Holland & Barrett’s new format Chelmsford store combines latest retail ideas – and a host of Covid safety measures
Ahead of reopening to the public today, Holland & Barrett (H&B) CEO Tony Buffin took Rosie Greenaway on a whistle-stop virtual tour of the retailer’s newly-refurbished Chelmsford store.
Webinar report: Sustainability, regulation and co-existence top the agenda
Panellists at our recent webinar Sense, Science and Sustainability tackled the question of genetic engineering in food and farming through a sustainability lens– leading to some surprising admissions. Co-hosted with…
FDF rails at ‘slap in the face’ junk food ad ban, campaigners welcome Government action
The UK’s leading food industry trade association says Government plans to impose a blanket ban on junk food advertising would be a “slap in the face” to manufacturers and retailers.
“Sustainability is not good enough…we need to move on”, CIWF global CEO urges
The limits and usefulness of the term sustainability were called into question by key figures within the worlds of animal welfare and organic farming this week.
Click It Local: The UK start-up taking the high street online
Online shopping is here to stay. But what’s out there for consumers who want to support local businesses rather than Internet giants? UK start-up Click It Local thinks it has the answer.
Sustainable Cosmetics Summit goes digital
With continuing uncertainty being created by the coronavirus pandemic, the organiser of the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit says its next EU edition (2-5 November 2020) will be a digital event.
Intensive farming is the ‘single most risky behaviour’ for pandemics, report claims
"There is a fundamental and often-overlooked connection between pandemics such as the current COVID-19 crisis and our animal-based food system," claims a new report published today.
Sustainable farming? GMOs? Agroecology? Be a part of the discussion
Our upcoming webinar Sense, Science and Sustainability is asking a hot topic question: Can genome editing and agroecology co-exist in the sustainable food and farming mix?
‘No evidence’ that vitamin D can treat or prevent COVID-19, UK agency concludes
The UK Government agency tasked with undertaking a rapid evidence review of vitamin D’s potential role in reducing the risks from Coronavirus has concluded there is “no evidence to support…
Organic is part of the solution, Congress speakers all agree
High-level speakers from the European Commission, European Parliament and the German Presidency of the EU Council delivered a unified message at the European Organic Congress 2020: Our system is experiencing…