New disease-free potato developed
A new, disease-free potato, named CIP-Matilde, has been developed by international breeders in collaboration with farmers in Peru. All...
Britain nears huge £2.3billion deal with New Zealand
Britain is finally closing in on a trade deal worth more than £2.3billion a year, International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan has...
France to ban plastic packaging for fruit and vegetables from January 2022
France is to ban plastic packaging for almost all fruit and vegetables to curb ‘outrageous’ levels of waste wrapping, the use of which is...
Ship to Arrive in Poole in New ‘Brexit-Busting’ route Between UK, Morocco
The service will reportedly cut the journey for goods traveling between Britain and Morocco to fewer than three days, compared to the six...
New UK border changes could add to trucker problems, industry group says
Changes to Britain’s border rules which prevent European Union ID cards from being accepted as proof of identity could compound existing...
Tesco to roll out LEAF Marque accreditation across global supply chain
Tesco has announced it will implement the LEAF Marque environmental assurance scheme across its entire global produce supply chain. The...
Logistics businesses need to embrace new technology, survey reveals
Hesitancy to adopt new technology is putting pressure on logistics providers says a new survey. The survey, Supply Chain Technology...
Hoogstraten launches first strawberry marketing campaign in the UK
Hoogstraten has launched their first trade-focussed strawberry campaign in the UK market, highlighting their premium fresh fruit,...
Fresh chaos to UK food supplies
The fallout from Europe’s energy crisis is sending fresh shockwaves through the food sector, after online grocer Ocado stopped supplying...
Why the carbon dioxide shortage could ‘cancel Christmas’
The owner of the UK’s biggest poultry supplier has added his voice to UK food producers’ concerns over a shortage of carbon dioxide gas,...
Marks & Spencer blames Brexit as it closes 11 French stores
Marks & Spencer has said it is closing 11 of its French stores because of problems supplying them with fresh and chilled foods since...
Fresh Summit cancelled in wake of hurricane Ida
The Produce Marketing Association has announced that PMA Fresh Summit will be cancelled this year due to the impact of Hurricane Idea and...
UK delays post-Brexit border checks on EU imports again, citing supply chain issues
The government announced yesterday that it will again delay border checks on goods coming from the EU until next year, citing supply...
EU Brexit controls are pointless bureaucracy, says M&S chairman
The British supermarket chain Marks & Spencer has branded the EU’s Brexit border controls “pointless bureaucracy” as the UK government...
Marks & Spencer poised to close French stores
Marks & Spencer is poised to scale back its French business after stringent European border restrictions left its Paris shops with empty...
