Coronavirus

MPs on the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee have called on the Government to act ‘urgently’ to support food suppliers to pubs and restaurants.

MPs on the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee have called on the Government to act urgently to support food suppliers to pubs and restaurants.

Farms employing seasonal workers can register for free workplace testing to meet new requirements, the Government has announced. 

Only 15 per cent of agricultural workers felt their employer has taken social distancing rules seriously as the industry kept on working throughout the pandemic.

Phasing out of Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) payments, rule changes due to Brexit and the impact of the pandemic have delivered a blow to farm businesses confidence, with short- and mid-term confidence remaining negative for the third year in a row.

Just a few weeks ahead of workers arriving in the UK for the 2021 fruit and vegetable campaign the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme has come under blistering attack from a London-based human rights charity.

The Covid-19 pandemic has not only disrupted supply chains, but it has also impacted on the industry’s workforce and its training needs. Hannah Binns reports on what has changed and the positive framework it has created going forwards.

One of the discernible outcomes of the coronavirus pandemic has been the emergence of a ‘levelling up’ debate.

BORIS Johnson’s proposed end of lockdown June 21, falls right in the middle of the height of the agricultural show calendar, meaning many shows will be affected by this week’s news.