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Some of Wales’ exciting food and drink producers are heading to Milan today in search for new export trading opportunities. As part of the Welsh Government’s commitment to raise Wales’ global profile as a first-class place to do business, it is supporting nine producers to visit Milan from the 24-28 June. This follows Italian interest in some of these products during the recent TasteWales event organised by the Welsh Government, which showcased over 800 Welsh...

Welsh food and drink producers will be turning their sights to the important export market of the USA next month in search of new and competitive export trading opportunities. As part of the Welsh Government’s commitment to raising Wales’s business profile on the global stage, it is supporting fifteen Welsh food and drink companies on a visit to New York and New Jersey from 17-20 September. The Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs, Lesley...

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...

Welsh food and drink companies are preparing to attend one of the world’s premier food exhibitions in Paris this month (16 to 20 October 2016). Salon International de l’Alimentation (SIAL) is a biennial fair and has developed into the food industry’s front-line event – the ultimate place to discover today’s food trends and explore tomorrow’s innovations. The Welsh Government’s Food and Drink Wales will play host to 15 Welsh companies from across the sector, all...

Food lovers from across North Wales and beyond will be heading for Gwledd Conwy Feast later this month (October 28-29) and along with them producers of some of Wales’ most iconic products. Featured at Conwy Feast will be the growing ‘family’ of Welsh products safeguarded under the European Union Protected Food Name scheme. These diverse products will step into the limelight in displays, demonstrations and tasting sessions as food and drink take centre stage in...

Food and drink companies from across Wales will be looking to the important export market of Spain, where they will be given the opportunity to showcase their quality and innovative produce to a host of distributors and retail buyers, and secure new business. The Welsh Government’s Food and Drink Wales is leading the Trade Development Visit to the nation’s lively capital city, Madrid later this month (15-17 November 2016). Fifteen food and drink companies, ranging...

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

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

Record number of entries from Wales in this year’s Great Taste awards The prestigious Great Taste Awards judging process will be held in north Wales this year at Llandrillo College, Nr Colwyn Bay from the 24-26 May 2017. A host of chefs, buyers, restaurateurs, journalists and food writers – including the BBC’s Nigel Barden, Channel 4’s Felicity Spector and food critic Charles Campion will be blind tasting the vast array of Welsh products eager to...

This one day workshop provides a practical, highly interactive forum which encourages delegates to reflect on their own businesses and consider how they will develop their individual strategic export action plans. Food and Drink Wales Export Club Food & Drink Export Essentials Masterclass