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Our February and March in events: auto-enrolment, early years nutrition and local leadership

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Over February and March, the team travelled everywhere from Blackpool to Birmingham, City Hall to Oxford, joining conversations with researchers, practitioners, policymakers and local authorities working to improve food systems across the UK. Discussions centred on how policy can help create healthier and more equitable food environments, from auto-enrolment and commercial baby food reform to strengthening support for early years […]

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A shared vision for breastfeeding and infant feeding

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All children deserve access to healthy, nutritious food from their earliest years, and ensuring parents are properly supported to feed their babies well is central to achieving this. Bremner & Co have been working with Impact on Urban Health to understand the policy landscape that shapes infant feeding and early years nutrition, identifying opportunities for change within the system.  This work

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Our January in events: early years nutrition in Parliament, justice in the food system, and fresh fruit dolphins

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January started at pace. Through conversations on school food funding, farming systems, racial justice, early years nutrition and infant feeding, the team were excited to kick start 2026 with a variety of events. We’ve taken a moment to reflect on where we have spent our time, and what it could mean for the months to come.   8th Jan School Food Funding – Caterer Roundtable  Myles joined a School

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A shared vision for breastfeeding and infant feeding: sector leadership in action 

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Today we are pleased to celebrate the publication of a new, collective vision for breastfeeding and infant feeding in the UK. This vision has been shaped by breastfeeding organisations, practitioners, NGOs and academics across the UK, working together to articulate what all families should be able to expect from a supportive, equitable infant feeding system.  The vision reflects the depth of expertise,

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Reframing the narrative: strategic media support for infant feeding advocacy

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Bremner & Co were commissioned by First Steps Nutrition Trust (FSNT) as secretariat of the Baby Feeding Law Group (BFLG) to provide strategic advice and guidance on media coverage surrounding the release of the final Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) report on the infant formula market.   BFLG is a network of organisations and individuals working to protect maternal and child health by ending the harmful marketing of infant

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The myth of ‘having it all’ – reflecting on the realities for breastfeeding mothers 

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Cressida Pidgeon, Senior Research and Projects Officer, shares a personal reflection on why breastfeeding equity is still out of reach for too many working mothers. Over the past couple of years, many of my friends have started having children. As I watch my amazing girlfriends navigate the whirlwind of motherhood like champions, all whilst holding

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Report launch: The financial pressures, incentives and counter incentives shaping food provision in secondary schools

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Bremner & Co are delighted to have been commissioned by Newham Council to to write a ‘think piece’ about the financial pressures, incentives and counter-incentives that shape the food offer in secondary schools. The research project emerged from the council’s wider ‘We Are Food Secure 11-19’ project, which sets out to understand the experiences of

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New report: Breastfeeding in focus: Insights from the sector

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Nutrition in the early years is crucial for a child’s health, growth and development. There is extensive evidence highlighting the benefits of breastfeeding and national policy encourages breastfeeding into the second year of life and beyond. Yet, breastfeeding remains a challenging area in the UK (which has some of the lowest breastfeeding rates globally), and

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Of course workplaces should make concessions for menopausal women

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In her recent article for the Independent, Food Policy Consultant Dayna Brackley highlights the overlooked challenges women face in the workplace around their health needs. She draws on her research into the barriers and enablers to breastfeeding, which was featured in a recent Food Foundation report, and uses the example of breastfeeding in the workplace

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