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WSTA Asks UK Government To Lower Wine And Spirit Duties

The Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) in the UK has called on the Treasury to reduce wine and spirit duties in the upcoming Budget. It said that...

UK Farmers Say Food Will Rot In Fields Without EU Labour

The UK agriculture industry will come to a standstill if the government doesn’t reach a deal that guarantees access to European labour, according to...

UK Retail Sales Unexpectedly Decline As Inflation Bites

UK retail sales unexpectedly fell for a third month in January, suggesting consumers are starting to feel the squeeze from accelerating inflation. The v...

Food Drink Industry Ireland Urges Policy Measures To Aid Sector

Ibec representative group Food Drink Industry Ireland has called for 'urgent new policy measures' to help the sector overcome the upcoming challenges of Br...

Irish Retailers Have 'Worrying Downturn' In H2: Retail Ireland

Irish retailers had a disconcerting decline in sales for the second half of 2016, due to 'softening consumer sentiment' and a turn to online shopping for m...

British Retail Consortium Urges Positive Customs Arrangement With EU

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has released a statement urging the UK government to secure a positive new customs arrangement with the EU, after the p...

UK Economy's Brexit Success Still Leaves Companies Fretting

The UK economy may have cleared its 2016 Brexit test, but that’s not easing companies’ concern about the approaching challenges. Days before...

Supreme Court Rules Brexit Trigger Needs Parliamentary Vote

The highest UK court ruled Prime Minister Theresa May must seek an act of Parliament to trigger the two-year countdown to Brexit, handing lawmakers a chanc...