General Discussion
and as a huge % (I've read 80%) of our imported food comes in from the EU any post Brexit delays at customs will have a further impact on our post Brexit food supply. I wonder how happy the electorate will be if rising prices and food shortages are brought by Brexit.
@burneside - that presupposes there will be enough British produce to meet demand.
and here's some info on UK food waste 1. six. of the 8 billion meals served each year. On average 21% of food waste arises from spoilage; 45 The amount of food that is wasted each year in the UK is equivalent to 1.3 billion meals, or one in %. from food preparation and 34% from consumer plates. Estimates of Food and Packaging Waste in the UK Grocery ... ...
Okay - so......is there any food produce in the UK that is PRESENTLY subject to quotas? If there are, please post on this thread what they are and give the source(s) of your information. And here's something else I'll throw into the mix. If the pound falls in value then the price of imports increases. And as we import an awful lot of food I can only assume that the price of all this ...
Not an unrelated topic to that of plastic. Just thought I'd post a few things that I've recently read about UK food consumption and UK food production. 1. Since 1984 UK self sufficiency in indigenous foods has fallen from 96% to 76% 2. Imports of non-indigenous foods have grown so much that half of what is eaten in the UK now comes from abroad. 3. The UK food deficit rose by £800m ...
@leatash - it was H&M not M&S
Just had a phone call from someone purporting to be from Talk Talk. Apparently we are having problems with our internet connection and the person on the other end of the line said that they wished to install some software in order to rectify it!!!!!!! Beware!
Do you mean this Anne Milton? https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/anne-milton/1523
I've not done this myself (yet) but would split ticketing be of any help? http://www.raileasy.co.uk/home/split-ticketing
http://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/jobs-available-rde-derriford-hospital-1013678
