Coronavirus
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COVID-19: What business options do FMCG SMEs have?
23 March 2020 CoronavirusThe COVID-19 outbreak has already caused significant global economic disruption and uncertainty. Speciality Food talks to Scott Porter, partner at Ellisons Solicitors to discuss the options FMCG SMEs have in order to protect their business -
“The only way forward is to work together as one”
20 March 2020 CoronavirusPaddy Bishopp, co-founder of start-up hub Shout About Suffolk, highlights the impact Covid-19 has had on his business and those in his care -
Food professionals named as “key workers”
20 March 2020 CoronavirusThis morning the Government listed the “key workers” whose children will still attend school during the Covid-19 crisis -
Covid-19: producer perspective
19 March 2020 CoronavirusLisa Smith, owner of Ginger Bakers, Plumgarths, Kendal, Cumbria exclusively shares her experience with Speciality Food -
Royal Bath & West Show postponed
19 March 2020 CoronavirusThe show is one of multiple that have been pushed back to later dates due to the coronavirus outbreak -
Business rates holiday extended for all retail and hospitality
18 March 2020 CoronavirusThe update goes alongside a £330bn package announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak in response to the coronavirus -
Retailers react to stockpiling
18 March 2020 CoronavirusStores across the country have increased measures to reduce the impact of widespread panic-buying -
“We are going to keep fighting to survive!”
17 March 2020 CoronavirusAngus Ferguson, MD of Demijohn, shares his response to the Covid-19 outbreak -
Indies step up to support local communities
17 March 2020 CoronavirusRetailers across the country are offering home delivery services as self-isolation increases due to coronavirus -
How small brands are rising to the Coronavirus challenge
16 March 2020 Coronavirus"I must admit from the outset that until recently I was one of a stubborn group of individuals who refused to acknowledge the threat of Coronavirus to business performance and frowned upon the hysteria being created globally," says Chris Green, co-founder of Young Foodies -
Coronavirus: industry responds
16 March 2020 CoronavirusAs the coronavirus story continues to escalate, its impact on the UK's food industry has come to light -
A Crisis is always an Opportunity
16 March 2020 Speciality BitesI have resisted writing about Covid-19 up until now, but as the situation is now dominating absolutely everything there is no other story in town.
