The Food and Drink Innovation Network are usually pretty topical with their seminars but they excelled themselves this week. On Tuesday, not only did they have a regulatory lawyer explaining exactly what the High Court action which launched this morning could mean, but we had the …
Politics
Lean Logic and Surviving the Future
Those of you who knew David Fleming or have read any of his works will be delighted to hear that, thanks to the sterling efforts of Shaun Chamberlain and publishers Chelsea Green, both Lean Logic, David's life's work, and Surviving the Future, Shaun's edited introduction to …
Allergics and Electrosensitives may rue our departure from Europe
Chefs may have bemoaned the introduction of the EU Food Information for Consumers (FIC) rules requiring all eateries to know about the allergens in their foods; for food allergics, coeliacs and anyone on a restricted diet, this was only the most recent of a whole series measures …
Stop press! Benugo pulls out!!
People power wins!! Benugo has 'stepped aside' from the contract to run the three Hampstead family run cafés. 'We’ve listened, and are responding in the way we think is best for all', said founder Ben Warner. I wonder if the threat from the 25,000 petition signatories to …
City of London held to account
Yes, Hampstead turned out in force last night to hold the City of London to account over the cafés scandale by which the contracts for three of the best loved local heath cafés are to be taken away from the families who have run them for the last 30+ years and handed to the …