2020 News and events

This webinar will highlight the different e-commerce models and talk through pricing and margin models to ensure that your e-commerce model adds to, rather than detracts from, your profitability.

Recruitment for the UAE Virtual Trade Development Visit has just closed. The Food Division is working in partnership with British Centres for Business (BCB) based in Dubai with the virtual visit scheduled during October / November 2020.

Tuesday (25 August) saw the visit of the Welsh Government Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs Lesley Griffiths to the Wye Valley Meadery to see at first hand the work undertaken by the Wye Valley Producers Group during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Over recent months we’ve asked people with certain medical conditions to shield to protect them from coronavirus. From 16 August, they will no longer need to shield as cases continue to decline. This means food boxes will also come to an end.

A series of priority actions to support Wales’ world class food and drink industry recover from the impact of Covid19 have today [Wednesday 29 July] been jointly published by the Welsh Government and the Food and Drink Wales Industry Board.

Worrying about cash has undoubtedly been the top concern for most food or drink businesses during the last few months, and for good reason.“Cash is king” is a phrase that rings true when the main cause of business failure is usually a lack of cash. And managing cash and liquidity for the foreseeable future is going to be a prerequisite for food and drink businesses to move from survive, revive through to thrive. Register here

After joining their first virtual trade webinar during lockdown a Denbighshire bakery, Henllan Bread, has struck gold securing a three month contract to supply a supermarket chain in Qatar with high hopes of moving into other regions.

With traditional food events off the agenda this summer, many Welsh food and drink producers have had to find other ways of reaching the public. This has resulted in several ‘virtual’ food events being set up across Wales.

Welsh food and drink companies to benefit from additional support

Learn more about Food Innovation Wales and project HELIX