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Explore the potential of sustainable packaging
10 June 2020 NewsIn their first ever webinar social, Jason Gibb and Tara Mei, co-founders of Bread & Jam, the UK’s first food founders festival, speak with Paul Horton, the founder and director of consultancy brandprintcolour, about exploring your business’s sustainable packaging potential -
How to maximise e-commerce opportunities
05 June 2020 NewsIn their virtual Monday Motivation Founders Panel, Bread & Jam co-founders Jason Gibb and Tara Mei speak with three food entrepreneurs about their web shops and e-commerce activities -
5 tips to improve your SME’s messaging online
05 June 2020 NewsThe global pandemic has transformed the world of digital media. Many businesses have found it a huge challenge to adapt their digital channels to an ever-changing environment. With so many people stuck at home, it has never been more important to fully harness the efforts of… -
“I’m determined to keep my business alive”
29 April 2020 CoronavirusSpeciality Food speaks to Katy Spalter, the owner of loose leaf tea start-up K-T London, about the challenges faced by small businesses during the coronavirus outbreak -
Bread & Jam launches ‘upskill’ webinars
09 April 2020 CoronavirusBread & Jam, billed as the UK’s first food founders festival, has launched webinars to support start-up food and drink businesses in the wake of Covid-19 -
Mission Ventures to support SMEs with new fund
07 April 2020 NewsThe Good Food Fund has been launched to back food and drink start-ups to help tackle childhood obesity -
Don’t bet against fleet-footed food & drink SMEs surviving the Coronavirus
30 March 2020 CoronavirusAt first glance one might assume that small food and drinks businesses would be some of the first casualties of the current coronavirus landscape with their lean ranges and limited cashflow, says Ian Hills of Purple Pilchard -
Staying certain in uncertain times
25 March 2020 CoronavirusAs Covid-19 rages across the globe, we may be in the throes of an economic crisis on a scale that most of us have never experienced. Here’s a chance to consider how we might weather the storm and the months that follow, a world away from… -
“The only way forward is to work together as one”
20 March 2020 CoronavirusPaddy Bishopp, co-founder of start-up hub Shout About Suffolk, highlights the impact Covid-19 has had on his business and those in his care -
How small brands are rising to the Coronavirus challenge
16 March 2020 Coronavirus"I must admit from the outset that until recently I was one of a stubborn group of individuals who refused to acknowledge the threat of Coronavirus to business performance and frowned upon the hysteria being created globally," says Chris Green, co-founder of Young Foodies -
4 Steps to Develop a Brand Strategy
18 November 2019 Start-UpsFor a new brand, corralling features and benefits, different target markets and audiences into a single point is tough, says brand consultant Bruce McKinnon, founder of Mission Brand
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