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Recruitment is now closed. Recruitment is now underway to exhibit with the Welsh Government under the Food and Drink Wales banner at Gulfood, Dubai 18 February – 22 February 2018. D eadline for receiving your application form is 27 September 2017. Find full details of the stand package and costs and your application form to exhibit on the stand

Departing this month will be the largest ever trade delegation from Wales to attend one of the world’s leading food and beverage exhibitions in Dubai. Gulfood is to be held at the Dubai World Trade Centre from the 26 February – 2 March 2017. 25 companies from across the food and drink sector in Wales are taking part under the Welsh Government’s Cymru/Wales presence. Gulfood is one of the most important food, drink and hospitality...

A Trade Development Visit (TDV) to Belgium (Brussels) and The Netherlands (Utrecht) will be taking place on 6 – 9 February 2017 and will be the first time the Food Division has undertaken a visit to these markets. The aim of the TDV is to help both new and existing exporters develop new business through a series of market briefings, store visits, meet the buyers/showcasing and networking events. Click here for further information

The Food and Drink Export Club is running a half-day 'Market Selection and Research' workshop to help producers who are new or inexperienced in exporting develop their export action plans. The workshop covers research strategies, desk and field research and offers practical and cost-effective solutions for conducting research in-house and using external agencies. Click here for further information

The Category Management Association define category management “as a process whose purpose is to create a comprehensive plan that meets shopper needs in a superior manner thereby producing superior business results for retailers and manufacturers”. Food & Drink Wales has developed a Category Management programme, with a focus on Food to Go (F2G). The aim of the programme is to provide individual support to Welsh Food & Drink companies, to assist them in understanding the...

The value of food and drink exports from Wales has risen by almost 20% in the past year. This compares to a 9.5% increase for the UK as a whole over the same period. Provisional data for the year ending December 2016 shows the value of food and drinks exports from Wales rose to £337.3million, a 19.8% rise on the same period in the previous year. While the EU still remains the largest importer of...

Welsh food and drink producers strike gold in this year’s Great Taste Gold Awards proving that food and drink from Wales has a deserved reputation for quality and taste. A remarkable 165 products from across Wales have made the shortlist of producers, with 121 entries achieving 1-star, 39 products getting 2-star and five products being deemed worthy of the 3-star accolade. The Great Taste, organised by the Guild of Fine Food, is the acknowledged benchmark...

Ambitious food and drink producers from all over Wales are being urged to attend a conference exploring innovation and supporting funding opportunities, in a bid to drive growth within the industry. Organised by the Food and Drink Wales Industry Board and hosted by BBC Wales economics correspondent, Sarah Dickins, the Food Innovation and Investment for Growth Conference takes place on 2 November at the Marriott Hotel, Cardiff, and aims to provide businesses with invaluable information...

8 out of 10 Welsh shoppers believe food and drink from Wales is Great Quality, Great Tasting and they would always buy Welsh if the price is right. These are some of the key findings of a new report by Food and Drink Wales on the ‘Value of Welshness’. Others include: Shoppers outside of Wales believe Wales is known for good quality food and drink and would like to support Welsh food and drink. 29%...

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...