The Country Food Trust launches their Winter Appeal The Country Food Trust has launched its Winter Appeal with the ambition of raising £200,000 to help feed families in crisis. The on-going squeeze in household budgets, caused by rising food and energy prices, means that more people than ever before are turning to their local foodbanks […]
AHDB’s We Eat Balanced campaign returns AHDB are shining a spotlight on the positive food choices that consumers can make by focusing on three key messages. The successful consumer campaign returned on 7 September to help protect long-term consumer attitudes to British meat and dairy, as part of a healthy and sustainable diet. Three key […]
On Friday 30th September 2022 the Bank of England is withdrawing the legal tender of the £20 and £50 paper notes. From 1st October, on the polymer £20 and £50 notes will have legal tender status. These will feature JMW Turner on £20 and Alan Turing on £50 notes. After Friday 30th September you will […]
Mini-Budget: Highlights for Butchers Today the Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered his Growth Plan 2022 to Parliament, we have pulled some of the key aspects together below Cut in basic rate of income tax to 19% from April 2023 Reverse recent rise in National Insurance (NI) from 6 November Annual investment allowance, the amount companies can […]
We are pleased to celebrate the success of several of our members at the Meat Management Meat Industry Awards 2022. The finalists and winners of the annual Meat Management Industry Awards were announced on 15th September. The Meat Management Industry Awards are unique in recognising the creativity, innovation and excellence of the UK’s meat industry. […]
A message for our members, In honour of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and so our colleagues can pay their respects, National Craft Butchers offices will be closed on Monday 19th September. We extend our heartfelt sympathy to His Majesty The King, The Royal Family and all those lives she touched. A toolkit has been […]
After going knife-to-knife with a record 12 other countries at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, The Butcher Wolfpack of Germany were named the best butchers in the world at this year’s World Butchers’ Challenge, also known as the ‘Olympics of Meat’. The team of six butchers from Germany were awarded gold and received the […]
Tomorrow, Glossop based butcher John Mettrick will turn off the lights in his small abattoir for the last time. The irony of the situation is not lost on him. As Chair of the Abattoir Sector Group, co-founded with National Craft Butchers, the Sustainable Food Trust, and others, he plays a key role in the fight […]
Haywards Heath in West Sussex has become the first town in Europe to sign up to the Plant Based Treaty. The local Green Party led the controversial move, without consultation, because they believe that animal farming is highly impactful on climate change. National Craft Butchers say that the good people of Haywards Heath should decide […]
Its been a busy few days for award announcements. Last week saw the announcement of the shortlisted nominees for the Guild of Fine Foods Great Taste awards 2022. This week we have the shortlist for the Women in Meat Awards. The Women In Meat Industry Awards are designed to recognise the vitally important contributions that […]
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