Events

Blas Cymru/Taste Wales is a biennial event organised by the Food Division to bring together Welsh producers and manufacturers with Buyers from both the UK and overseas, in addition to the brokerage element there is also a conference and trade exhibition promoting the Food and Drink industry in Wales. Taste Wales - Event report Interested in attending Taste Wales 2021? Register your interest here

Anglesey Food Week is a celebration of local restaurants, cafes, bars, food and drink producers, retailers and farmers.

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.

Part of the government support for businesses during the pandemic has been the release of record levels of debt finance into the economy to help businesses trade through the crisis. Join our panel of equity finance experts to find out more.

Building on the principles of Prosperity for All and the Economic Action Plan, and taking into account the lessons of dealing with the Covd-19 pandemic, the Welsh Government will launch a virtual public consultation on their Manufacturing Plan.

Getting the right advice about structure, tax and VAT is a prerequisite for success. If you are like many food and drink businesses and are sometimes uncertain how the VAT rules on food and drink apply or worry about the pricing in EPOS systems, on-line and having the management information that can reconcile these elements, then this webinar is for you.

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.

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

The Nordic Virtual Trade Development Visit is taking place this September with 9 Welsh food and drink companies signed up.

Learn more about Food Innovation Wales and project HELIX