By Lyndsey Cambridge2021-01-21T10:42:00+00:00
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The coalition of 18 trade bodies warn without financial help there will be no one to supply restaurants, care homes, hospitals or pubs once the pandemic passes
Food manufacturers supplying the hospitality sector have told the chancellor they are “facing a financial cliff edge” unless they receive urgent support from government.
A coalition of 18 trade associations including the British Frozen Food Federation, Federation of Food and Drink and Federation of Wholesale Distributors has written to Chancellor Rishi Sunak outlining a series of measures designed to help “many food producers on the verge of going out of business”.
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Food manufacturers supplying the hospitality and healthcare markets have called for urgent Government support to rescue them from ‘a financial cliff edge’.
A group of 18 trade associations, led by the British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF), has written to chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak and other Government ministers. They have asked for the following support measures to be put in place for food manufacturers with immediate effect:
Extension of the 12-month Local Authority Business Rates exemption to businesses supplying into the hospitality and foodservice market, using the existing legislative exemption for hardship.
Ongoing capital and tax break allowances to maintain the workforce, prorated depending on how many staff a company can keep employed.