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Small food firms to lead economic recovery

By Mike Stones

Small and medium-sized food and drink manufacturers are the “engine room of growth that will lead the UK economic recovery”, Caroline Spelman, secretary of state for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs told a Food and Drink Federation...

Food guru slams government’s food policy

By Dan Colombini

UK food policy has taken a backward step under the coalition government, according to Tim Lang, professor of food policy at City University, London.

UK chocolate bucks EU confectionery trend

By Tom Chandler

Chocolate-hungry consumers are helping UK manufacturers buck the European trend of stagnant confectionery sales, according to market research organisation Mintel.