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Four English food manufacturers have secured support from Made Smarter, the movement helping SMEs join the Industry 4.0 revolution. The Bury Black Pudding Company (Bury) and Flavourfresh Salads (Southport) have
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Cork-based Saturday Pizzas is planning to take a bigger slice of the frozen pizza market in Ireland, after opening its new factory in Little Island with the support of its
An innovative new online food programme, from the Local Enterprise Offices, is set to boost the number of Irish food start-ups. The Digital School of Food is the first of
More than 120 Scottish food and drink businesses from sectors as diverse as brewers, dairies, seafood, and condiments have joined the newly launched supportlocal.scot directory. Created by the industry body,
Enterprise Ireland has announced that it is offering up to €35,000 in funding for food and drink companies who participate in the Food Works programme in 2020. This funding is in addition to the supports already
Fiid, the producer of ambient vegan ready meals, emerged as the winning start-up business from the Lions Den competition held at the recent 2019 National Food & Drink Business Conference
Holyrood Distillery has opened its doors to bring single malt whisky distilling back to the centre of Scotland’s capital city for the first time in almost 100 years. Holyrood Distillery,
Food Works, an initiative of Bord Bia, Enterprise Ireland and Teagasc, is calling on food and drink entrepreneurs throughout the country to apply for its 2020 programme. The supports offered
Teeling Whiskey, the Irish whiskey producer which was founded in 2012, is celebrating the fourth anniversary of its award-winning distillery. In June 2015, Teeling Whiskey began a new chapter in
Mondelēz International has taken a minority investment in Uplift Food, a US-based early-stage start-up focusing on prebiotic functional foods. This is the first venture investment the company is making as
Scottish beer brand ‘Brewgooder’ has secured a new UK listing with Tesco that will significantly advance its mission to bring clean water access to one million people. Representing its biggest
A new ‘Digital School of Food’ has been launched, aimed at enabling food start-ups to grow and succeed. An initiative of the Dublin Food Chain and the Local Enterprise Offices
As part of Hi Europe & Ni 2018, trade show organizer UBM will showcase some of the most promising start-ups involved in the F&B industry. Applications for the Start-up Innovation
Only 0.5% of food product launches achieve success in the marketplace. For food companies to beat those odds, real innovation is a key factor for product success. Practical Innovation — an innovation
PepsiCo has announced the 10 entrepreneurs that will form the second class of its health and wellness incubator in Europe. First launched in 2017 to support the next generation of
TOP from Wageningen in the Netherlands is developing a technology platform that enables dairy farmers to sell bottled milk from individual cows. With the technology it will be possible to
Walled City Brewery, located in Derry’s exciting new cultural quarter Ebrington Square, has been assisted by Invest Northern Ireland to develop a new craft beer. Master Brewer, James Huey used
UK food and drink manufacturers are feeling the pinch of Brexit uncertainty but are striding ahead with investment plans to boost productivity, automation and new product development, according to new
Deliveroo, the leading food delivery company, has announced that it is to make all of its employees shareholders in the company and give them equity. The move will mean all
PepsiCo has announced the second year of its Nutrition Greenhouse incubator programme, an initiative designed to discover and nurture breakthrough brands in the food and beverage sector. Issuing an open call for
English independent craft beer company, The Five Points Brewing Company, has smashed its crowdfunding target of £750,000 with a week to spare. The Five Points Brewing Co, located in the heart of
Lisburn-based Pure Roast Coffee is doubling its workforce and boosting its capabilities to accommodate a growing customer base outside Northern Ireland. The business specialises in the roasting, packaging and distribution
Lidl is championing local suppliers with the roll-out of their Kick Start Supplier Development Programme aimed at giving food and
Taste Cork is teaming up with The Loop at Cork Airport to showcase the very best of Cork’s outstanding, locally
A project to build a new lowland Scotch malt whisky distillery and visitor centre in Inverclyde has taken major step
A boutique Yorkshire-based gin and whisky distillery is nearing completion, with 75% of the build finished and gin distillation set
More than 350 Irish food and drink industry leaders will gather for Bord Bia’s biennial Food and Drink awards, hosted
A Yorkshire Wolds farm diversification business has won two rural business awards within a fortnight of each other. Wold Newton-based
Danone, through its a corporate venture capital unit, Danone Manifesto Ventures, has become a shareholder of Yooji, the French start-up
UK-based chocolatier Sweetdreams has invested £500,000 in a new 15,000 sq ft factory which will drastically increase the company’s output
‘Innovate or Evaporate’ was the stark message from Tim Casey (pictured above), Country Manager at Innocent Drinks, when speaking at
US-based L Catterton, the largest consumer-focused private equity firm in the world, is purchasing a minority stake of 27.9% in
The Irish Spirits Association has hosted the inaugural meeting of Ireland’s gin producers, to represent this re-emerging Irish food and
Frutarom Industries, one of the world’s 10 largest companies in the field of flavours and natural specialty fine ingredients, continues
A new £10.7 million urban whisky distillery and bottling complex is to be built on the banks of the River
Müller UK & Ireland, Britain’s largest producer of branded and private label fresh milk, butter, yogurt, desserts and dairy ingredients
Teagasc (the Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority) has published its annual farm enterprise level analysis based on its National
Quintessential Brands has announced a major investment in the Dublin Liberties Distillery Company including new banking facilities. It has agreed
A new bottling line is set to boost production of Harrogate Spring Water, the UK’s fastest-growing independent bottled water brand. Harrogate
PepsiCo has announced the eight emerging nutrition, health and wellness brands that will join its first collaborative incubator programme in
Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s Seafood Development Agency and Fáilte Ireland have announced that the ‘Taste the Atlantic- a Seafood Journey’ trail,
The food and beverage sector is dealing with constantly changing requirements imposed by clients and suppliers such as exchanging messages
University College Dublin (UCD) has announced O’Kale Krisps (www.okalekrisps.com) as the overall winner of the 2017 UCD Startup Stars Programme.
Nestlé is expanding its support for innovative start-ups in the USA. Nestlé USA will enter into a new partnership with
The Thrive Project, a partnership between Coca-Cola and Enterprise Ireland has been officially launched with seven entrepreneurial founders being flown
Leading Northern Ireland wine merchant, JN Wine, is celebrating 40 years in business supplying selected wines to Northern Ireland’s best
The food and beverage sector is dealing with constantly changing requirements imposed by clients and suppliers such as exchanging messages
Bord Bia and 21 Irish food companies are exploring new opportunities with Continental European food retailers as they look beyond their
As part of the two-day Enterprise Ireland/IDA Trade & Investment Mission in Ireland event, the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and
After almost two years in the making, Deliveroo Extreme Delivery, the innovative new concept taking the food delivery industry to
Bodegas Torres continues to be the most admired European wine brand according to the ranking of the 50 most admired
PM Group has officially opened their new, expanded Boston office, marking further growth in their presence in the USA. PM
A dedicated team of Bord Bia food, drink and horticulture specialists will embark on a ‘Brexit Roadshow’ over the coming
There has been a Coppersmiths based in Rothes, Moray, Scotland since the mid-1850s servicing the fledgling Scotch Whisky Industry in
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