January 2019
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This conference will be a timely opportunity to examine the direction of policy and what it means for the UK’s food, drink and farming sector at a time of significant change and uncertainty.
The discussion
- Competitiveness - latest thinking on promoting and protecting UK brands globally - including developing trade with evolving markets such as China;
- Support - what is needed by the industry, across the UK, to adapt to any regulatory changes following the UK’s exit from the European Union - including for SMEs;
- Workforce - ensuring the sector has access to the workforce it needs, with the right skills and that it is seen as an attractive career destination;
- Research - examining the Sector Deal and other mechanisms to provide support with investment and commercialisation of world-leading UK food research and innovation;
- Supply chain management - improving transparency, safeguarding standards and contingency planning for cross-channel capacity and Irish border issues;
- Sustainability - engaging the food industry and the public with land management and stewardship options in the context of developing UK environmental policy and international commitments; and
- International relationships and trade - the impact of any future tariffs and checks on exporting agri-food businesses, customs requirements on importing businesses following the UK’s exit from the European Union; learning from Australia’s diverse exporting experience and particular emerging issues for the meat and live exports sector.
Context
- The recently published Fisheries Bill, which includes proposals on access to fish in UK waters, fishing opportunities and quotas and protection of the marine environment;
- The Agriculture Bill, which includes measures to increase transparency in the supply chain and proposes a move towards a system of payment for ‘public goods’ - such as environmental and animal welfare standards - over the agricultural transition period in England between 2021 and 2027; and
- The independent review on factors that should determine future distribution of agriculture funding between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
