Events

Jointly organised by the Food & Drink Wales Trade Programme, Insight Programme and Food Innovation Wales. Chris will present a series of updates on each of the major multiple retailers. He will go through current focus for each retailer as well as detailing performance. The aim is to enable you to be informed for any upcoming conversations with buyers and have a ‘pocket full of point of view’. Each briefing will cover a range of...

REVIEW AND FORECAST Review and forecast of GB economy and the implications for the food and drink industry ECONOMIC INDICES Including a set of economic indices specifically relevant for food and drink SHOPPER BEHAVIOUR Impact on shopper behaviour and implications for food and drink businesses. Register here:

Recruitment is now underway, please note the deadline for receiving your application form is the 27th May 2022. Recruitment is now underway to exhibit with the Welsh Government under the Food and Drink Wales banner at SIAL, Paris 15 – 19 October 2022. Click here for full details of the stand package and costs and for your application form to exhibit on the stand.

In October and November 2022 we will be running a series of decarbonisation training workshops that will focus on raising the awareness on the importance of moving towards net zero for the sector, Wales, UK and global benefits by providing beneficiaries with the right skills to make decisions on how they can move towards net zero, share best practice with colleagues and implement changes to their business strategies, technology and process design in all day...

Come and talk to the team about scaling up you Welsh Food or Drink Business! We’re hitting the road with our Scale Up Surgeries. Join us for a confidential chat with our scale up specialists about your growth plans and how we can help you turn them into a reality.

It has been three years since we last opened our doors to budding food and drink newbies at the Royal Welsh Show but now we are back better than ever joining forces with many partners and even Wales’ largest supplier of Welsh produce, Pembrokeshire’s Puffin Produce. The Food & Drink Careers Hub 2022 aims to equip young and old with the means and ways to decide, plan and compete for opportunities in the Welsh food...

IS RIGHT FOR YOUR WELSH FOOD OR DRINK BUSINESS Join this Sustainable Scale Up Cluster event to learn and familiarise yourself with the complex world of finance products. This will enable you as business owners/managers to apply for the most appropriate and cost effective form of finance for your business needs. For more information, click here

From September 2022 onwards, all SALSA certified companies in the UK will be audited by a new issue of the standard. The aim of this free webinar is to ensure that all SALSA certified companies in Wales are briefed on the changes and how it will affect them. This two hour workshop will cover: • Changes to the SALSA standards • How your business can comply This workshop is particularly suitable for quality, technical and...

As part of the Celtic Connections project, nine of the best food and drink producers attended the 200 th Royal Highland Show in June 2022 to fly the Welsh flag for Wales food and drink. Celtic Connections is a project aimed to increase consumer and trade awareness of Welsh food & drink through a shared Celtic Heritage. This project supports the additional growth in the UK market by piloting new routes to market for Welsh...

At this free Welsh Government funded new product development (NPD) workshop, food and drink companies will gain access to world-class insight from industry thought leaders. The Future Diets research provides an industry first, long-term view of consumer eating habits over the next 10 years. This will help businesses gain a planning framework essential for a successful long-term NPD and business strategy. Delegates will: Understand in depth the way that consumer diets will develop over the...