Professional services

Bruce Stevenson are Scotlands leading independent insurance broker, our specialist team provide the Food & Drink industry with professional and local insurance and risk management advice via our network of offices throughout Scotland.

Bruce Stevenson Insurance Brokers are one of the largest independent Insurance Brokers in Scotland. We understand the food & drink sector and the challenges faced from increased legislation and consumer demands.

Our specialist team can assist members of Scotland’s Food and Drink in the placement of their commercial insurances. With experience in both manufacturing and production we routinely place cover for:

• Product recall & contamination
• Transit and storage including spoilage in transit
• Deterioration of Stock
• Cold Stores and risks which include composite panels
• Environmental Liability and Pollution
• Crisis Containment
• Loss of licence

From our offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow, the North East and Galashiels we provide our clients with an exceptional service. Additionally we have our own in-house claims team who are on hand to help you. We are founding members of UNA, an alliance of independent brokers across the UK which gives us stronger negotiating powers to obtain better value from insurers on behalf of our clients.

As members of Scotland’s Food & Drink we can offer members with a complete Risk Management service including Health & Safety policy preparation, risk assessments and Employment Law support.

In addition we donate 20% of our earnings on every case placed on behalf of members to the organisations’ chosen charity, FareShare Scotland.

Insurance Specialists in the Food & Drink Sector

CCRS Brokers Ltd are a firm of specialist food & drink insurance brokers, providing insurance and risk management advice to the Food & Drink sector. With over 10 years’ experience delivering professional advisory services to Food & Drink clients across Scotland, we understand your business insurance requirements and the difficulties you face in the current insurance landscape.

Exclusive Insurer Facilities and Competitive Premiums

Our innovative approach to reviewing your insurance requirements combined with our exclusive facilities ensures we deliver real value to your business. We have an experienced and dedicated Food & Drink sector team and our Risk Audit process ensures we capture the optimum risk information to provide you with market leading insurance protection at the most competitive premium.

Free Risk Management Support

Our relationship will extend beyond insurance cover alone and we will provide risk management support and guidance to help you protect your business. Our experience within the sector allows us to provide you with tailored risk management advice that addresses known issues such as panel replacement and maintenance.

Our service includes:

• A full review of your insurance programme and placement of cover
• Exclusive access to specialist food and drink insurance markets – exclusively available to CCRS Brokers Ltd
• Full Risk Audit survey of your premises that presents an accurate overview of your risk profile
• Due Diligence Review with analysis of risks within your business
• Risk management advice and guidance
• Full claims support throughout the lifecycle of all claims from our inhouse claims experts
• Dedicated Food & Drink service team
• Quarterly claims analysis and benchmarking

Partnership. Understanding. Value. Exceptional Service.

Our Glasgow-based team are focussed on providing superior technical advice and service. We understand that appointing a professional adviser is a critical decision for any organisation which is why our core values form the foundation for all our relationships and interactions with our clients. We believe in building long-term partnerships based on the value of our expert advice, trust and transparency.

For a free review of your insurance programme, please contact our Account Director Scott McLuskey on 07419 905 984.  To find out more information please visit https://www.ccrsbrokers.com/services/food-drink-industry-insurance/

Members of Scotland Food & Drink are entitled to a 10% discount off health and safety services provided by NFU Mutual Risk Management Services Ltd (RMS).

Commercial insurer NFU Mutual provides service to its customers via a network of local offices across Scotland from the Highland & Islands to the Lowlands. With over a century’s experience NFU Mutual remains true to its original philosophy of providing customers with the insurance and risk management cover they need and a no quibble claims service.

RMS are uniquely placed to provide health and safety advice to the food and drink industry that is tailored to the specialist needs of your business. With their background in this sector, they understand the specific risks and issues faced every day. They can provide cost-effective advice on reducing risks that is backed-up with practical support from a team of experience consultants.

They can offer you cost-effective Risk Management Services which include :

• HACCP (including primary production)
• Health & Safety Policy
• Task Based Risk Assessments
• COSHH Assessments
• Fire Risk Assessments
• Consultancy
• Specialist assessments including noise, dust and DSEAR
• Staff Training
• Employee Handbook

Nimbla Invoice Insurance

Unpaid invoices from insolvent or bankrupt customers can have a significant impact on any business. That's why we're working with Nimbla to help you protect your business with flexible invoice insurance designed to safeguard you from risk. Nimbla gives you a free, real-time credit risk analysis on all your invoices.

There are no subscription fees or added charges, just the leading credit risk information to help you decide which invoices to insure. Invoice insurance could give you the confidence you need to expand your food and drink business and even enter new markets.

• A simple online platform

Insure your invoices in a couple of minutes through Nimbla's fast, secure and easy-to-use platform.

• Affordable

Protect your business against losses caused by insolvent customers from just £5.60 per invoice (T&Cs apply).

• Flexible

Rather than requiring businesses to commit to a whole book insurance policy, Nimbla provides insurance on a per-invoice basis.  

• Free risk analysis

Nimbla facilitates credit risk management. Using past payment behaviour, financial performance and credit referencing, Nimbla rates each invoice's risk of not being paid due to customer insolvency.

Reliable

Our claims process is simple. Customers are kept informed throughout and receive payment in 30 days on average.

Easy to integrate

You can add your invoices manually, but you can save time by connecting your accountancy package, such as Xero, QuickBooks and Sage, to Nimbla.

Click here for more information or visit us at one of the links below -

https://twitter.com/nimbla

https://www.linkedin.com/company/nimbla

Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP are one of the UK’s leading Chartered Accountants and Business Advisory Firms.

We have a team of specialists with extensive knowledge in the food and drink sector who have the experience and resource to support any business from start-ups to established companies. Our dedicated team provide specialist services to food and drink companies which include audit and accounting, tax planning, business planning, fundraising, mergers and acquisitions, consulting, payroll and whistleblowing.

If you are interested to learn more, please contact Derek Mair derek.mair@aab.uk or follow us on twitter @fooddrink_aab.

Member Benefit 1 – Whistleblowing Services

24/7. 365 days a year whistleblowing reporting

Case Management platform

Management Information reports

BRC Compliance

Duration – 12 months

Cost: Dependent on scope - 20%-member discount

Member Benefit 2 – Whistleblowing Training

Writing and Defining your Whistleblowing Policy

Managing whistleblowing concerns

Raising whistleblowing Awareness

Duration – 1-2 hours

Format: presentation

Cost: £350 per delegate

Both benefits are delivered by AAB’S whistleblowing specialists.

Are you considering improvements to your business premises, investing in equipment or even purchasing new business premises? If so, the purchase may well qualify for capital allowances which will reduce your tax bill. Contact Martin Aitken & Co’s advisers today to request a free consultation.

Quite simply, capital allowances can reduce your annual tax bill. They can be claimed for some types of capital expenditure, but generally speaking anything that is used for a business purpose that has a useful life of two or more years may qualify.

Capital allowances are treated like any other expense and can be deducted from your profits, or added to a loss, when calculating your taxable profits at the end of the year. It is also often the case that embedded plant fixtures are not valued separately when purchasing a property and as a result qualifying items are missed.

To ensure that you don’t miss out, Martin Aitken & Co offers a complimentary face to face consultation for SF&D members to find out if your capital expenditure could qualify. Further, if you are contemplating capex we’ll run the numbers for you to see if there is a potential claim in advance of you making the purchase, and we’ll discuss the potential grants and economic incentives that may also be available to you to help fund the purchase.

About Campbell Dallas

Campbell Dallas is one of Scotland’s most dynamic and progressive firms of accountants and business advisors with over 320 staff and 29 partners operating from offices in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Perth, Stirling, Kilmarnock and Ayr. 

Services we provide include; audit and assurance, business and banking advisory, tax compliance and consulting, VAT, business recovery, improvement and corporate finance.

Our Food & Drink sector experience

Our experienced Food & Drink team ensure that our clients receive all the guidance and support they need to grow their business, take advantage of available tax benefits, ensure profits and working capital balances are maximised and plan for the future.

Free consultation and benchmark analysis

Our team offer a free one-to-one consultation to discuss ways in which you can improve the performance of your business. This session will include a comprehensive review and a benchmark analysis against competition. Our innovative benchmarking tool will help find gaps in the market and provide you with all the necessary information to make informed business decisions. The overall aim is to improve the performance of your business and increase the options available to you.

For more information, contact Peter Gallanagh on peter.gallanagh@campbelldallas.co.uk

No obligation meeting with Food & Drink specialists

At EQ, we know that businesses within the food and drink industry face some very specific challenges. With a long tradition of supplying advisory services to the sector in Scotland, our dedicated Food & Drink team understand the relevant issues, and have the experience needed to assist clients.

We pride ourselves on offering advisory services on top of our general compliance services to our food & drink clients. These services can vary but in our experience, the most valuable would include:

• Widening share ownership
• R&D tax credits for new product development and processing techniques
• Business acquisition, disposal, succession and structuring
• Remuneration planning and staff incentives
• Property taxation

At EQ, we also have a dedicated Virtual Finance Office, called Amber Accounting that can assist with bookkeeping, payroll and management accounting. Whether you are looking for advice, or you’d like us to deal with everything on your behalf, we can help.

We strive to build strong relationships with members, as this enables us to fully appreciate your aims and objectives in order to provide the most relevant advice and support in each unique situation. We are more than happy to offer a no obligation meeting to understand your business and explore how our experts can help you.

If you would like more information, please visit our dedicated EQ Food & Drink page on our website. To discuss your own requirements, contact a member of our team via leisure@eqaccountants.co.uk or call one of our offices.

Free Access To 200 + HR Templates

Brodies’ employment team has created an innovative, new, online website, Workbox, which offers online HR know-how and guidance and access to over 200 HR templates including letters, policies and contracts of employment, all from a source you can trust.

Brodies are offering Scotland Food & Drink members a free trial of Workbox. To request a free trial, click here.

Contract Management – Exclusive Offer For Members

BOrganised is an online contract management solution for customer and supplier contracts, and we are offering Scotland Food & Drink members 3 months free when you sign up for 1 year. Plus, if you commit to using BOrganised for 2 years, you will benefit from a 10% discount on the annual subscription fee.

Find out how BOrganised can help improve a business’ risk and cost management practices and get the most value out of their contracts by visiting Brodies LLP - BOrganised

Citation is offering Scotland Food & Drink members Health & Safety and Employment Law solutions.

Their experts also provide services such as fire safety services (including fire risk assessments), electrical testing services, ISO certifications, and training.

Citation will become your partner - acting as your personal advisor whenever you need it. Their service includes a dedicated local consultant, 24-hour expert advice line, and full legal documentation - including a detailed Health & Safety policy, staff handbooks and contracts of employment.

Free resources: get your hands on their free guides, templates and posters

Call a friendly advisor: 0345 844 1111

Organise a free audit of your business: get in touch by clicking here

CMS are offering Scotland Food & Drink members free access to bribery, contracts and GDPR webinars which analyse recent commercial cases and bring out useful practical points.  

CMS’s food and drink team which provides a one-stop-shop for all issues relating to the food and drink sector is delighted to offer you free access to recorded webinars, as well as the opportunity to sign-up for Kernel which covers the legal aspects of your industry.

Contracts Training – CMS

Food and drink companies have to navigate a complex legal landscape to run a successful business.  Our contracts webinars analyse recent commercial cases to bring out useful practical points.  We have a series of short (10-15 minutes) pre-recorded webinars that you can view at a time to suit.

Avoiding bribery and corruption: as easy as ABC?  - CMS

Your employees need to be aware of your policies and procedures in relation to bribery and corruption in the workplace. We can offer training to help you meet your requirements under the UK Bribery Act, as well as advising on policies, procedures and investigations.  

GDPR - what the Food & Drink sector needs to know

This GDPR webinar which discusses the key implications of the GDPR for organisations in the food & drink sector in the UK.

Kernel – CMS Food & Drink bulletin

Kernel looks at the current legal issues affecting the Scottish food and drink industry and provide bitesize articles on key developments.  See below for registration information.

Access CMS webinars and Kernel by contacting Linda Chirnside or emailing us at kernel@cms-cmno.com

All members of Scotland Food & Drink are entitled to one hour’s free legal advice with top legal firm Dentons.

This service is offered from any of Dentons offices (located in Aberdeen, Glasgow, Edinburgh or London) and can also be conducted via telephone conversations if these locations are inconvenient. This offering can cover any legal concern which you have in relation to your business.

Previously members have sought advice on property issues, health and safety concerns, labelling advice, getting their contracts sense checked, debt recovery issues and ecommerce concerns. The team can also address any export queries you might have, accessing their wider international network of law firms wherever and whenever needed.

Free IP Consultation and Report

Lawrie IP are specialist intellectual property advisors. They have a team of experienced patent and trade mark attorneys offering a full range of IP services in relation to patents, trade marks, designs and copyright.

They know from working with a variety of clients in the food and drink industry that having a strategy for protecting and managing IP from an early stage can save a lot of time and hassle at a later date.

Lawrie IP are therefore pleased to offer members a consultation regarding any intellectual property issues with a follow up report summarising their initial advice and any recommended actions. The consultation and follow up report are free of charge, and any further work will be undertaken at fixed rates.

Please get in touch to arrange your consultation.

MacRoberts’ 24/7 Emergency Response Number

MacRoberts provides a 24/7 emergency response for food and drink businesses dealing with a sudden, major incident.

John McGovern, Consultant at MacRoberts, provides free telephone advice (on 0800 999 3225) to any business that needs urgent legal protection in the event of a major incident, such as an accident or a dawn raid. John specialises in protecting clients from regulatory investigations by the HSE, SEPA, Police Scotland and many others.

MacRoberts has vast experience in the food and drink sector, providing a unique, full-service and cross-sector offering designed to meet clients’ particular circumstances and complexities. Given the varied nature of the sector, and the supply chain and cross-sector complexities industry operators face, we understand the need for clients to have access to the full range of legal services provided by our specialists in areas including employment, finance, real estate, intellectual property, dispute resolution, debt recovery, trademarks and commercial contracts.

MacRoberts has a comprehensive grasp of the ever-changing food and drink environment, and appreciates the increasingly complex supply chains which operators and businesses must navigate – the result is legal services designed to meet the needs of food and drink business, delivered by thought-leading legal experts.

Legal Advice

Shepherd and Wedderburn's in-depth knowledge of this sector allows them to understand the constant challenges faced by food and drink businesses.

Shepherd and Wedderburn’s experience advising companies in the sector, large and small, with supply chain, branding, distribution, and related issues, as well as unrivalled M&A and finance expertise, helps food and drink companies to understand better the commercial and legal issues they face. Members are offered a free consultation to share this experience and insight.

Low Carbon, Waste, & Energy Efficiency Projects

Shepherd and Wedderburn are currently offering a free consultation to share this experience with any members who are currently considering or initiating a “Low Carbon” or “Green” project.

The food and drink sector is the fourth highest industrial energy user in the UK. A real opportunity exists within the sector to drastically reduce this consumption by developing and implementing a range of “Low Carbon” measures which would not only reduce emissions but also have a positive impact on a member’s bottom line by reducing energy and waste disposal costs.

Shepherd and Wedderburn understand the increased focus throughout the industry towards “Green” issues and have been working with clients across a range of sectors in originating and delivering projects which have had a positive impact on their business. They are currently offering a free consultation to share this experience with any members who are currently considering or initiating a “Low Carbon” or “Green” project.

ALCOHOL LICENCE HOTLINE

30 mins free advice from TLT LLP

Members of SF&D can discuss any licence issues with specialist lawyers who will advise and guide those looking to apply for:

• Outside area licences and popup bars
• Permanent premises licences, variations or extensions
• Guidance on promotional activity
• Guidance on running festivals with entertainment
• Market licences

Please contact:

Distillers:

Caroline.Loudon@TLTsolicitors.com

07825896887

Brewers/Hospitality:

Stephen.McGowan@TLTsolicitors.com

07879 848 352

30-Minute Telephone Consultation

Black House Creative offer a free no obligation 30-minute telephone (Facetime or Skype) consultation to “problem-solve” any current branding or marketing issues you may be experiencing and, in addition, they will offer a 20% discount on your first project together.

Black House Creative are multi-international award winning branding, marketing and design specialists, experienced in all business sectors with a particular passion for the food and drink industry.

Your business growth and development is Black House Creative's main concern and they will tailor their services to suit your specific requirements.

By using their knowledge and experience in branding, marketing and design as a strategic business tool, your business can increase its competitiveness, attract more customers and boost its profits.

Your investment in first class branding, marketing and design will bring positive results to your bottom line, growing your market share, giving you a greater ROI and shaving years off your learning curve.

They will bring a fresh open approach to your business to help it achieve its ambitions, bringing an outside perspective, with no preconceptions or past history of what has gone before.

Making your business look brilliant is their business. You are the inspiration. If you have a vision, a passion to grow and succeed then they’d love the opportunity to show you what they can do for your business.

For more information on to how Black House Creative can help your business grow and develop take a look at their website www.blackhousecreative.co.uk

Exclusive to Scotland Food & Drink Members:

Black House Creative offer a free no obligation 30-minute telephone (Facetime or Skype) consultation to “problem-solve” any current branding or marketing issues you may be experiencing and, in addition, they will offer a 20% discount on your first project together.

Free Market Insight and ‘Brand Storytelling’ workshop

Scottish award winning design agency, FortyTwo is offering members a free Market Insight and Bespoke ‘Brand Storytelling’ workshop.

With extensive experience across food and drink including gin, whisky, chocolate, preserves, ice-cream, coffee, and independent bistros and cafés, FortyTwo offer brand and digital expertise that helps their clients achieve their goals and more through our one-to-one and personal approach to creativity. Getting to know you and your market intimately so as to sculpt and story and a visual aesthetic that provides real stand-out in a very competitive market.

A results driven business, we creative beautifully executed design that works and provides real and lasting benefits for all we work with. This success begins with valuable market insight and a unique way of telling an evocative brand story – how will you stand out? Find out how we do it by getting in touch.

Discount, advice and support for funding - Offshoot creates eye-catching brand identities, stylish print and digital collateral and engaging packaging.

Established in 2010 in Glasgow, they work with UK and international clients, helping make the creative process straightforward and impressive.
The fruits of their labour are the cornerstones of your business; the tools that help you drive sales and communicate your message.

The team is on hand to create a range of options that will best suit your requirements. And when they need to they can call on a host of talented specialists to enhance and help bring the concepts to life.

Every project is unique and always focused solely around the client.

• Free introductory consultation about your requirements
• 10% discount to all Scotland Food & Drink members
• Advice and support in applying for funding, of up to £5,000, from Scottish Enterprise which can be used to develop your brand as well as packaging, digital presence and prototyping. They can offer a range of service that fit within the remit of the grants available.

Scene & Herd PR & Marketing are offering members an introductory PR and Marketing package for small businesses.

Introduction to PR Package

If you have never fully explored how PR and Marketing could help your business they have the perfect package for you.
For £650 they will offer you a ‘toolkit’ to provide the perfect foundation for growing awareness of your brand.

The package includes;

• Initial telephone conversation with a member of the Scene & Herd team so that they can learn more about your business and its objectives

Provision of:

• A mini review of your current PR and Marketing activities
• A personalised ideas document highlighting some simple yet effective activities and strategies which could be put in place to grow awareness of your brand
• A mini biography of the business owner/manager for placement in the media
• A tailored press release about your business which can be used to disseminate current news and/or as a template for future announcements
• A social media advice guide to help you establish or grow your social media presence
• Follow-up phonecall with the same Scene & Herd team member to answer any queries

Similar packages are also available for larger business so please get in touch for further details.

Scene & Herd – PR and Marketing specialists who give your business voice and vision

We work with businesses, organisations and events about which we feel passionate and enthusiastic, building their reputation and helping them grow. We deliver results by ensuring that our clients are ‘seen and heard’ in all the right places.

Specialising in all things rural and food and drink related, whether you are in the business of producing something from the land or giving something back, then we are in the business of telling your story and helping you to grow. There is no other agency in Scotland like us.

www.sceneandherdpr.co.uk

Root & Toot are a marketing, design and advertising agency. We only work with clients in the food and drink sectors, offering a unique understanding and perspective. Working on large campaigns for established companies such as Tunnock’s and Glenfarclas to one off projects for new start up businesses we offer a wealth of experience across strategy, planning, creative and media all under one roof and all working together seamlessly.

We are delighted to offer fellow Scotland of Food & Drink members:

• A half day workshop with our industry expert (worth £260) who
will learn about your business and assist in a variety of areas from reviewing current sales & marketing procedures to advising on innovative ways to grow your business free of charge.

• An independent review of your current Marketing activities.

• Free ideas portfolio tailored to suit your product and business including initial concept designs and media suggestions (both tradition and social).

• Two free blogs written by our copywriter which can be used on your website or social media accounts.

• Free SEO audit for your website and suggestions on how to improve traffic flow to your site

• Support with funding applications from Scottish Enterprise ‘By Design’ and ‘Make it to Market’ grants.

Check out our website www.rootandtoot.co.uk for more information on what we can do to help your brand grow.

As a brand communications agency with over 20 years experience in creating, re-positioning and re-energising brands and brand communications across the food and drink sector, Stand adopts a highly collaborative approach to solving specific brand challenges.

Stand firmly believes that stakeholder engagement as a process to inform the brief, rationalise a proposal and gain adoption from all users is the best way forward with any brand communications project. Brands such as Tennent’s Lager, AG Barr, Glenfiddich, Auchentoshan, Banditti Rum and Thistle Seafoods testify that Stand’s process works and results in the most effective brand communications.

Stand would like to offer Scotland Food & Drinks members:

A FREE 90-minute workshop at our Glasgow Studio. During this exploratory session, we will discuss openly the challenges you are facing in your business, explore your brand values and your brand’s purpose and deliver our evaluation and recommendations based on those discussions. This will not be a chat over a coffee, but a serious investigation of where your brand is today and where you want it to go tomorrow.

DR Newitt are offering members of Scotland Food & Drink preferential rates for exclusive business. They also offer a free salary overview for your business.

Whether you are looking for a fresh graduate or an experienced Senior Manager / Director, DR Newitt can offer you a selection of the best candidates who are currently looking for an exciting move within the food and drinks industry.

With over 20 years food and drink recruitment experience, Stephanie Newitt has shared her knowledge of the ever changing industry and now oversees a team of 30 Recruitment Consultants, all based in Edinburgh.

DR Newitt are offering members of Scotland Food & Drink preferential rates for exclusive business. Members are not required to pay a retainer. They also offer a free salary overview for your business.

Eden Scott is a dedicated food and drink recruitment business that has placed professionals across the length and breadth of Scotland.

Their expertise of the industry allows them to use innovative methods to find the right talent for your business. They don’t limit their search to the home market, they have reach across the entire UK and overseas. The specialist food and drink recruitment experts at Eden Scott have experience recruiting across permanent, graduate, contract, temporary and executive positions.

Their core specialisms include - Production and Operations; Engineering; Technical, Quality and Hygiene; New Product Development; Supply Chain; Packaging; Procurement; Accountancy and Finance; HR and Business Support; Sales and Marketing; Information Technology; and Direct Labour.

They also provide a suite of added value services, which include assessment centres, psychometric testing, marketing and employer branding as well as start-up growth support. For more information, and to arrange a complimentary consultation, please contact your Business Development Manager.

Psychometric Profiling

First Achieve Ltd are pleased to offer members preferential rates on their services, in addition, they are pleased to include free of charge psychometric profiling on up to three short listed candidates.

The clear vision at First Achieve is to work closely with clients to ensure that together you agree the right strategy for your business, in sourcing the best calibre candidates.

They are exclusively a Food & Drink related agency, and with over 20 years experience in the industry they are well placed to source for your permanent and interim requirements.

In addition to preferential rates for all Scotland Food & Drink members, they are pleased to include free of charge psychometric profiling on up to three shortlisted candidates.

Greenburn specialises in providing organisational development and HR support to a range of companies within Scotland’s Agri-Food sector. Having worked in this sector for over 12 years Greenburn has in-depth knowledge of many of the issues that companies face on a regular basis. Their services are tailored to provide practical solution based support that works.

Greenburn's skills are around the systems and processes needed to employ people, manage people and work with them to ensure they are truly your greatest asset. They provide expert advice on all aspects of employment together with practical support on managing some of the day to day issues you may have already encountered e.g. absenteeism, under-performance, attitude problems, changes in contract etc.

They also provide in-house training for managers and supervisors and team effectiveness workshops for staff using our unique personality profiling system to improve communications, knowledge transfer and general understanding of each other.

Greenburn also offers a bespoke recruitment service to their clients for a very competitive fee.

Greenburn offer members of Scotland Food and Drink the first contact, whether telephone or email, free of charge. If you have an immediate problem, get in touch and let us prove how we can add value to your business.

Denholm offers Employer Brand Consultation

Attracting and retaining the best talent is essential to the growth of your business. We work with Food & Drink companies to help them define the magic of their organisation by identifying the conditions that create employee engagement and desirability.

We help articulate, then implement, their employer brand, aligned to the business vision and share that through appropriate communications channels and tools.

If you’d like a complimentary consultation with our Director of Employer Branding, Elena Wilson and full access to our Employer Brand services, as below, please get in touch:

• Employee insight surveys
• 360 data audit
• Benchmarking
• Employer Brand proposition
• Employee Value Proposition
• Communications strategy
• Onboarding strategy
• Employee Development plan
• Talent communities
• Delivering operational and creative support for all projects

Contact details:

Elena Wilson
Director of Employer Branding
M: 07989 821021

Sales Manager for Hire: David Orr
Scotland Food & Drink is delighted to offer its members a day’s free access to an industry expert (worth £450) who can assist in a variety of areas from negotiating with multiple retailers to reviewing sales & marketing strategies and accessing practical skills and know-how.

David Orr has a proven track record working with our members in a number of fields including multiples, foodservice, specialist retail, B2B, wholesale and export.

Highly experienced with over 30 years’ experience in FMCG in Scotland and UK. If you need assistance in:

• Sales
• Account management
• Sales Strategy
• Mentoring
• Cash Management
• Turnaround
• Marketing
• Rebranding
• Product Development
• B2B product development
• Innovation
• Operational
• Board experience
• Driving profit
• Packaging
• NPD

Free initial meeting to identify needs and objectives.

Find his LinkedIn here.

Hickory would like to extend their food and first class service to members with a number of value added benefits including; 20% discount on venues and 15% off all catering packages.

From intimate boardroom lunches, to hospitality dinners and large-scale corporate events, with Hickory as a preferred caterer, you can be sure of one thing – their food will be as good for your business as it will be on the palate of your guests.

Each member of the kitchen team is passionate about creating dishes that go beyond the expectations of their clients, led by award-winning and highly-regarded Development Chef Robbie Gleave they are totally committed to buying local, seasonal produce, they embrace the Scottish larder and use Scotland Food & Drink members products wherever possible in their menus.

£250 instead of £350 to join Company Membership with an Introductory Whisky Tasting 

SMWS is offering Scotland Food & Drink members £100.00 discount on Company Membership of the Society, saving you almost 30%

Contact:

Agata Zacharevskaja

Email:

Agata.zacharevskaja@smws.com

Telephone:

+44(0)1315552929

Whether it's client meetings and business presentations or private dining and whisky tastings, the Society’s Company Membership offers company entertaining with a difference.

And as an active member of the Scotland Food and Drink community, what better environment than the Society’s four UK Members Rooms in which to conduct your business and pleasure.

Company Membership affords your organisation a variety of benefits including exclusive access, bespoke services, savings and belonging to the world's foremost Whisky Club.

1. 3 named Membership Cards.
2. A bespoke ‘Company Card’ offering the flexibility to be circulated to ensure access for all your staff to all SMWS services. Additional cards available for a small fee.
3. Introductory 3 Dram Whisky Tasting for up to 6 people in the venue of your choice.
4. 4 superb venuesin Edinburgh, Leith, Glasgow and London.
5. 10 impressive private function rooms for company entertaining.
6. A dedicated team of Event Experts to manage your bespoke Private Dining, Whisky Tasting and Meeting Events.
7. Preferential company member rate for private events, available to everyone within your company hosting private events with SMWS.
8. Access to bottlings both in the venues and online.
9. 10% of your food and drink bill at Kaleidoscope Bar, Edinburgh.
10. Special discounts in SMWS Partner Bars around the world.
11. Invite to Exclusive Company Society Events throughout the year.
12. Free subscription to Unfiltered, SMWS award – winning member’s magazine.

Typically, £350 to join, Scotland Food & Drink members come on board for just £250, saving them almost 30%.

A 10% discount on the annual subscription to The Grocer is available to members of Scotland Food & Drink.

Business Health Check Consultation

SGConsultancy has worked with a wide range of small to medium sized businesses on improving their operational performance and ensuring their compliance.

Case studies include implementing a CRM system for Scotland Food & Drink and getting them ready for GDPR, attaining ISO 9001 & 14001 certification for The Evolve Group (creative agency), managing the full implementation of a new lottery funded service for the MS Society Scotland, a time analysis study of the operations of Wallace Financials and others…

SGConsultancy continues to work alongside Scotland Food & Drink and would like to offer its members a free business health check consultation.

This will consist of a run through of what is needed to be compliant and some tips on how to incorporate lean thinking into how to manage your business.

Areas that can be covered are GDPR, Employment Documentation, Health & Safety, Environmental legislation, Quality Management systems and more, depending on what stage your business is at and your growth plans.

Contact Sarah Geoghegan on sarah@sgconsultancy.co.uk

www.sgconsultancy.co.uk

Appointedd is an online booking system that helps you engage with your customers.

We offer members of Scotland Food and Drink 3 months free, then 20% off, for life. To take advantage of this deal, sign up here for a 30-day free trial and subscribe at the billing page to enact your membership discount.

Appointedd provides businesses from any industry and size the ability to take online bookings
anytime and anywhere. These bookings can be made from any device, in multiple languages
and timezones, delivering an efficient and revenue-driven appointment solution.

Our online booking system is fast and easy to implement and helps enhance customer
experience. With access to all our features straight away, you have full control on how your
business receives and manages appointments from customers.

• Integrate Appointedd to any of your current systems to ensure all information is shared.
• Appointedd can sync with your personal calendar to ensure bookings are reflected in
  both calendars, helping you to prevent double booking your time.
• You can allow your customers to make full payments or deposits online by integrating
  with one of our online payment gateways; Square, Stripe or Braintree.
• Create insightful business reports to analyse revenue, view staffing hours and much
  more, helping you make those critical business decisions.

Check out all our features here, and if you would like some guidance and training, simply book a call with a member of our team. As experts in the field, we will help your business digitally
mature and begin taking bookings online!

We believe time is the most precious commodity your business has, and we want to help you
make the most of it.

Case Study

"In just 3 months, Appointedd’s online booking tools generated 721 bookings for Ardnahoe experiences. This required little to no admin so the Ardnahoe team could focus on quality customer service we guarantee to deliver.”
Paul Graham – Visitor Centre Operations Manager

Digital Maturity Review

(Free to Scotland Food & Drink Members)

habIT Consulting would like to offer you a free one day “Digital Maturity Review” as a key element of improving productivity within your company.

The first step will be to understand where you are on your digital journey and how you can use technology to achieve your business objectives.
During the review we work with you to:

• Understand the current state of your I.T. solution
• Gain insight into your business goals
• Align on how innovative you want to be from a technology perspective.

We then complete a review of your as is capability to establish how far along your journey you are, before making recommendations on what you need to do to reach your destination.

How do we do it?

• Through a set of virtual interviews covering both strategic and operational deliverables
• Analysis of your current technology capability
• Gap analysis on “as is - to be” digital platform

What do you get?

• An easy to follow overview report that assesses and grades your digital maturity, while providing insight into your top five digital pain points / strengths.
• Bespoke recommendations to help you deliver your business objectives and act as a lever for change

To arrange your Digital Maturity Review please contact chris.hendry@habit.scot