March 2021 News and events

The Virtual Cheese Awards, a pioneering online award event which celebrates the best of British cheese, is proud to announce that Food and Drink Wales is its headline sponsor for 2021.

This year’s Wales Food Fortnight has provided a virtual launch pad for food and drink businesses in Wales as they set their sights on increased global trade in 2021.

A mouth-watering new collection of recipes bringing together a menu of delicious dishes from around the globe is now available. Entitled ‘The Melting Pot’, the thirty recipes collated by Maggie Ogunbanwo with contributions by members of the minority ethnic community in Wales celebrate the country’s cultural diversity.

A collective of Wales’ best drinks producers have joined forces to launch a sales-driven year-round campaign following the success of a consumer campaign which gave a boost to orders during the Christmas holiday period in 2020.

This webinar will be looking at how to make the most of export opportunities to help Wales' renewed growth.

Free innovation and business development training to support SME's in the Healthy Food and Drink Sector.

By working together Welsh food and drink producers are increasing their slice of the growing online gifting market.

This week Defra are running a series of webinars to cover Rules of Origin in relation to EU trade.

While this year’s St David’s Day (1 March) will be a very different occasion to the norm, the Welsh Government’s Food Division has nevertheless been busily collaborating with a host of organisations as it promotes the nation’s award-winning produce across the world.

Join the 18th annual UKAFP online conference designed for food and drink industry professionals.