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Bremner & Co joins the new Commercial Baby Food Review 

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Bremner & Co are pleased to announce that we have joined the Commercial Baby Food Review, a new cross-sector initiative working to improve the nutritional quality, composition and marketing of commercial baby and toddler foods in the UK through stronger, enforced regulation.  Funded by Impact on Urban Health, the Review brings together specialists in early years nutrition, […]

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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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Our November in events: UPFs, changing policy, and a night in the Wild West! 

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November brought a mix of policy discussions, sector events and chances to connect with partners across early years and school food. We also kept up our Bring and Share lunches alongside a busy run of webinars, conferences and launches. From new evidence on ultra processed foods to developments in childcare, inspection, auto enrolment and school

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Our October in events: women’s resilience, food system transformation, and team reflection

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October’s events offered a mix of big picture thinking and focused discussion on specific food system challenges, tools and opportunities. The team spent time with leaders debating what real transformation in the food system looks like, discussed the interconnectedness of women’s poverty and children’s poverty, and took time to reflect as a team on where

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New podcast: Just the Start: Nutrition in Early Years Settings 

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In the first episode of a series on the early years from The Food Foundation Podcast, hosted by Hannah Brinsden, our Partner at Bremner & Co Dayna Brackley joins an expert panel including Neil Leitch from the Early Years Alliance, Sarah Ambrose, Area Manager and Curriculum Lead at Safari Child Care, and Charlotte Stirling-Reed, registered

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Our September in events: joy, beans, and bold ideas 

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From Guernsey to Westminster, September brought fresh energy and grounded collaboration for the Bremner & Co team. This month spanned joyful conversations about childhood, the growing potential of beans, and bold ideas to transform food in the early years. Across conferences, summits, and workshops, we shared learning, built new connections, and helped shape the next

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Our July in events: nutrition, equity, and local food systems

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From farmer’s fields to Westminster corridors, July’s events gave us space to connect, share ideas, and push forward conversations on food, education, and early years. We’ve gathered the highlights from a month that showed, once again, how change is built in meetings, in kitchens, in fields, and in communities.  Groundswell  2 July Lannock Farm, Hertfordshire 

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Listen to Dayna return to The Dietician Café podcast

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Click on the link below to tune in to the latest podcast episode of The Dietitian Cafe featuring our partner, Dayna Brackley. The conversation, hosted by Corrine Toyn, peels back the lid on the commercial baby food industry. Alongside Dr. Diane Threapleton, Dayna discussed the sector that’s been thrust into the spotlight after recent media

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Birmingham Future Food Symposium: The Child Nutrition Policy Rollercoaster

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Myles and Dayna reflect on what they shared and learnt at last week’s Future Food Symposium at the University of Birmingham  The Future Food Symposium 2025, hosted by the University of Birmingham, brought together academics, advocates, and practitioners working at the intersection of food, education, and policy. Across two days of panels and presentations, the

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New research: The portrayal of panic-buying and stockpiling in English newspapers during Covid, a mixed-method content analysis

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This week we’re celebrating the publication of Dayna Brackley’s lead-author paper, co-written with Rebecca Wells, from the Centre for Food Policy at City St George’s, University of London. When supermarket shelves were stripped bare in early 2020, panic-buying became one of the most visible aspects of the Covid-19 crisis. But how did the media influence

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