Ian Wright
Comment & OpinionFood price caps should be resisted by ministers at all costs
The lessons of failed market interventions in the 1960s and 1970s are clear, says Ian Wright, co-chair of the Food & Drink Export Council
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Sir Ivan Menezes: a personal tribute
Ivan was an elegant, enigmatic presence, says Ian Wright, co-chair of the Food & Drink Export Council
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Sunak deserves credit for rebuilding relationships with farmers in summit
Sunak has restored simple dignity to the business of government, says Ian Wright, co-chair of the Food & Drink Export Council
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The food industry can’t sit back and be villainised for rising food prices
Commentators sympathetic to the government are surmising someone must be taking advantage of our national economic difficulties to make an unrequited profit, says Ian Wright, co-chair of the Food & Drink Export Council
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If the CBI is to survive, it must be more than the entitled leader of industry
This is a hubristic moment which should provoke significant change in the CBI’s scale and character, says Ian Wright, co-chair of the Food & Drink Export Council
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Dimbleby’s legacy is an echo of ‘posh boy government’. But he is principled and brave
Whether Sunak or Starmer is prime minister after the next election, Dimbleby will be the go-to source for policy formulation, says Ian Wright, co-chair of the Food & Drink Export Council
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The devil is in the detail for Sunak’s new NI protocol deal
The minutiae will be crucial to the success of the proposed Windsor Framework, says Ian Wright, co-chair of the Food & Drink Export Council
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NFU Conference shows our strength in driving the national food discourse
We should all be significantly more self-confident about our collective ability to make our industry’s case on the national stage, says Ian Wright, co-chair of the Food & Drink Export Council
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How the Food & Drink Export Council is setting out to boost British business
By working together, we can make food and drink a key part of our ambitious export targets, say Food & Drink Export Council co-chairs Andrew Bowie MP and Ian Wright
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Don’t misunderstand John Allan’s supplier comments: he was bang on script
Allan’s comments about suppliers would seem to reflect the corporate view, says Ian Wright, outgoing co-chair of the Food & Drink Sector Council
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Dear industry: it is our responsibility to prevent food poverty. If not us, who?
The food and drink industry should shoulder the burden of combating UK hunger, says Ian Wright, outgoing co-chair of the Food & Drink Sector Council
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Hunt’s budget signals pain ahead. But who do the public trust to put things right?
The battle lines are drawn for the next two years in politics, says Ian Wright, outgoing co-chair of the Food & Drink Sector Council
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What next for food & drink now Jeremy Hunt is in charge of the economy?
Industry must watch Hunt very carefully indeed over the weeks and months to come, says Ian Wright, outgoing co-chair of the Food & Drink Sector Council
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Rolling back HFSS restrictions would set tone for divisive Truss administration
Industry must be careful about how it greets what decisions government makes, says Ian Wright
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Our new Cabinet has arrived. What do Truss’s choices mean for industry?
Liz Truss has the worst in-tray since Churchill in 1939, says Ian Wright, outgoing co-chair of the Food & Drink Sector Council
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How will Liz Truss’s understanding of food and farming inform her premiership?
A better guide to Truss as PM is what she learned as Treasury chief secretary and did at the Department of International Trade, says former FDF boss Ian Wright
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Industry finally has some Brexit clarity. Here's what businesses must prepare for
It’s time to move on from the big arguments of principle that dominated 2019, says FDF CEO Ian Wright
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Progress made on Brexit must continue at pace in 2018
I will remember 2017 as the year the government agreed to establish a food & drink sector council
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Sector Council will be a game-changer
This has been an historic week for government’s relationship with the food & drink industry
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An election manifesto for food and drink
The food and drink industry has six, important weeks to make its case to whomever forms the next government
