Annual Report 2021

Annual Report 2021

Welcome to Rural Policy Group’s Annual Report 2021. The Annual Report 2021, Fair & Sustainable Food Pricing and the Value of Rural was writen against the backdrop of Brexit, the covid pandemic, the devastating war in Ukraine and a wider international context...
Consumers Back British Farming

Consumers Back British Farming

Consumers are near universal in their support for British farmers finds a recent survey conducted by RPG.   Brexit and the pandemic have caused shockwaves in British farming. Individually they would have been momentous for the industry; together they have set the...
Green Futures Report 2021

Green Futures Report 2021

On Thursday 16th September, Rural Policy Group launched its Green Futures report at MHA MacIntyre Hudson’s London Wall headquarters, supported by the most important RED Talk of the year, Building a Sustainable Rural Economy.  The report examines the...
New Food Taxes Could Damage Thousands of Businesses

New Food Taxes Could Damage Thousands of Businesses

Mark Lumsdon-Taylor, Founder and Chair of Rural Policy Group spoke to The Grocer about the new taxes proposed by the National Food Strategy and shared his concerns about their imact on the food industry. Those at the bottom of the food supply chain are already working...
Mark Lumsdon-Taylor Comments on the Proposed Salt & Sugar Tax

Mark Lumsdon-Taylor Comments on the Proposed Salt & Sugar Tax

Proposed sugar and salt tax has the capacity to do more harm than intended good – RPG Founder Mark Lumsdon-Taylor comments on behalf of MHA MacIntyre Hudson. Following the publication of an independent report on England’s National Food Strategy led by businessman...