Together with Carole Coulon, of Impact on Urban Health, Rosie from the Bremner & Co team has co-authored a blog on behalf of the CBFR, reflecting on progress one year after the Government introduced voluntary industry guidelines for commercial baby food. The Commercial Baby Food Review (CBFR) is a cross-sector initiative working to improve
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The Bremner & Co team didn’t let the heat stop us getting out and about at lots of brilliant events in June and July. These took us to allotments, conference halls and Parliament, bringing conversations on getting British-grown produce onto school plates, making childcare support easier for families, and helping convenience stores do more to
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How many more children in your area could become entitled to free school meals when the scheme expands to all households on Universal Credit? Bremner & Co have built an interactive data tool that compares free school meal registrations with Universal Credit households for every council in England, giving you the headline national picture at
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April and May bought a heady mix of opportunities to connect, collaborate and be inspired by those shaping the future of food policy. Through webinars, launches, awards ceremonies and conferences, we explored topics ranging from school food education and Healthy Start to childminding and early years nutrition. Here’s a snapshot of what we’ve been up to across those two months. A new recipe for
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Myles has written a guest blog for The Food Foundation on why school food funding needs urgent attention ahead of September 2026. From September 2026, the expansion of Free School Meals and the introduction of updated school food standards will come into effect at the same time. Together, these are important steps for children’s health
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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
The County Councils Network has published a new Dialogues report on free school meals, developed in partnership with Basis and Bremner & Co. We are pleased to have supported this work alongside colleagues across the sector. It reflects a growing focus among councils on how to ensure that children who are entitled to free school meals are actually receiving them, and
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This month, I was pleased to author an article on our free early years meals (FEYM) research for Nursery World’s EYE Early Years Educator (EYE) supplement. Writing it several months on from when the research was originally published provided an opportunity to reflect on how much has moved on even in that short time, and how the findings continue to shape our conversations across
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We are pleased to co-author the latest paper from the FixOurFood research consortium. This paper evaluates the implementation of free school meal auto-enrolment, highlighting the potential benefits, conditions for success and support needed to scale this approach. The free school meal registration problem – project context An estimated 220,000 entitled children miss out on free school meals because they are not registered, with schools missing out on vital, associated Pupil Premium funding. One of the main reasons families
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
