News and events

Worrying about cash has undoubtedly been the top concern for most food or drink businesses during the last few months, and for good reason.“Cash is king” is a phrase that rings true when the main cause of business failure is usually a lack of cash. And managing cash and liquidity for the foreseeable future is going to be a prerequisite for food and drink businesses to move from survive, revive through to thrive. Register here

As part of the Board’s mission to facilitate direct engagement between businesses and the Welsh Government, and to help achieve the best success for the industry in Wales, a webinar will be hosted Wednesday, August 5th, at 4.30pm to communicate and have an open discussion about the Covid-19 Recovery Plan.

The Nordic Virtual Trade Development Visit is taking place this September with 9 Welsh food and drink companies signed up.

A series of priority actions to support Wales’ world class food and drink industry recover from the impact of Covid19 have today [Wednesday 29 July] been jointly published by the Welsh Government and the Food and Drink Wales Industry Board.

After joining their first virtual trade webinar during lockdown a Denbighshire bakery, Henllan Bread, has struck gold securing a three month contract to supply a supermarket chain in Qatar with high hopes of moving into other regions.

With traditional food events off the agenda this summer, many Welsh food and drink producers have had to find other ways of reaching the public. This has resulted in several ‘virtual’ food events being set up across Wales.

Learn more about Food Innovation Wales and project HELIX

As part of the Virtual Royal Welsh Show 2020, Food and Drink Wales have organised two webinars to help food and drink producers.

Trying to forecast the future is now more important than ever for food and drink businesses

Welsh food and drink companies to benefit from additional support