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Food & drink bosses take on Apprentice for a Day challenge
Bosses of leading food & drink organisations have gone back to the workfloor to experience life as an “apprentice for a day”.
Delivering on our national strategy, ‘Sustaining Scotland. Supplying the World.’
We launched the Scotland Food & Drink Partnership’s industry strategy in June 2023 with the aim of making Scotland the best place in the world to own, operate, and work for a food and drink business. Here, we outline our progress so far.
Scotland Food & Drink appoints specialist to realise UK and London market opportunity
Scotland Food & Drink appoints Jamie Durkin as in market specialist to champion Scottish producers in London.
Love Loch Lomond, The Oak Tree Inn, and Experience Glasgow Food & Drink Join Forces to Create a Unique Food Foraging Experience
We’re thrilled to announce a groundbreaking collaboration between Love Loch Lomond, The Oak Tree Inn in Balmaha, and Experience Glasgow Food & Drink. This partnership will bring to life a unique Food Foraging Experience, set to be developed and piloted in the coming months.
Supporting local food and drink businesses
£100,000 funding to promote regional products.
Cornwall Learning Journey
We recently hosted a learning journey to Cornwall which Scottish Regional Food Group leaders attended. Here is a blog post from Julia Bryce, Regional Food Group leader of North East Scotland Food and Drink Network.
Parisian St. Andrew’s Day soirée showcases Scottish food and drink producers
Over 350 guests from across the French food and drink industry came together in Paris last night (30th November) for a special ‘Scottish Islands’ themed St Andrew’s Day event, hosted by Dame Menna Rawlings, Ambassador and Mairi Gougeon, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands.
Scottish Careers Week
Young Talent are providing career inspiration to work in food and drink.
Supporting the next generation with the Scotland Food & Drink Graduate Programme
As Scotland’s leading industry body in the food and drink sector, we believe that it’s important to nurture the next generation of talent for the industry. That’s why, several years ago, we launched a Graduate Scheme to place young people into roles with national retailers and foodservice businesses based in Scotland.
Regional disparity in funding access for food and drink business’s sustainable projects
New research, commissioned by the Scotland Food & Drink Partnership’s Net Zero Commitment found that food and drink businesses in some regions of Scotland have more access than others to funding for sustainability initiatives.
Major food and drink deals event brings Scottish producers together with national buyers
More than 200 people from across the Scottish food and drink industry came together in Perth yesterday for a series of face-to-face deals meetings with potential buyers from national retail, foodservice and wholesale industries.
Scotland Food & Drink strengthens leadership team with four senior appointments
Industry leadership organisation Scotland Food & Drink has announced four new senior appointments as it strengthens its senior team following the launch of a new 10-year national food and drink strategy, ‘Sustaining Scotland. Supplying the World’.