Good Food Economy – Understanding Sustainability
The 'Good Food Economy – understanding sustainability' campaign is an initiative supported by Sustainable Food Places delivered by Food and Drink North East in partnership with Sustainable Food City Members; Food Newcastle, Food Durham and Middlesbrough Food...
Timeout Tuesday Launches with BBC Political Editor Richard Moss
Join us for the launch of the HITS Timeout Tuesday event. A morning of high-energy networking, inspiration and insight, focussed on understanding challenges, learning from your peers and taking the time to work on growing your business. In this session we'll be...
Food, drink and hospitality leaders come together online to debate key issues
Food, drink and hospitality businesses are being invited to two webinars where leading organisations such as 21 Hospitality Group, Greggs, By the River Brew Company and BIND NCL will come together to discuss the key issues of provenance and food waste....
HITS programme aims to drive business innovation
FADNE has joined forces with destination specialists NewcastleGateshead Initiative and Northumberland-based business support specialists NBSL to develop and deliver a unique programme aimed at driving business innovation. Visitors come from near and far to experience...
Business costs survey launched
The past three years have been challenging for most food, drink and hospitality businesses across the North East of England. From the uncertainty of Brexit and the horror of a global pandemic to the climate emergency that brought us Storm Arwen, wreaking havoc across...
Producer Pitch at Sunderland College
The next in our Producer Pitch series will be on Monday 26th September and we're delighted to be working in partnership with Sunderland College. Sponsored by our fantastic strategic partners Erudus - Producer Pitch aims to link up and shorten local supply chain,...
Food and Drink North East founder appointed as chair of NECTA
Chris Jewitt, Founder and CEO of Food and Drink North East (FADNE), the industry association, has been appointed as the new chair of the North East Culinary and Trade Association (NECTA). The move comes following the stepping down of Douglas Jordan who, after 18...
NEEFM website updated to be vendor-managed
The North East of England Farmers Market website was a labour of love and was initially created to publicise and share details of regular farmers markets held across our region. FADNE took over the running the site in April 2021 and set about looking for ways to...
Young traders head to the Grainger Market for Schools Market Day
Primary school children became market traders for one day selling their school-grown fruit and vegetables at Grainger Market on Thursday 14th July. Dozens of enterprising pupils from five schools sold potatoes, carrots, chard, herbs, raspberries, and more at their...
New project to support innovation in tourism and hospitality
Tourism and hospitality businesses in parts of the North East will be given help and support thanks to a new project focusing on innovation and supply in the industry. Funded by the North of Tyne Combined Authority (NTCA), the Hospitality, Innovation, Tourism Supply...
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