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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...

The Drinks Development Cluster has been launched as part of Welsh Government’s Cluster program and is aimed at supporting growth through industry collaboration and connectivity. Employing nearly 2,000 people and valued at around £596 million, the Welsh Drinks Sector makes a valuable contribution to the economy, particularly in parts of rural Wales. The Welsh Drinks Sector covers around 200 suppliers across Wales, is incredibly broad and has very different needs for each of the individual...

Over a hundred leading Welsh producers are set to be joined by national and international buyers, journalists, dignitaries and industry leaders at Wales’s first ever food and drink event that’s aimed at both the UK and world market. Organised by the Welsh Government’s Food Division, BlasCymru/TasteWales takes place at the prestigious Celtic Manor resort on 23-24 March, and will bring the industry under one roof to showcase the best of the nation’s growing food and...

The Food and Drink Wales Export Club is hosting an informal networking event with Coombe Castle International Informal Networking Event - Exporting with Coombe Castle International

Traditional Welsh Perry and Traditional Welsh Cider are the latest Welsh products to be awarded protected status by the European Commission. They join other iconic Welsh products, such as Welsh Laverbread, Welsh Lamb and Halen Môn/Anglesey Sea Salt, in being recognised for their distinct quality and awarded protection against imitation and misuse. Traditional Welsh Perry and Traditional Welsh Cider are protected by the European Protected Geographical Indication status (PGI), which will provide consumers with the...

Small and medium food and drink businesses in Wales are set to benefit from a €1.8million programme to help increase their competitiveness in global markets. Wales will become the latest nation to join the Atlantic Area Export Project, which supports businesses from across the Atlantic Arc to work together to overcome the barriers smaller businesses in the sector face when they try to expand into international markets. Currently over 72% of food and drink exported...

This half-day intensive workshop provides a practical, highly interactive forum to help delegates to recognise the benefits of exporting and the potential hurdles and to consider how they will develop theri individual strategic export actiin plans. Click here for further information