In response to the current challenges, Food and Drink Wales have established support hotlines for food and drink manufacturers. The hotlines bring together organisations from across Wales to provide easily accessible support.
The types of support and the contact details are below. Please don’t hesitate to contact these organisations if your business could benefit from their support.
Support for….
Business Planning and Finance
BIC Innovation
Alun Lewis: 07790 345509
Linda Grant: 07757 134344
People and Skills
Food Skills Cymru/LANTRA
Sarah Lewis: 07827 956765 - sarah.lewis@lantra.co.uk
Mia Peace: 07990 014079 - mia.peace@lantra.co.uk
Kathryn Mills: 07562 205172 - kathryn.mills@lantra.co.uk
People and Skills
The National Skills Academy for Food & Drink (Wales)
James Hicks: 07852278533 - j.hicks@nsafd.co.uk
Food Innovation Wales
Food technology and new product development
South Wales - ZERO2FIVE Food Industry Centre, Cardiff Metropolitan University
Rhiannon Richards: 07468 752237 – RBfacey-richards@cardiffmet.ac.uk – (Technical Support)
David Lloyd: 07770 825069 – dclloyd@cardiffmet.ac.uk
Martin Sutherland: 07770 701660 – msutherland@cardiffmet.ac.uk
North Wales - Food Technology Centre, Grŵp Llandrillo Menai
Paul Roberts: 07810 647432 – robert5p@gllm.ac.uk
Anne-Marie Flinn: 07519 363187 – a.flinn@gllm.ac.uk
Mid Wales - Food Centre Wales, Ceredigion County Council
Arwyn Davies: 07970 304701 – arwyn.davies@ceredigion.gov.uk
Angela Sawyer: 07855 253296 – angela.sawyer@ceredigion.gov.uk
Production and automation
Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre
Jason Murphy: 07940488689
Export
BIC Innovation
Linda Grant: 07757 134344
Start-up company support and business development including areas such as branding, strategic planning, market development and test trading
Cywain - Menter a Busnes
Elen Llwyd Williams: 07843 023732 - elen.williams@menterabusnes.co.uk
Dewi Siôn Evans: 07964 354674 - dewi.evans@menterabusnes.co.uk
Trade Development
Food & Drink Wales Trade Programme
Neil Burchell: 07811 146633 - neil.burchell@totalfoodmarketing.co.uk
Bethan Jones: 07815 150376 - bethan@totalfoodmarketing.co.uk
Business Wales provides free independent advice to people starting, running and growing a business in Wales.
Call the Business Wales Helpline on 03000 6 03000
For further information go to our website: https://www.businesswales.gov.wales/foodanddrink/
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COVID-19 Resilience: Food and Drink Manufacturers Self-Assessment
This self-assessment tool has been developed by organisations that specialise in supporting Welsh food and drink companies to improve performance in key areas such as sales, marketing and technical.
The results of the self-assessment are not expected to be shared outside of the business but are intended to be a useful tool to identify the areas of the operation that may benefit from specialist support.
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