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UK Government Rejects Latte Levy on Disposable Coffee Cups
Mar 13, 2018The UK Government has rejected a proposal from the Environment Audit Committee (EAC) to introduce a latte levy on disposable coffee cups. Earlier this year, the EAC has urged the government to charge 25p ‘latte levy’ on ...
Tags: Coffee Cups, reusable cup
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Sandwich Chain Pret a Manger to Trial Reusable Glass Water Bottles
Oct 13, 2017Pret a Manger is set to launch a trial to sell reusable glass bottles for water at its three Veggie Pret shops in the UK. The UK-based international sandwich shop chain will urge its customers to fill up their bottles using new filtered ...
Tags: Glass Water Bottles, sandwich
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2 Sisters Food Plans to Close Smethwick Poultry Plant in UK
Apr 12, 20172 Sisters Food Group is planning to close its Smethwick poultry processing facility in the West Midlands, which could impact 630 jobs. The ageing poultry factory located at Bevan Way in the Alpha Business Park has considerable challenges ...
Tags: 2 Sisters Food, Smethwick Poultry
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2 Sisters Food Group Subsidiary May Cut 350 Jobs at Merthyr Plant
Nov 10, 2016St Merryn Foods, a subsidiary of The 2 Sisters Food Group, is mulling to shut down its retail packing operations at its Merthyr Tydfil meat processing site in the UK. The closure is expected to affect around 350 out of a total workforce ...
Tags: 2 Sisters, St Merryn Foods
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Chancellor Says The UK Will Strike Back Against Cyber Attacks
Nov 2, 2016The UK Chancellor has warned of an increased risk of cyber attacks while laying out plans for a previously announced £1.9bn cybersecurity strategy. Philip Hammond said the country must be able to retaliate against cyber-attacks, ...
Tags: Chancellor, Cyber Attacks
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Trucking Needs a Mandatory Code
Sep 27, 2016The Australian Government should confirm it will support a mandatory code covering payment terms for small trucking businesses, the CEO of the Australian Trucking Association Christopher Melham has said. Mr Melham was responding to the ...
Tags: mandatory code, Trucking Association, Christopher Melham
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Abergavenny Fine Foods Opens New GBP10m Manufacturing Plant
Aug 26, 2016One year after a devastating fire which led to the destruction of its main manufacturing plant, Abergavenny Fine Foods has opened its new £10m manufacturing plant,with a special visit from The Prince of Wales. As part of his ...
Tags: Abergavenny Fine Foods, new manufacturing plant, The Prince of Wales
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Race Against Time in Drought-Ravaged Southern Africa to Ensure 23 Million People Receive Farming Support
Aug 12, 2016At least $109 million is urgently required for the provision of seeds and other agricultural inputs and services 28 July 2016, Rome - With only a few weeks before land preparation begins for the next main cropping season, some 23 ...
Tags: seeds, agricultural inputs, FAO
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Race Against Time in Drought-Ravaged Southern Africa to Ensure 23 Million People Receive Farming Support
Aug 12, 2016At least $109 million is urgently required for the provision of seeds and other agricultural inputs and services 28 July 2016, Rome - With only a few weeks before land preparation begins for the next main cropping season, some 23 ...
Tags: seeds, agricultural inputs, FAO
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Brexit: What Next for EU and Britain
Jun 30, 2016The decision of the British people to leave the EU has shocked many people. Even those fearing that the referendum may result in the undoing of the work of many previous years for a stronger union of the European nations, had a sense of ...
Tags: leaving EU, referendum
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Mangrove Forest in SW China Endangered
Jun 8, 2016The vast tracts of mangrove forest in the Beibu Gulf of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region have been almost erased by the immense construction of marine reclamation lands and industrial plants. The sharp decline of the mangroves and marine ...
Tags: mangrove, marine species
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MillerCoors' Plan to Close North Carolina Brewery Faces State And Federal Antitrust Scrutiny
Apr 6, 2016North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper spoke at a Teamsters rally outside of the MillerCoors brewery in Eden, North Carolina. MillerCoors announced plans to close the Eden brewery in September 2015, just two days before merger talks ...
Tags: MillerCoors, Eden brewery, ABI, SAB, North Carolina Brewery
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Wheat Researcher Says Stem-Rust Disease Is Spreading
Mar 21, 2016WASHINGTON (FERN's Ag Insider) - This week, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a $24 million grant to Cornell University, funding a global wheat research group, known as Delivering Genetic Gain in Wheat. The aim is to develop new ...
Tags: Stem-Rust Disease, Wheat
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Ceremony Held for China's 1 Mln USD Quake-Relief Donation to Afghanistan
Dec 17, 2015A signing ceremony was held here Wednesday for China's donation of 1 million U.S. dollars in cash for quake relief in Afghanistan. A 7.5-magnitude devastating earthquake struck northeastern Afghanistan in late October this year, leaving ...
Tags: quake relief, assistance
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UK's Mhra Commits to Create User Friendly Packaging for Dementia Medicines
Nov 6, 2015UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is working with the pharmaceutical industry to create user friendly packaging for medicines that are used to treat Alzheimer's disease. The Alzheimer's medicines such as ...
Tags: Dementia Medicines, Packaging