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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

As the pinnacle event in the agricultural calendar, the Royal Welsh Show, returns next week (18-21 July), the Welsh Government’s Food & Drink Wales will be hosting a Business Trade Lounge in the Food Hall, giving food and drink companies across Wales the opportunity to meet buyers from all sectors, including foodservice, retail, wholesale, public procurement and hospitality. The Business Lounge will provide a showcase of the 60 producers exhibiting in the Food Hall at...

Horticulture Wales has helped form a not-for-profit Community Interest Company, Wales Heritage Orchards Ltd (WHO Ltd), to help promote Welsh Heritage varieties of fruit. The aim of WHO Ltd is to benefit Heritage Orchard owners across Wales, preserving the Welsh varieties for future generation. It will give Welsh Heritage Orchard owners and producers a voice and enable them to establish a Welsh Brand which will help promote food security for Wales by offering locally grown...

The Welsh Government’s Food & Drink Wales has been unveiled as sponsor of this year’s National Geographic Traveller Food Festival, a celebration of food and travel which will bring together some of the culinary world’s biggest names and showcase flavours from every corner of the globe. Held across two days from 16-17 July 2022 at London’s Business Design Centre, The National Geographic Traveller Food Festival is a star-studded event which will offer visitors the chance...

A collection of recipes bringing together a menu of dishes from around the globe which celebrates the diversity of the Welsh Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic community has won a renowned worldwide award. ‘The Melting Pot’ by Maggie Ogunbanwo, has won Best in the World in the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in the migrant category. The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards are the largest international competitions in the food sector, with entries from 227 countries and...

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...

Welsh food and drink exports hit a record high in 2021 reaching £641m, Rural Affairs Minister Lesley Griffiths has announced. Wales also had the largest percentage increase in the value of food and drink exports out of the four UK nations between 2020 and 2021 rising by £89 million, a growth of 16.1%. The highest value export category for Welsh food and drink in 2021 was Meat and Meat Products at £187m. Meanwhile, Cereal 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...

Welsh food and drink producers will be heading to Edinburgh this month to take part in the Royal Highland Show, Scotland’s pinnacle event of the agricultural calendar. And with 2022 marking 200 years since the very first Royal Highland Show in 1822, the event promises to be a great celebration. The Welsh trade stand is part of the “Celtic Connections” project, funded by the Decarbonisation and Covid Recovery Fund launched by Food and Drink Wales...

Food Skills Cymru are working with a number of training providers to offer businesses in the food and drink processing and manufacturing industry in Wales the opportunity to develop their Leadership and Management skills. The purpose of the training course is to equip participants with the skills and knowledge they need in order to develop themselves as team leaders, managers or supervisors. Course content addresses specific elements of leadership and management including identifying leadership styles...