It is decision time for food brands on the new UK labelling system. Here are some comments I made earlier regarding this topic: “The new Government-approved front-of-package (FOP) nutrition labelling is a key part of its drive to improve public ...

Many multi-national food and drink companies operating throughout the EU have put in place trans-national information and consultation arrangements in the form of a European Works Council. The revised EWC Directive governing trans-national consultation obligations has in many cases forced companies to ...

Every food sector business from start up to multinational creates intellectual property.  These assets can be extremely valuable, particularly when a company becomes successful.  If any form of intellectual property is not protected at the beginning, its value can be ...

Specialists from the Eversheds’ real estate litigation team will lead a webinar on business rates mitigation on the 26th June. Click here to book. Time: 13:00 to 14:00 GMT Location: Webinar Date: Wednesday 26 June 2013 1 SRA CPD point ...

Eversheds are proud to be members of Campden BRI and I attended the Campden BRI Day 2013 on 6th June. Over 400 delegates attended this year. A podcast of the Annual Campden lecture is now available here. With growing numbers ...

It has been reported in the media that the Employment Appeal Tribunal has decided a case which has major implications for employer collective redundancy obligations. Specifically, it is reported that collective redundancy consultation should be triggered where there are 20 ...

New rules governing Employment Tribunal practice and procedure across England, Wales and Scotland have now been published. With very limited exceptions (covering employers’ contract claims and appeals against health and safety and non-discrimination notices and levy appeals) the rules will ...

On 14 May 2013, Joaquín Almunia, Vice President of the European Commission (“EC”) responsible for Competition Policy, stated that European competition authorities will continue to watch food and consumer goods markets closely and to encourage efforts to keep these markets ...

Innovative pension scheme funding means Dairy Crest pension deficit is looking grate! Background With a turnover of over £75 billion, the food and drink industry is the UK’s largest manufacturing sector, and unsurprisingly, it contains some of the country’s biggest ...

Courtesy of FoodManufacture.co.uk. Original article can be seen here. Food firms should be aware of the reputational and brand risks of using the “nuclear option” of dismissing and re-employing staff on new contracts as a way of forcing through changes ...

Proposed consumer law bill to offer food suppliers greater leeway to impact price increases on retailers On 2 May 2013, the French Minister for social economy and consumption, Benoît Hamon, presented a new bill on consumer law. Although the main ...