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30 August 2019
FDF Scotland comment ahead of the publication of the Scottish Government's
Programme for Government. More about Scottish Government urged to support food and drink companies during turbulent times
21 August 2019
Ian Wright CBE, FDF Chief Executive said More about FDF response to HMRC announcement on auto-distribution of EORI numbers
7 August 2019
Tim Rycroft, FDF Chief Operating Officer said More about FDF statement on competition laws in the event of a no-deal Brexit
25 July 2019
Responding to the announcement of Theresa Villiers MP as the new Defra
Secretary, Ian Wright
CBE, FDF Chief Executive said
More about Statement from FDF on the announcement of Theresa Villiers MP as the new Defra Secretary
23 July 2019
Responding to the announcement of Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP as the new UK Prime
Minister, Ian
Wright CBE, FDF Chief Executive said
More about Statement from FDF on the announcement of Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP as the new UK Prime Minister
19 July 2019
FDF's Tim Rycroft gave evidence to the committee on the disastrous consequences
of a no-deal exit
for food and drink manufacturing.
More about Food and Drink Federation Response to Commons Exiting the European Union Committee report
27 June 2019
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has announced the shortlist for the Food and
Drink Federation
Awards 2019, which take place on Thursday 19 September at The Royal Lancaster,
London.
More about Food and Drink Federation publishes shortlist for Awards 2019
19 June 2019
A collective of more than 30 organisations from across the UK's food and drink
supply chain have
today published A Recipe for Growth, Prosperity and Sustainability: the UK Food
and Drink Industry's
Plan for Success, a call-to-action for governments to support and champion the
UK's largest industry.
More about UK food and drink calls on governments to back plan for future success
11 June 2019
The Braw Lunch-Brake Challenge challenged Scottish primary 5, 6 and 7 pupils to
create an
innovative, healthy new dish – which includes local Scottish produce - for
their
school meal. More about Scottish pupils take part in cook off as part of food challenge
5 June 2019
"The food and drink industry continues to out-perform expectations, delivering
another quarter of
exceptional exports growth despite the damaging uncertainty with which
businesses have to contend"
More about UK food and drink exports: Biggest first quarter on record