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Weekly update for the food and agri sector

Universities continue to work to prevent and respond to incidents of harassment and sexual misconduct under increasing pressure and scrutiny...

Food and Agri weekly news and advertising update for week ending 11 November 2022

The Procurement Bill has had a second outing. A second draft of the Bill has now been published and the Bill has begun a further stage...

A High Court decision has raised concerns amongst contracting authorities and commissioners about its impact ....

A recent case emphasises how difficult a procurement challenge can be for tenderers...

The Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 received Royal Assent on 8 September.  The Act will provide a new framework for tertiary education in Wales including higher education, further education and other post-16 training. 

The Court of Appeal’s ruling in Morahan upholds the decision of the Divisional Court and the Assistant Coroner that the ECHR Article 2 duty was not engaged in Ms Morahan’s case...

A number of food packaging materials are looking to composability claims in an effort to gain premium sustainability and environmental credit from consumers.   However, the detail required for this was recently reviewed by the Advertising Standards Authority. 

In this final posting in our blog series on the CQC's State of care report, we highlight the regulator's concerns about maternity services...

In this fourth posting in our blog series on the regulator's State of care report, we look at what the report tells us about social care...