The Government’s childhood obesity strategy: good or bad news for marketers?
While there will be no ban on junk food ads, brands still face a sugar tax and targets to cut 20% of the sugar out of their products by 2020.
While there will be no ban on junk food ads, brands still face a sugar tax and targets to cut 20% of the sugar out of their products by 2020.
Coca-Cola and Britvic have responded to the government’s plans to introduce a sugar tax on all soft drinks by the end of 2018, stating that the decision is “extremely disappointing”.
Chancellor George Osborne has confirmed a sugar levy will be introduced on all soft drinks by the end of 2018.
Jamie Oliver has issued a damning indictment on the state of the food and drinks industry’s attempts to tackle childhood obesity, saying it is barely managing to get the basics right and that brands need to take more risks to make eating healthy food “cool” and come up with a holistic approach to meet the challenge.
At the end of every week, we look at the key stories, offering our view on what they mean for you and the industry. From the rise of burnout to Santander UK’s first B2B TV campaign, it’s been a busy week. Here is my take.
Santander’s marketing director tells Marketing Week the time is right to put its corporate and commercial proposition “in the spotlight” as it launches its first TV ad starring Succession’s Brian Cox.
After a successful and lucrative partnership on vodka brand Ciroc spanning more than 15 years, Sean Combs filed a law suit against Diageo this week, accusing the business of racism and neglect. Whatever the outcome, it looks like the end of the relationship.
Kraft Heinz is making its biggest-ever media investment behind the new platform, which is the first global campaign in Heinz’s 150-year history.