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New initiative formed to help promote food and drink businesses in Exeter
10 July 2018 NewsExeter and Greater Exeter-based food and drink businesses are being invited to sign up to the Exeter Food & Drink Trail, set to launch summer 2018 -
“Good leadership”
09 July 2018 Speciality BitesIt would be remiss of me not to start this week’s blog without mentioning the main event of the weekend. In case you haven’t heard, the Cotswold Fayre Charity Ball went off very well on Friday evening! -
Belton Farm announces major £1.25m investment plan
09 July 2018 NewsThe investment will go towards the development of its dairy and a move to recruit more farmers -
Entries open for the sixth edition of the Farm Shop & Deli Awards
09 July 2018 NewsEntries are now open for the Farm Shop & Deli Awards, a free-to-enter competition that is highly respected in the industry for playing an important role in supporting the UK's independent retail market -
Retailers encouraged to use ‘Genuine Cornish Pasty’ trademark
07 July 2018 NewsThe Cornish Pasty Association (CPA), the producer group that fought for eight years to gain official recognition for genuine Cornish pasties, has created a new scheme for retailers which wish to sell the foodstuff but do not make their own -
Soil Association launches Organic September toolkit for indies
04 July 2018 NewsThe Soil Association has rolled out a toolkit of materials, both print and digital, to help retailers to take part in and support Organic September -
The Independent Shopper: John Burton-Race
02 July 2018 NewsThe Michelin-starred TV chef reveals his favourite Devon-based retailers and why quality ingredients are essential in haute cuisine -
“Trust”
02 July 2018 Speciality BitesJust like the Brexit negotiations at present, all transactions, negotiations and business relationships involve trust -
“The world of start-ups is brutal”
29 June 2018 NewsWilfred Emmanuel-Jones, founder of The Black Farmer, walks us through the trials and tribulations of forging and running and food and drink brand -
New call on MPs to urge for better bread labelling laws
27 June 2018 BrexitThe Real Bread Campaign is urging the public to email their local MP to put pressure on Michael Gove, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to "protect shoppers from incomplete and potentially misleading loaf labelling" -
British farmers “better equipped than anyone” to deliver high quality food, says Michael Gove
26 June 2018 BrexitThe Secretary of State for Food and Environment, Michael Gove, spoke about British farmers being well-equipped to fulfil the national and global demand for high quality food at the NFU Summer Reception on Monday -
“Remember your heart!”
25 June 2018 Speciality BitesLast week I looked at the garden centre world. This week, prompted by reading more about the House of Fraser plans for the future, I turn my attention to the world of department stores.
