https://www.bizcommunity.com/223/307.html United Kingdom Regulatory news 15 Regulatory news - United Kingdom https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/223/307.html en-us Mon, 06 Apr 2026 04:10:32 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/157/739/244861.html Nigeria's competition commission has ordered British American Tobacco (BAT) to pay a $110m fine following allegations of market dominance abuse and infringement of public health regulations, the watchdog said on Wednesday, 27 December. 1-244861 Thu, 28 Dec 2023 09:40:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Regulatory United Kingdom https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/307/237115.html For most cheese lovers, taste is the thing. Whether it's a tangy blue stilton or a creamy oozing camembert, the most important element is the eating. But cheese has profound political and economic properties too, with implications for international trade deals and commerce. 1-237115 Fri, 24 Mar 2023 13:39:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Regulatory United Kingdom https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/307/232398.html In a move sure to upset chocoholics everywhere, discount supermarket Lidl was recently told to destroy its stocks of chocolate bunnies. The cull was ordered by a Swiss court that decided Lidl's bunny was too close to confectioner Lindt's iconic chocolate rabbit. 1-232398 Wed, 12 Oct 2022 07:24:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Regulatory United Kingdom https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/162/221415.html Ultra-processed foods might not be a familiar term to many people. But it is an emerging, and increasingly dominant type of food in the world. They are foods typically created through a "series of industrial techniques and processes". 1-221415 Fri, 22 Oct 2021 18:00:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Regulatory United Kingdom https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/399/221263.html James Sampson runs a tech repair shop in suburban Washington D.C. - fixing wayward phones and lagging laptops - and sees his tiny store as one part of a brave, new consumer rights revolution that can protect the planet, too. 1-221263 Tue, 19 Oct 2021 13:51:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Regulatory United Kingdom https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/742/217383.html The European Union recently added rooibos (red bush) tea to its register of products with a protected designation of origin. The iconic tea is the first African product to receive such status in the EU, and the 40th from a non-EU country. 1-217383 Tue, 29 Jun 2021 14:44:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Regulatory United Kingdom https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/307/217147.html Discarded single-use plastic shopping bags (SUPBs) are a growing environmental menace. Dubbed the 'white flower' in South Africa, the negative effects of SUPBs include reducing the aesthetic value of landscapes, clogging waterways, depleting petroleum reserves through their production, and endangering marine life through entanglement and ingestion. 1-217147 Wed, 23 Jun 2021 08:47:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Regulatory United Kingdom https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/399/215253.html Fashionscapes: A Living Wage is a new short film that aims to help end poverty wages in the fashion industry. Released on 24 April 2021, on the 8th anniversary of the Rana Plaza tragedy, the documentary combines the voices of garment workers on the ground with top legal professionals who are working together to argue for the first-ever EU legislation to ensure garment workers receive a living wage. 1-215253 Wed, 28 Apr 2021 14:46:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Regulatory United Kingdom https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/182/190245.html The proposed merger of supermarkets Sainsbury's and Asda is now off the table as the regulator has ruled against it, saying it would lead to higher prices for consumers. 1-190245 Tue, 30 Apr 2019 08:55:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Regulatory United Kingdom https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/162/186502.html United Kingdom - "Blessed are the cheesemakers", runs the famous line from the Monty Python film Life of Brian. But a recent court case gives the lie to the notion that manufacturers of cheese have fortune on their side, after the court that interprets EU law ruled that cheese cannot be protected by copyright. 1-186502 Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:00:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Regulatory United Kingdom