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How I pivoted my drinks business to survive Covid-19
01 July 2020 CoronavirusDavid Wood, director of The Liana Cocktail Company, reimagined his drinks distribution business, pivoting the brand into an interactive cocktail retailer in a matter of weeks in order to survive the coronavirus pandemic -
Jamie Oliver puts weight behind campaign to save British family farms
02 June 2020 NewsChef Jamie Oliver has described a campaign to guarantee British food welfare standards post-Brexit as ‘probably the most important thing I’ve ever done’ -
Borough Market Diaries: How artisan producers are adapting and thriving under lockdown
18 May 2020 CoronavirusIn the first of a series of weekly columns, Darren Henaghan, managing director of Borough Market, takes us behind the scenes of the London institution to see how its small producers are adapting and thriving under lockdown -
John Shepherd, Partridges: “Whenever normal returns, it will be wonderful”
15 May 2020 CoronavirusThe present situation we are facing, without doubt, is beyond comparison in the 50 years history of our business -
Sue Nelson: “The doom and gloom is hard to ignore”
11 May 2020 CoronavirusAs I write, the dreadful scourge of coronavirus has taken 4,300 lives, with deaths on course to double every day until it will flatten out and presumably diminish. Meanwhile our shopping habits and enforced social distancing when in a retail... -
Viewpoint: Michael Weedon, FSB
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Former NFU president takes on chairmanship of Organic Research Centre
29 April 2020 NewsTim Bennett, former NFU president, takes over from Mike Turnbull as chair of its Council of Management at The Organic Research Centre -
“The food chain’s response to Covid-19 has been a triumph”
27 April 2020 CoronavirusThe Covid-19 crisis has tested food and drink manufacturing as never before, but the industry’s sense of purpose and the deep collaboration seen across the food chain will endure, says Tim Rycroft, chief operating officer of the Food and Drink Federation -
Renee Elliott, Beluga Bean: “Make it better”
16 April 2020 CoronavirusThis is an unusual and interesting time. How people experience this period will be based on many factors. -
Mary Quicke pens open letter to food lovers
14 April 2020 CoronavirusMary Quicke has written an open letter to lovers of artisan food and drink to support the teams who produce it during the Covid-19 pandemic