Which side is your bread buttered?

There's only two months to go before the first-ever Tiptree World Bread Awards takes place to name their champion! This prestigious new set of awards celebrates the very best of professional and home-baking. With 12 million loaves bought every day in the UK, bread is central to the British diet and culture. There are a panel of six judges including James Morton, finalist of the Great British Bake Off and TV Chef, Phil Vickery. There is a wealth of categories to choose from. So brush up your baguettes, finesse your focaccio, perfect your pitta, and register on www.worldbreadawards.com before Saturday 31st August to make sure you are in the mix to win. For further information please email: Susan Richmond, Kenyon Communications, or phone: 01673 828764. Twitter:@WorldBreadAward ________________________________________

FOOD SECTOR BOOST FOR LINCOLNSHIRE

The UK Government’s team tasked with boosting business is to visit key sites in Lincolnshire as part of work to encourage inward investment in the food sector.
Food sector specialists from UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) across the country will be given a tour of major food producer QV Foods’ site and the National Centre for Food Manufacturing, both based in Holbeach, and a visit to a farm run by Moy Park. 

Greater Lincolnshire LEP board member Mark Tinsley

The idea is for UKTI to get a better understanding of what the area offers to the food industry. That information will then be used to showcase to investors the potential of doing business in Greater Lincolnshire.


The visit, which will take place on Thursday (13th February) between 10.30am and 5pm, has been arranged by the Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), which lists agri-food as one of its key priorities for growth.

LEP board member Mark Tinsley, who works in the farming industry, will host the visit. “Greater Lincolnshire is home to almost a quarter of England’s grade one agricultural land, grows one-eighth of the nation’s food, and processes 70 per cent of the UK’s fish, making it one of the key areas for the UKTI team to highlight to investors,” said Mark.

“Our food heritage is well established, contributing an estimated £1 billion to the county’s economy and employing around 35,000 people in agriculture or food production. We look to continue to grow that sector with both existing and new businesses.

“We’re thrilled that we’re being given a chance to demonstrate what Greater Lincolnshire has to offer.”

For more information on the LEP, please visit www.greaterlincolnshirelep.co.uk, follow them on Twitter at @GreaterLincsLEP or join the Linkedin group.

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER JOINS SELECT LINCOLNSHIRE

Gillian Richardson has joined Select Lincolnshire for Food as Business Development Manager.

She bring over 11 years’ of experience working with SMEs in and around Lincolnshire, and will be the driving force behind Select Lincolnshire for food moving forwards.

Recruited by the Lincolnshire Chamber of Commerce following the recent contract win to deliver Select Lincolnshire for food, Gillian will be working in partnership with Mary Powell’s team at Lincolnshire County Council.

“I’m eager to get started and understand what it is that Select Lincolnshire for Food members need to grow and strengthen their business.

“From growers and producers, through to chefs, restaurants and accommodation providers. I am here to share opportunities and deliver the right business support that they need.

“The project has come so far and achieved so much, but it is critical that we keep striving high and flying the flag for Lincolnshire’s quality produce at a local, regional, national and international level in the food and farming sectors, as well as tourism and hospitality.

“My role will be focused on working with Select Lincolnshire for Food members. And I am very much looking forward to moving the project forwards”.

If you’d like to meet Gillian, or set up a one-to-one meeting with her, please send an email to Gillian.Richardson@Lincs-Chamber.co.uk.