Through the ongoing collaboration of the Partnership, we will continue to develop bold and exciting market-facing opportunities both domestically and internationally and are committed to showing leadership on the larger issues and opportunities like net zero.
Here is a flavour of what has been achieved so far.
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The Academy is a unique and commercially focused training programme delivered by the Scotland Food & Drink Partnership that helps Scottish food and drink producers at every stage in their growth journey sell themselves, build their brands and thrive in grocery and foodservice markets.
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The Scotland Food & Drink Partnership, with support from the Scottish Government and Zero Waste Scotland, launched the ‘Greening Your Business’, a practical toolkit for Scottish food and drink businesses to reduce their carbon footprint while still improving their bottom line.
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The bespoke insight and market intelligence service is available to every food and drink business in Scotland, provides the latest consumer insight and market intelligence across the UK and in international markets. The service is already supporting businesses with the latest market insight, intelligence, and consumer trends through reports and webinars. Information in The Knowledge Bank is password protected, but it’s free to access if you’re part of the Scottish food and drink supply chain.
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Seafood Scotland are providing crisis management support and have been the voice of the sector during Covid-19 and Brexit. They are providing training for businesses, a weekly newsletter, seafood masterclasses and supper clubs for chefs. A ‘Future Leaders’ programme for seafood companies has been successfully piloted with further initiatives underway. A bespoke service was also established by Seafood Scotland to work intensively with individual businesses to guide and advise them on the new customs arrangements. Industry experts are available to support businesses with documentation and other issues, helping businesses adapt to the new arrangements.
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This initiative is being delivered in Partnership between Scotland Food & Drink and the Scottish Grocers Federation and provides match funding to support convenience stores to provide dedicated display space for locally sourced products, and an associated promotional campaign.
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