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The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) and the Department for Business and Trade publishes guidance for holiday caravan park owners and operators. Holiday parks can read the new guidance document, titled “Holiday parks: Guidance for holiday park owners and operators selling holiday caravans/holiday lodges for private ownership” here. Please find the joint statement below from...

As part of the recent changes announced in government departments, Number 10 has published an overview with mission statements and policy priorities for the four new departments.  A summary is provided below: Department for Business and Trade – Secretary of State Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch MP (Saffron Walden) “Brings together business expertise and world-class trade...

Rishi Sunak PM has today announced a cabinet reshuffle with new Secretaries of State appointments as follows: Kemi Badenoch becomes Sectretary of State for Business and TradeLucy Frazer is Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (previously Minister for Housing and Planning at DLUHC)Michelle Donelan becomes Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and TechnologyGrant...

The government’s new plan sets out steps to unlock the potential of smart electric vehicle (EV) charging, including allowing motorists to power their homes using the electricity stored in their electric vehicle electric vehicle drivers could save hundreds of pounds each year while cutting emissions by smarter charging of their electric vehicles billpayers without electric...

Single-use items like plastic cutlery, plates and polystyrene trays will be banned in England, the government confirmed in January. DEFRA says the ban will come into effect in October 2023 – it follows similar moves by Scotland and Wales (see below). Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey said the move would help protect the environment for future...

Fresh food prices at British supermarkets in early December were 15% higher than a year earlier, the biggest annual increase since at least 2005 when records started, figures from trade body, the British Retail Consortium (BRC), showed on 4 January 2023. British households were hit hard by a soaring cost of living in 2022, and...

Defra has commissioned WRAP (The Waste and Resource Action Programme) to undertake a piece of research into the information needs of suppliers. The research is to better understand how chemicals in products can be tracked throughout the supply chain to reduce barriers to recycling and reuse, whilst preventing risk from harmful chemicals. The research will...

North East England will pilot a new £2.25 million scheme to restructure tourism boards DCMS (Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport) has announced that the North East has been selected as the location of a major tourism project to attract more investment, welcome more events, support business growth, create new jobs, and boost domestic...

The CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index (FPI) has just been released for the year to October 2022.  The research company says that the Index has “continued its relentless upward march again during October to hit 19.9%—a ninth consecutive month of double-digit inflation”. As in previous months Oils and Fats led the way, rising almost 50%...

16 November 2022          The latest data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) on how fast prices are rising has been released. Inflation reached a 41-year high, with price rises of 11.1% in the year to October 2022. It is up on the 10.1% figure recorded in September, with energy bills being the main factor...