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With ever increasing costs there is no better time to ensure that your assets are delivering what you want, when you want it in the most efficient way.

The profit margin is getting pinched at both ends at the moment, so understanding topics such as energy inefficiencies, equipment failure reduction, waste reduction, identifying value adding opportunities, reducing production bottlenecks can all help reduce the manufacturing costs and maintain the margins you need to meet business objectives.

The FDF Podcast is sponsored by Clarke Energy

This Webinar first aired 11/10/22

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The UK food industry has made incredible advances in salt reduction, but the population is still consuming an average of 2g per day over the recommended daily intake. 

With new industry pressures such as sales restrictions on products deemed High in Fat, Sugar and Salt (HFSS) coming in to play this year, we expect to see a new wave of salt focussed reformulation. 

With this in mind, do you have the information you need about salt’s role in food, and how to reduce it? If not, don’t worry! Tune in to our Sodium Solutions podcast and hear from:

• Joanne Burns – Reformulation for Health 
• Sonia Pombo – CASSH
• Greg Waters – Peacock salt
• Keith Paterson – Shore 

Reformulation for Health provides free support for Scottish SMEs to reformulate their produce for the benefit of the Scottish population. Contact [email protected] for more details. 

This podcast was first aired 09/03/22

The FDF Podcast is sponsored by Clarke Energy

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Last October, the Science-Based Target initiative launched the world's first science-based Net-Zero Standard. The Standard redefines what a credible net zero target looks like and clarifies the key role of decarbonisation in corporate net-zero strategies.

This webinar will help those within the food and drink sector navigate the changes, understand what this will mean for your organisation’s net zero strategy and how to communicate this to the board.

This webinar was first aired 6/10/22

The FDF Podcast is sponsored by Clarke Energy 

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Natasha Catchpole and Ben Hughes from CFC will be discussing how manufacturers are responding to the huge consumer demand for meat free, vegan and vegetarian alternatives. Find out what new emerging risks manufacturers will face and how product recall insurance is going to respond to these risks. In this webinar, you'll learn about:

• The scope of the meat-free marketplace

• Areas of increased risk for this sector

• The cover available for these risks

• How to address future client conversations

• How CFC can help

This webinar was first aired 03/05/22

The FDF Podcast is sponsored by Clarke Energy

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The UK food and drink sector is battling a unique set of challenges that have coalesced to create fundamental labour shortages, placing huge pressure on businesses – both large and small. Grant Thornton’s specialist team will share insights on how to tackle these challenges, both from a people perspective, as well as an operational and production perspective.

They will also share highlights from a recent report on labour shortages they published on behalf of FDF, NFU and 10 other industry bodies, including the key asks we have put to government to help enable the sector to transition to a new future. The session is designed to be informative and practical, enabling you to take these insights and implement them within your business.

This webinar was first aired 20/10/22

The FDF Podcast is sponsored by Clarke Energy

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To maximise the benefits of international trade in food and drink, it is essential that businesses successfully navigate customs requirements efficiently and effectively.

Compliant traders do not leave everything to their freight agents when it comes to customs import declarations. You as the importer or exporter are liable for any errors.

This Podcast explains:

• Keeping customs compliant: 10 key actions for importers
• The importance of proof of export
• Common mistakes and catching errors
• How to correct any mistakes that you discover
• Differences from Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) to Customs Declaration Service (CDS) outputs
• Would AEO help my business’ compliance?

Introducing an IT system to significantly help with compliance – Emma Systems E-Doc – which allows importers and exporters to easily perform internal audits on their import and export declarations. Integrating with all brokers and freight forwarders archiving declarations and supporting documents in a client dedicated easy access cloud environment.

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Putting sustainable and responsible practices at the heart of business activity is now a pivotal requirement for regulators, investors, and other stakeholders. While profit will always be a key indicator of success, it can no longer be the only benchmark and increasingly investors see the correlation between strong sustainability credentials and increased brand value and business resilience.

With this in mind, it is vital that food and drink businesses understand their sustainability risks and opportunities across all aspects of their operations and supply chains and develop strategies, policies, and reporting practices effectively to enhance their impact and brand value. That said, environmental and sustainability claims have been high on the agenda within the food and drink sector for some time, and with the Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) introduction of its Green Claims Code in 2021 and subsequent action from the ASA, it's even more important that food and drink businesses get it right and avoid exaggerating their environmental credentials.

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This is a recording from a webinar first aired 15/11/22

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Learn how you can create significant carbon credits in alignment with your corporate ESG plans, with SaaSCom. 

This is a recording from a webinar first aired 233/11/22

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 This podcast with Emma Piercy at FDF and Keesje Avis from the consultancy firm Ricardo, looks at sustainable food systems with a focus on the European Green Deal.  Find out why the European Green Deal matters to UK food and drink businesses, the impact the war in Ukraine is having on the sustainability agenda, and what businesses can do to advance both food security and green issues.

https://ee.ricardo.com/sustainability/sustainable-food-and-drink

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Ahead of the future strengthened trading relationship between the UK and Australia, Austrade together with the FDF would like to explore opportunities, gaps and trends across food and drink in both countries.

This Podcast will bring together market experts, buyers and businesses to share their views and experiences.

The session will be divided in three different parts:

The first part of the session will offer an overview of the FTA.
 In the second part, Ms. Sowmya Ramaswami from Euromonitor will be giving an overview on what F&B related products both countries export and import the most.
Additionally, an overview of the F&B trade between Australia and the UK will be offered, and they will provide help in understanding key categories and emerging trends in both markets.

 The final part will offer a discussion with industry experts, F&B related companies, as well as people involved in trading with the UK and Australia. This will give a direct perspective from the business community and how the FTA would work in areas such as tariffs, food standards or customs facilitation, among other things. The discussion will be moderated by Anastasia Nishnianidze, Australia’s Trade & Investment Commissioner to the UK & Ireland.

The FDF podcast is sponsored by Clarke Energy