European Cannabis Round-up November 7, 2022 Peter McCusker Europe 0 Comments Czech Adult-Use Bill, Further Dutch Delays, Portuguese Police’s Hemp Horror, Italian CBD In Court, And UK Watchdog Warning FURTHER delays to the Dutch adult-use cannabis trial look likely after the selected growers told the Government the proposed timeline is unfeasible.… Read More→
UK CBD Companies Are Being Forced To Diversify Their Businesses To Combat ‘Tremendously Worrying’ Financial Crisis September 15, 2022 Ben Stevens United Kingdom 0 Comments THE OFFICE for National Statistics (ONS) released more troubling news on the state of the UK’s economy this week, revealing that concerns around the cost of living lea to ‘feeble’ growth in July, a month usually blessed with increased spending… Read More→
UK Government’s Decision To Reject Bermuda’s Attempts To Legalise Cannabis ‘Should Not Come As A Surprise September 12, 2022 Ben Stevens Caribbean, United Kingdom 0 Comments AFTER officially becoming the third ever female Prime Minister of the UK on Tuesday, September 6, 2022, Liz Truss handed over her duties as Foreign Secretary to James Cleverly. The 53-year-old, who was appointed Education Secretary in July following the… Read More→
Columbia Care To ‘Wind Down’ Operations In UK & Europe August 11, 2022 Ben Stevens News & Insights 0 Comments COLUMBIA Care has confirmed to BusinessCann that it is set to ‘wind down’ its operations across the UK and Europe as its upcoming $2bn takeover by Cresco Labs nears its final stages. The US cannabis giant, which currently has a… Read More→
New Data Reveals England’s Private Medical Cannabis Prescriptions In 2021 Were More Than 9 Times That Of 2020 July 12, 2022 Ben Stevens United Kingdom 0 Comments FOLLOWING last week’s dramatic political developments in the UK, which saw nearly 50 Members of Parliament quit in 48 hours, the prospect of making medical cannabis more affordable and accessible for the UK’s estimated 1.4m patients has inevitably fallen further… Read More→
One Year Late The FSA Publishes List Of Eligible UK CBD Products – For Now March 31, 2022 Peter McCusker Hemp Policy & Legal, United Kingdom 0 Comments AFTER a delay of exactly one year the long-awaited Public List of validated UK CBD products has been published by the Food Standards Agency. This shows that around some 3,500 products are still permitted for sale in the UK –… Read More→
DHSC Confirms Further 6-Month Extension For Import Of Life Saving Childrens’ Epilepsy Drugs March 23, 2022 Ben Stevens United Kingdom 0 Comments THE Department of Health & Social Care (DHSC) has announced that emergency measures to ensure supplies of childrens’ epilepsy cannabis medication remain accessible in the UK will be extended for another three months. Supplies of Bedrocan oils, which are prescribed… Read More→
CBD Industry’s Anger At ‘Unprofessional Approach’ Of Regulators To Novel Food Process February 15, 2022 Peter McCusker United Kingdom 0 Comments AS Brains Bioceutical becomes the latest company to make it on to the Public List of Validated Novel Food CBD applicants, sections of the industry are becoming increasingly unsettled by the ‘unprofessional’ approach of the Food Standards Agency (FSA). In… Read More→
Reflections Across the Pond: Banking Blues for UK Cannabis industry February 7, 2022 Ben Stevens Banking, Finance & Real Estate 0 Comments Banks, insurance companies and payment providers are refusing to work with cannabis-related companies throughout the UK, hampering the growth of the industry and leaving many in financial limbo. BusinessCann recently reported that Metro Bank, previously thought to be one of… Read More→
Industry Rocked As Leading UK Bank Shuts Its Doors To Cannabis Businesses January 11, 2022 Ben Stevens Banking, Finance & Real Estate, United Kingdom 0 Comments METRO Bank, one of the few institutions in the UK open to working with cannabis-related companies, is now closing its doors to the sector. The bank, which became the first high street bank in over 100 years to open in… Read More→
Cookies Stores To Open On UK And Continental High Streets In Coming Weeks January 6, 2022 Ben Stevens United Kingdom 0 Comments INTERCURE, which calls itself the ‘most profitable and fastest growing’ cannabis company outside of North America, is poised to open a number of cannabis shops on UK high streets. The Israeli firm has set its sights on London as it… Read More→
New THC Level Guidance Welcomed – But Further Concerns UK CBD Industry Is To Become Isolates Only December 20, 2021 Peter McCusker United Kingdom 0 Comments New THC Level Guidance Welcomed – But Further Concerns UK CBD Industry Is To Become Isolates OnlyMUCH-AWAITED guidance on the permitted levels of THC in UK CBD products has been met with a mixed response and sparked some concerns over… Read More→
UK Government Fails To Back New Measures To Boost Medical Cannabis Access December 12, 2021 AggregatedNews Hemp Policy & Legal, United Kingdom 0 Comments CONSERVATIVE MPs have blocked efforts to boost UK medical cannabis access with the Government saying the existing legislation is sufficient. With just three prescriptions written under the National Health Service system in the three years, since the law changed, even… Read More→
Frustrated UK CBD Sector Still Waiting For Clarity With Three-Quarters Of Novel Food Applications Having Now Failed October 8, 2021 Peter McCusker United Kingdom 0 Comments ATTEMPTS by the UK food quango to regulate the country’s vibrant CBD market continue to flounder leaving many in the industry ‘frustrated’. Six months after it set its initial deadline for Novel Food compliance the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA… Read More→
‘Time For The UK To Remove Its Restrictive Regulations Surrounding Hemp Cultivation’ August 31, 2021 AggregatedNews Op-Ed, United Kingdom 0 Comments by Jamie Bartley, Executive Chair Cannabis Industry Council (CIC) HEMP is one of the oldest cultivated plants on Earth. Archaeologists working in what is modern day Iran and Iraq, have found remnants of hemp cloth dating back 10,000 years, and… Read More→