January 2021 News and events

The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement secured tariff-free trade for businesses trading between the UK and EU following the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020. However, to qualify for this tariff and quota-free trade, firms need to comply with Rules of Origin specified by the deal. This one-hour webinar will give an overview of these new rules.

Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) is a process that combines plant science, engineering and technology to optimise plant growing, plant quality and production efficiency to provide a truly sustainable system of food growing. To date the approaches to CEA have been vastly different, un-co-ordinated and largely un-supported. Through this pilot we will offer real growth potential at a scale that is impactful, replicable and delivers wider benefits for the region.

Siop.io is a local bilingual e-commerce platform that has been developed over the past year in order to provide a better way for independent food and drink retailers across Gwynedd and Anglesey to reach their local communities. Restaurants, pubs and takeaways will also shortly be able to benefit from the service, which will allow them to compete more effectively with supermarkets through the fulfilment of online orders placed locally.

As part of the Food & Drink Wales Covid-19 Recovery Plan, Levercliff will be delivering a series of 10 webinars in January 2021 designed to provide Welsh Food & Drink producers with Retail Market Intelligence on relevant categories.

Although people are unable to visit ZERO2FIVE Food Industry Centre due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are still running our Meet ZERO2FIVE Food Industry Centre events online so companies can find out more about the support we can offer.

Although people are unable to visit ZERO2FIVE Food Industry Centre due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are still running our Meet ZERO2FIVE Food Industry Centre events online so companies can find out more about the support we can offer.

The Atlantic Area Healthy Food Eco-Systems project will provide training and business support services to SME's working in this area. Welsh SME's in the healthy Food and Drink sector are invited to participate in a survey to help shape the training and services offered.