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Recruitment is now underway to exhibit with the Welsh Government under the Food and Drink Wales banner at Foodex, Japan between 11 March – 14 March 2025. Deadline for receiving your application form is 25 October 2024. Find full details of the stand package and costs, and your application to exhibit on the stand.

Recruitment is now underway to exhibit with the Welsh Government under the Food and Drink Wales banner at Gulfood, Dubai between 17 February – 21 February 2025. Deadline for receiving your application form is 3 October 2024. Find full details of the stand package and costs, and your application to exhibit on the stand

Location: Online (Google Meet) Date: 08/01/2025 Time: 9:30 am Sustainability Training for Food and Drink Companies This training course is proven to equip owners and managers from food and drink companies with the skills and know-how to build practical plans that respond to climate change and the nature crisis, and satisfy customer needs. As a result of new legislation coupled with significant market demand, buyers and consumers increasingly seek out products and brands with positive...

2 day course to be held at: Hensol Castle Distillery - 13th and 14th November 2024 In The Welsh Wind Distillery - 27th and 28th November 2024 Register HERE Delivered by The Mixing Class; the Food & Drink Skills Wales programme is hosting WSET Level 2 Spirits Training in collaboration with the Food & Drink Wales Drinks Cluster. Level 2 Spirits is a two-day course that looks closely at production methods of key spirit categories...

Delivered by Mabbett & Associates. Food & Drink Skills Wales are offering a series of online workshops for food and drink manufacturing and processing businesses with a focus on decarbonisation and moving towards net zero. These will be delivered by Mabbett & Associates. Workshop Overview This workshop will look at reduction solutions in food waste and packaging waste. Looking at ‘The Food Waste Hierarchy’ which includes waste prevention, re-use for human consumption and re-use in...

The Food and Drink Wales Sustainability Cluster is embarking on a tour across Wales, hosting a series of breakfast meetings. Don’t miss this unique chance to connect with like-minded individuals in your community, forge new partnerships, and spark collaborative efforts for a greener future. Each meeting will feature insightful local speakers who will share their expertise on sustainable practices and explore avenues for improvement. Join the Sustainability Cluster at their next stop, Rossett Hall Hotel...

Food and drink companies from across Wales are being invited by the Welsh Government to register their interest for next year’s Blas Cymru / Taste Wales 2025 brokerage “meet the buyer” event, which will be held at the ICC Wales in Newport. First launched in 2017 and held on a bi-annual basis since, it has become a signature event for the food and drink industry, bringing together producers, suppliers, buyers, and food industry professionals from...

Delivered by Mabbett & Associates. Food & Drink Skills Wales are offering a series of online workshops for food and drink manufacturing and processing businesses with a focus on decarbonisation and moving towards net zero. These will be delivered by Mabbett & Associates. Workshop Overview This workshop will look at uses of cooling and refrigeration, space cooling, production spaces / cold storage and process cooling, and share vital information about worst performing refrigerants. Topics covered...

The Sgiliau Bwyd a Diod Cymru | Food & Drink Skills Wales programme, recently called upon ambassadors of the food and drink industry to form a specific Expert Group to identify skills gaps and opportunities within the industry. The main aim of the Expert Group was to identify the critical skills gaps that exist within the food and drink manufacturing industry in Wales. This would draw upon the group’s unrivalled knowledge to understand and summarise...

A growing independent hospitality business, based in south east Wales, is reaping the rewards after successfully introducing a range of Welsh food and drink to its menus for the first time. Cardiff-based Croeso Pubs operates 8 businesses within the city and the surrounding areas. These are the Philharmonic, The Dock, Retro, Brewhouse, The Blue Bell, Daffodil, The Discovery and the Bear’s Head. Having decided to place a greater emphasis on Welsh produce at their establishments...