AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoFood Security Skills Gap: Lantra warns failure to invest in agricultural training is widening a land-based skills shortage, threatening UK food security and rural growth. Waste Rules: England’s “Simpler Recycling” rollout bans two everyday items from bins, including tea bags, as councils move to more standardised food and garden waste separation. Frozen Food Investment: Nomad Foods/Birds Eye is putting £2.2m into a Lowestoft potato waffle production line, boosting capacity to about 45m waffles a year. Manufacturing & Cost Pressure: UK households face a July 1 energy price-cap jump of £221 on average, with experts noting food shopping may be among the first cuts. Retail Shake-up: Patty & Bun shuts its Brighton site, leaving just one standalone restaurant at Canary Wharf, after earlier London closures. On-the-ground Community: Lindfield’s Community Lunch tackles older residents’ social isolation with hot meals and support signposting.
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