Our View

The ‘Our VIEW’ section features in-depth articles exploring developments in the strategic business environment and the implications for agri-food supply chains. The articles are developed in association with Cranfield School of management and are based on our experience of working with food and farming businesses. They demonstrate our thinking on key industry developments and the practical solutions we have developed in order to help our clients address key challenges and opportunities.

Our View

The New Sustainability Agenda
Balancing people, profit and planet in the new era
This Time It's Different
We discuss how in the face of global competition for raw materials, the future of the UK industry will depend, to a significant extent, on how well its companies collaborate.
Food GB: Stepping up to the plate

We explore how the UK farming and food industries are capable and poised to play an integral role in rebalanacing the UK economy.
Time to invest?

With hopes of a strong recovery resting on rebalancing the economy in favour of manufacturing and primary industry we explore whether the time is right to invest in farming & food.
Unlocking the commercial benefits of integration

We explain why food companies are adopting a more integrated approach to managing their supply chains. We also outline our step-by-step framework that can help you unlock the commercial benefits of integration.

also in our view

Route out of recession

How will the economic recovery shape up? What if commodity prices spike again? We use scenario planning to consider what might happen to the future of farming and food in order to help your strategic planning.
Tipping Point

We discuss how supply chain relationships between farming & food businesses are evolving and present a model that helps you to evaluate whether your current supply chain strategy is the right one.
Who’s investing in British agri-food?

We explore the changing ownership structure of companies engaged upstream in first stage value adding processing and point towards what we believe to be a growing investment opportunity.
Bucking the trend

The strategic implications of the global economic downturn for UK food and farming businesses.
The strategic implications of a globalised food economy

A discussion of how UK agri-food businesses can shape their strategic development in a rapidly changing business environment.