Events Calendar for 2018 - 2019
For futher information see our UK and International Trade Events/Visit Programme 2018 - 2019
Strategic Business Growth Grant Scheme for 2018/19
Are you involved in or an organiser of a food festival event? Don’t miss the opportunity to attend this workshop to find out more about Funding available for 2018.
The GCA announces an investigation into Co-operative Group Limited
Christine Tacon today launched an investigation into Co-operative Group Limited, having formed a reasonable suspicion that the retailer may have broken the Groceries Supply Code of Practice (the Code). Click here for further information
Food and Drink Trade Development visit to Dublin, Ireland
We would like to invite you to participate in a food and drink trade development visit organised on behalf of the Welsh Government to Dublin, Ireland. Click here for full details
Customers challenged as biggest Welsh food and drink celebration ever announced this St David’s Day #ThisisWales
There has never been a better time for Welsh food and drink, with the number of products attaining European protected food name status nearly doubling in the past year and the number of Welsh entries for the prestigious Great Taste Awards reaching a record high. Sales are also soaring and the 2020 target of increasing sales to £7 billion is well on target to be met a few years early. Welsh food and drink producers...
Welsh food companies travel to Dubai looking for new export opportunities
Welsh food and drink companies are preparing to attend one of the world’s largest food trade events in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 18-22 February. Held at the Dubai World Trade Centre, Gulfood will attract over 97,000 visitors over the five days, welcoming more than 5,000 exhibitors from 120 countries showcasing products across 8 primary market sectors. 14 Welsh companies from across the food and drink sector in Wales will be present under the Welsh...
Invest in Skills : Invest in Growth
This conference follows on from the Invest in Skills Conference in Cardiff where food and drink companies, training providers and other stakeholders contributed to the skills debate, setting out ideas for a future skills strategy for the sector. Click here for further information
Food and drink industry in ‘pledge’ to boost skills
A new skills strategy is to be launched later this week as leading figures from the food and drink industry seek to boost skills and attract the next generation of workers. With the value of the sector continuing to grow, the Food and Drink Wales Industry Board consulted widely to create the first industry-led skills strategy in a bid to tackle looming problems posed by an ageing workforce, difficulty in attracting and retaining talent, along...
Trade Development Visit Copenhagen, Denmark and Stockholm, Sweden
We would like to welcome your company to participate in a Food and Drink Wales supported Trade Development Visit to Denmark and Sweden.
Investor Ready Workshop
This one day workshop will teach you the key requirements for attracting investor attention, separating yourself from the competition, and successfully raising capital. Click here for further information
A grate result - Wales’ iconic Caerphilly cheese gains European protection
From today ‘Traditional Welsh Caerphilly/Traditional Welsh Caerffili’ is protected by the European Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) status, one of three special European Protected Food Name (PFN) designations. Under the EU’s protected food name scheme certain food and drink products receive Europe-wide legal protection against imitation, misuse and fraud. ‘Traditional Welsh Caerphilly /Traditional Welsh Caerffili’ is Wales’s first cheese to attain PFN status and joins a family of 15 Welsh PFN products. The application for PGI...