiled Highland Charm, the UK’s first-ever blueberry cultivar, bred specifically for Scottish growing...

Sarah-Jayne Gratton
Jul 25


More Than Food: A Fresh Call to Back Britain’s Farm Shops
This summer, the Farm Retail Association has launched a nationwide campaign, More Than Food, to champion the value of shopping locally at...

Sarah-Jayne Gratton
Jul 25


Richard Taylor Joins Niab Board Following 36-Year Agritech Career
Richard Taylor has joined the Board of the UK crop organisation Niab. Mr Taylor, a graduate from UEA and a UK chartered accountant,...

Sarah-Jayne Gratton
Jul 25
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