Sugar Tax
The rabbit out of the hat of this year’s Budget was the surprise announcement to slap a sugar tax on the soft drinks industry, assessed by volume and introduced in two years' time. The proceeds will fund school sports.
The rabbit out of the hat of this year’s Budget was the surprise announcement to slap a sugar tax on the soft drinks industry, assessed by volume and introduced in two years' time. The proceeds will fund school sports.
The Government has announced (Thursday 3 March 2016) the way forward from here with a Cutting Red Tape review of Local Authority-enforced regulation.
The latest technical forum, hosted by Bradshaw, was a culmination of a lot of work that the Forum has seen and contributed to over the past few months.
The sandwich industry is a growing one and today contributes some £7.85bn to the UK economy - around £4.4bn in the food to go sector. The sandwich transcends food to go, of course, with catering, cafe, pub, hotel and other providers creating sandwiches for diners.
The following presentations were made to the Joint Technical Forum held at FreshPak, Barnsley on 22nd April 2015.