"How Do I..." Guides

Remaining competitive and ahead of the game are key to growing and developing a successful business. Our How Do I guides are an invaluable source of business advice to help you develop and grow your business, accessing new market opportunities, exporting advice and legislative guidance.

There are also case studies of successful Scottish food and drink businesses.

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  • Achieve a price increase Considering a price increase but not sure how to execute it? Increasing price can generate significant revenue for your company: if the trade and the consumer accept it.
  • Angus Soft Fruits Case Study: Excellence Award Winners 2008 Angus Soft Fruits won the Retail category – Fruit or Vegetable for their pesticide free, Good Natured Fruit range of strawberries and raspberries. The company also went on to take the Supreme Award.
  • Are you ready to export? A little time spent in completing this free online checklist will give you a good idea of your company's capability to export and help identify ways to improve the possibility of your success.
  • Bogbain Highland Market Winner of New Business Award 2007
  • Cocoa Mountain Case Study Winner of the inaugural Food Tourism Award at the 2009 Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards.
  • Connage Highland Dairy Awards Case Study Connage Highland Dairy put forward their range of four cheeses for the Highlands & Islands New Product Award in 2006. “Winning awards at last year’s Awards has made a huge difference to us...in this, our second year of business'
  • Cream o' Galloway Case Study: Excellence Award Winners 2008 Cream o’ Galloway were double winners at the 2008 Scotland Food and Drink Excellence awards picking up both the retail category: Dairy, Confectionery and Snacking and the Environmental awards.
  • Exporters Guide to Import Formalities This online database search allows you to choose a Country and Product Group, before producing detailed information about the Import Rules & Regulations (including all documentation) that have to be complied with.
  • Exporting - An Overview Although your business may have an established UK market, there's often no reason why it couldn't successfully compete overseas too, growing your revenue and profit.
  • Exporting Goods from the UK You should read this briefing if you are exporting goods from the UK to a customer in any country that is not a member state of the European Union (EU).

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