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Support Network
Askham Bryan College
The college provides full-time, part-time and short courses, as well as work-based learning programmes for the land-based and related industries. Courses are offered from foundation to advanced level in a range of subjects including agriculture, animal management, business, countryside management, design, engineering, floristry, forestry, equine management and horticulture. The college is also a recognised Centre of Vocational Excellence in Food Chain Technology.
Back to topBusiness Link Yorkshire
Provides support and practical advice to businesses in the area. Advice includes topics such as available grants and funding, health and safety, IT, marketing, business growth, buying and selling a business and much more.
www.businesslinkyorkshire.co.uk
Back to topDefra
York is a major centre for Defra, The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs. The Headquarters of the Pesticide Safety Directorate, the Plant Health Division, and the Farming Statistics Branch are based on the banks of the River Foss in the city centre. Defra as sponsor department for the Food and Drink Industry works closely with individual sectors and key businesses to foster and promote greater competitiveness and to remove obstacles to growth.
Back to topEthnic Food Action Group Ltd.
This is a limited company established to represent and assist the food and drink cluster (Ethnic Foods), within the Yorkshire and Humber region at regional, national and international levels. It aims to develop and implement strategies to maximise economic activity within the sector, improve company competitiveness and promote the region as a centre of Ethnic Food industry excellence and as a location for inward investment.
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Food Standards Agency (FSA)
The Meat Hygiene Service, an Executive Agency of the FSA, has its headquarters in York. The MHS is responsible for the protection of public health and animal welfare at slaughter in approved meat establishments in Great Britain - these include slaughterhouses and meat cutting premises. MHS staff can take enforcement action against food business operators, in accordance with the relevant legislation.
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Food Technology Advisory Service
The Food Technology Advisory Service has been established to help food businesses in Yorkshire and the Humber expand and prosper. The service delivers advice, support and manufacturing related projects, in food production environments by providing technologists to work in companies. The industry led support allows a high degree of flexibility for companies to find the solutions to their individual needs.
ftas.foodyorkshire.co.uk/ftas/
Back to topFoodsector.com
Provides information about the Food Supply Chain in the UK. The site contains the latest news from across the sector, with commentaries and articles from some of the leading figures in the UK Food & Drink Industries.
Back to topImprove Ltd
Improve is the Sector Skills Council for Food and Drink Manufacturing and Processing across the UK and part of the Skills for Business Network, sponsored by the Department for Learning and Skills.
Back to topSelby College
Selby College offers full support for the training and development of local businesses, offering training packages alongside bespoke packages tailored to individual firms requirements. Specifically, Selby College offers Food Hygiene training from the basic mandatory level to the advanced level.
Back to topTEAM Food
TEAM Food provides a not for profit Food and Drink Skills Brokerage for the region aiming to involve employers within the Yorkshire and Humber area who are enthusiastic about the training and development opportunities available in the region.
Back to topThe Regional Food Group for Yorkshire and Humber - RFGYH
Aims is to develop the region's food and drink sector through delivering trade development, improving business competitiveness and increasing consumer awareness and thereby ultimately increasing the consumption of high quality local produce. RFGYH offers a diverse range of trade development activities, consumer awareness initiatives and business competitiveness support.
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