Out of Home News Analysis
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Assume plastic plans are dead at your peril
Covid-19 may have put government policies on ice, but anyone hoping they will melt away is set for disappointment, argues Sancroft International’s Felix Gummer. The Covid-19 outbreak has caused the largest disruption to business in the UK since the Second… Read More
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New protocols help businesses prepare to reopen
Hospitality businesses will welcome new safety protocols, but balancing asepsis with ambience will be tough, says David Burrows. It was March 16th that Boris Johnson advised us all not to go to places like pubs, restaurants and cafés. These businesses… Read More
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What’s on hold due to Covid-19?
As political and business leaders focus all their energies on tackling a global pandemic, Nick Hughes looks at the policies, from plastic bans to hospital food plans, that have been put on ice. Plastics It’s hard to believe it was… Read More
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Plastic problems mount up
Businesses and politicians want to recycle more plastic in the UK, but with policy plans under threat and oil going cheap this won’t be easy. By David Burrows. In the good old days, dealing with our plastic rubbish used to… Read More
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Hidden Hero: Scott Bentley
With his recuperative ‘care packs’ the coffee aficionado is helping struggling baristas get through the Covid-19 lockdown. By David Burrows. When I call Scott Bentley he is brewing a coffee. He needs the stimulant given that he and Tim Ridley,… Read More
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Kimchi or hungry? How Covid-19 has widened the food divide
While wealthier households have expanded their culinary horizons during lockdown, for millions of people the story of food and Covid-19 is one of desperation – and neither is good news for foodservice, writes Nick Hughes. During the early days of… Read More
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A long way to go
More hospitality businesses could reopen in July but there are concerns that social distancing will mean very few are commercially viable. David Burrows reports. When the UK government’s chief medical officer Chris Whitty suggested last month that social distancing could… Read More
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The folly in farm climate claims
Farmers have seized on a recent fall in emissions as evidence that agriculture is not a major contributor to climate change. David Burrows suggests they are mistaken. “We’re living through the biggest carbon crash ever recorded,” reported the BBC this… Read More
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Hidden Hero: Sam Lewis
Bartlett Mitchell’s general manager has been at the heart of an initiative to get freshly baked treats to NHS staff on the frontline of the Covid-19 response. Nick Hughes reports. Throughout the Covid-19 crisis, a striking feature of the business… Read More
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Hidden Hero: Floris Ten Nijenhuis of Furloughed Foodies
What started as 100 portions of curry made in his own kitchen has evolved into an army of furloughed workers feeding 2,000 healthy meals to frontline NHS staff every week. Nick Hughes reports. Like many of us, the word furlough… Read More