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- Jan 9, 202632 min
Driving Growth at Blas Cymru / Taste Wales 2025
Blas Cymru / Taste Wales 2025 brought together more than 150 Welsh food and drink producers, 3,000 products and hundreds of UK and international buyers. With millions in confirmed sales, the event has once again demonstrated its value as a commercial platform for Welsh businesses. Host Gemma Casey is joined by Philippa Galway, Founder of Flavour Moments, Kit Newell, Founder of Hivemind Mead and Neil Burchell and Julie Mills, mentors with the Food and Drink Wales Trade Development Programme, to discuss the event’s impact.
- Oct 31, 202530 min
Building a Sustainable Future for Welsh Food and Drink
Welsh Government has a vision to make Wales one of the most environmentally and socially responsible food and drink supply chains in the world.In Wales Climate Week, host Gemma Casey is joined by Mark Grant of Levercliff, Linda Grant of BIC Innovation and Scott James, Founder of Coaltown Coffee to discuss what sustainability really means in practice for food and drink producers, how businesses can begin or accelerate their journey, and the range of support available.
- Oct 16, 202532 min
Taking Welsh Food and Drink Global
The food and drink export market for Welsh produce is worth around £850 million a year. With many businesses already seeing benefits from taking part in trade visits and events facilitated by Welsh Government, as well as other support, host Gemma Casey is joined by Rhys Llywelyn who manages the Welsh Government Food and Drink Export Cluster, Jack Davies of Hilltop, Anita Richards of Rachel’s Organic and Stuart McNally of Calon Wen Organic to discuss the scale of the opportunity.
- Mar 28, 202538 min
Recruitment and Retention in Food and Drink Manufacturing
Recruitment and retention remain among the key challenges facing the food and drink manufacturing sector. Host Carwyn Jones is joined by Terry Fennell of FDQ, Ellen Wakelam of In the Welsh Wind Distillery and Nia Griffith of Food & Drink Skills Wales to consider the role apprenticeships, traineeships and upskilling play in recruitment and retention and whether the sector’s image is stopping talent seeing it as a viable career option.
- Mar 7, 202530 min
Addressing Skills Shortages in the Food and Drink Industry
What skills does the food and drink manufacturing sector in Wales need to nurture to continue to thrive? Host Carwyn Jones is joined by Kate Rees of Food & Drink Skills Wales, Chris Butler of Radnor Hills, and Sarah Drummond of Drop Bear to consider the main skills challenges facing the sector and opportunities to upskill the current and future workforce, whilst highlighting the emerging trends and innovative approaches by businesses in developing and advancing their employees.
- Feb 14, 202533 min
Food Waste, Export and Business Resilience
Host Gemma Casey is joined by Hannah Thomas, Fareshare Cymru; Rhys Llywelyn, BIC Innovation; Neil Burchell, Food & Drink Wales Trade Development Programme; and Paul Bancroft, Peter’s Food Service, to consider the issue of food waste, opportunities around export and new markets, and how businesses can build resilience in the wake of pressures around finances, sustainability and staffing.
- Jan 10, 202539 min
Sector Outlook 2025 – The Future of Wales’ Food and Drink Sector
The Welsh food foundation sector - businesses that produce, process, manufacture and wholesale food and drink goods – hit its 2025 turnover target two years early. So what will it achieve in 2025?Host Carwyn Jones is joined by Nick Payne, Managing Director of Brains Brewery; Alison Lea-Wilson, Deputy Chair of the Food & Drink Wales Industry Board; and Manon Llwyd Rowlands, Director for Service Delivery in Food and Drink, Mentera, to consider the key trends, challenges, and opportunities that will shape the sector in 2025.
- Nov 7, 202428 min
Blas Cymru/ Taste Wales
Host Carwyn Jones is joined by Rhys Llywelyn, Senior Associate at BIC Innovation; Valerie Creusailor, Co-Founder of Goch & Co; and Neil Burchell, Food & Drink Wales Trade Development Programme, to discuss insights from this year's Blas Cymru conference, the significant growth of the Welsh food and drink industry, and the roles their organisations play in supporting Welsh food & drink businesses on the world stage.
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