Our first workshop begins with a deep dive into your Food & Drink business. 

Utilising innovative strategy tools, you will create a bespoke growth plan honing in on areas such as Finance, People, Operations, Sales and Marketing. 

Whether you are a new or existing business this is an essential way to focus on meeting your growth aspirations and future planning, as these tools will touch on every aspect of the business.

Essential information to ensure you are compliant with the laws and regulations around food safety and labelling is a crucial early step to ensure the success of your business. This session will be delivered by expert environmental health officers.  They will help you understand what to expect when they inspect, provide tips and advice and ultimately help you ensure your products are safe for your customers.

Marketing is about building relationships with your potential and existing clients before you can make a sale.

In this session you will learn how to get the attention of your audience through developing a clear and streamlined strategy that you can implement, utilising both offline and online channels of communication. You will master the technicalities of keyword research and Search Engine Optimisation and social media, so you leave feeling confident and clear on how to promote your business in a way that is achievable and doesn’t drain all your time and money.

Why do some people seem to win sales easily? How do they get their products onto shelves, into shops, into restaurants and cafes? There can be a difference between their products and services and those of everyone else. But still they win. It’s not even that they have a particular “sales talent” it’s the strategies, processes, and techniques they use that makes them win. 

For food & drink business owners and managers who “have to sell” this workshop introduces the Critical Success Factors for Selling. What strategies to use. How to approach a sales call. How to follow up. How to pitch.  

Helping you to get into a “futures” mindset to help generate sustainable growth and resilience planning.

Find out Food and Drink companies can be more impactful now, in the near future and as well in the long-term.

Branding is a core part of business growth - developing a brand strategy can help you stand out from your competitors and help influence your target market to buy from you. Learn the art of storytelling, consumer psychology and how to bring your brand to life.

This interactive session will discuss the importance of eco design and sustainability when creating new food and drink products/services.  We will also consider how to review your supply chain and examine the critical steps from concept to commercialisation.”

Come along to this comprehensive food photography session and learn how to make your photographs standout from the crowd, just by using your phone. This session will be tailored specifically to shooting food and drink without professional equipment and in a natural environment. Harness the full power of your phone and find out just how accessible beautiful food photography can be (even without a DSLR!).

An opportunity to share your pitch with your peers and several experts/advisors. Based on this feedback, you will then be in a position to pitch your products(s) to buyers face-to-face.