The food and drink manufacturing sector is vital – we make the food and drink that everyone knows and loves while our 12,500 businesses underpin the UK’s economic strength, contributing £38 billion in Gross Value Added and employing half a million people. However, a series of shocks over the past five years, including COVID, Brexit and the war in Ukraine, alongside extreme weather events, has placed real strains on our industry and has caused supply chain disruption and inflation. As we look ahead to the critical coming decade, we know…
Read MoreGovernment must back UK food manufacturing to deliver food security and economic growth over the next decade
