Meet the Experts: Branding, Marketing and PR event

Thursday 22nd May | 10:30AM - 13:30PM | Weston-super-Mare

One-of-a-kind food and drink innovation centre, The Food WorksSW is set to host a free ‘Meet the Experts: Branding, Marketing and PR’ event on Thursday 22nd May at its Weston-super-Mare location. It is open to all UK-based food and drink businesses and will run from 10.30am - 1.30pm.

Designed for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the food and drink sector, the expert-led event will focus on how to cut through and get brands noticed in a crowded market, and how to protect a brand’s intellectual property. Attendees will gain valuable insights from industry specialists Mark Girvan, Creative Partner at Buddy Creative, Photographer and Video Content Creator Becky Craven, RAW PR’s Co-Director Hayley Reynolds and Account Manager Harry Hook.

Thatchers Cider Company made headline news in a recent high profile trade mark infringement case win against supermarket giant Aldi. Thomas Chartres-Moore, Head of Intellectual Property and Data Protection at Stephens Scown LLP and lead partner advising Thatchers in the case, will be sharing his knowledge of standing up to copycat cheaper products that hop on the coattails of the innovation and investment food and drink producers have put into their products.

Attendees will have the opportunity to network with like-minded businesses on arrival as well as an optional tour of the centre’s facilities afterwards. To book your place, visit www.foodworks-sw.co.uk. 

As part of its ongoing commitment to supporting food and drink businesses, The Food WorksSW will continue to offer a mix of webinars and in-person events throughout 2025. Businesses can sign up for their newsletter to be one of the first to know about events.

Created by North Somerset Council and operated by the Future Food Partnership CIC, a not-for-private-profit Community Interest Company, The Food WorksSW provides start-ups, established companies and hospitality businesses with the experience and equipment they need to grow and innovate. Located in Weston-super-Mare, less than 30 minutes from Bristol, the centre is the only one in the South West. 

The Food WorksSW features five development kitchens with specialist equipment, 12 food grade business units, in-house technical experts, a business lounge and coffee shop (open to all businesses), meeting room and conference facilities and hosts multiple industry training and seminar events throughout the year. The development kitchens are available for flexible short-term contract hire for food and drink businesses of all sizes, along with the meeting room and conference facilities. 

Technical support packages are also available at the centre and are designed to help businesses navigate their way through a range of food disciplines – from new product development and quality assurance hygiene to food safety and efficiency.

The centre has also recently announced its first ever partnership opportunity that will give businesses the chance to support the team, provide advice and guidance to both existing and emerging food and drink brands, and become an integral part of the country’s food, drink and hospitality scene.  To find out more about its partnership opportunities, visit www.foodworks-sw.co.uk/workingwithus.

For more information on The Food WorksSW visit foodworks-sw.co.uk, or follow @foodworks_sw on Instagram, Facebook and X.