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A recent conference in Cardiff aimed at securing further investment in the Welsh food and drink industry has been hailed as a major success. With almost 150 producers from across Wales joining investors and funders from the likes of HSBC, Barclays and Xenos, the Food Innovation and Investment for Growth Conference was an opportunity for the producers to explore what funding opportunities are available to them as they seek to drive growth in the sector...

Over a hundred leading Welsh producers are set to be joined by national and international buyers, journalists, dignitaries and industry leaders at Wales’s first ever food and drink event that’s aimed at both the UK and world market. Organised by the Welsh Government’s Food Division, BlasCymru/TasteWales takes place at the prestigious Celtic Manor resort on 23-24 March, and will bring the industry under one roof to showcase the best of the nation’s growing food and...

Traditional Welsh Perry and Traditional Welsh Cider are the latest Welsh products to be awarded protected status by the European Commission. They join other iconic Welsh products, such as Welsh Laverbread, Welsh Lamb and Halen Môn/Anglesey Sea Salt, in being recognised for their distinct quality and awarded protection against imitation and misuse. Traditional Welsh Perry and Traditional Welsh Cider are protected by the European Protected Geographical Indication status (PGI), which will provide consumers with the...

Small and medium food and drink businesses in Wales are set to benefit from a €1.8million programme to help increase their competitiveness in global markets. Wales will become the latest nation to join the Atlantic Area Export Project, which supports businesses from across the Atlantic Arc to work together to overcome the barriers smaller businesses in the sector face when they try to expand into international markets. Currently over 72% of food and drink exported...

Mr John Edward Morgan, an egg producer based in Mid Wales, was ordered to pay back £84,331.18 or face 12 months in jail when he appeared before Swansea Crown Court on 20 th September 2017 in relation to a Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 application made by the Welsh Government. In January of this year, Mr Morgan had previously been sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment, suspended for two years, having pleaded guilty to fraud by...