Food festivals – September highlights

Ashburton Food & Drink Festival: Saturday 12th September Now in it’s 5th year, the Ashburton Food & Drink Festival is a celebration of the fantastic local food producers and traders that are found in and around our historic Dartmoor town. The festival is...

Fair price for milk

Farming leaders and ministers say they have held “productive” talks on the future of dairy farming in the UK following protests over milk prices. Ministers met farming representatives in London, in the wake of dozens of protests in recent weeks....

Food selling overhaul needed

The UK’s farming unions have told Government, the EU and the food industry that a sizeable change in the way food is sold is needed in order to avoid dire consequences for the farming industry and rural economy The four union presidents of the National Farmers Union,...

New tourism minister supports cut in tourism VAT

Tracey Crouch supports cut in the VAT rate to 5% for tourism and hospitality businesses as one of her first comments as she takes on the role of minister with responsibility for sport and tourism in the Department of Culture Media and Sport (DCMS). Prior to her...

ICSA NEWS : Supermarkets step up to the plate.

Tesco is starting a scheme which could hand tens of thousands of tonnes of surplus food from its stores to local charities as supermarkets come under rising pressure to reduce waste. The UK’s biggest supermarket admits that it wasted 55,400 tonnes of food from its...