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New FFB CEO - Foot and Mouth update - Last chance for FFB Export Awards: focus on Feel Good - top tips for China - Sinodis: profile of a leading Chinese distributor - Baxter Hoare: why use a travel agent? Welcome to September's Bulletin. The main news is that there are only two days before the deadline for entries for this year's Export Awards! Once you've entered, we also have a focus on China, for those of you considering the Asia Pacific Workshop or FHC in Shangai. We've also got the first of a series of profiles on our Associate Members and what they can offer UK food and drink companies.
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| Stop press: new FFB Chief Executive announced John Adams, former Chief Executive of Rural Development Service and acting Director General for Living Land and Seas, has taken up the appointment as Food from Britain’s Interim Chief Executive Officer. John started work on Wednesday 5 September. Read more. |
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Last chance for the Export Awards! With two days to go before entries close for the 2007 FFB Export Awards, the Feel Good Drinks Company, double-award winner in 2006, is polishing up its entry – and this time they’re aiming for the top. Read more here or go directly to the FFB Export Awards entry foms. Let Tracy George (tgeorge@foodfrombritain.co.uk) know that you'd like to enter. |
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| Read this if you are considering exhibiting at FHC in Shanghai in November. The Chinese market offers incredible opportunities but would-be exporters face tough challenges in a market with no knowledge of the UK’s strengths. | ||
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Foot and Mouth Disease update |
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| The ban on exports of meat and related products to EU Member States was lifted for all areas of the UK except for the surveillance zone in Surrey. Restrictions remain in place in various non-EU Member States, a number of whom require the UK to have ‘FMD-free’ status, some for a number of months. FMD-free status will be officially regained on 7 November, although there is hope that the International Health Organisation will reinstate the UK’s FMD-free status before November. Visit FFB’s information page for information about the current international trade situation. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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China’s leading distributor seeks new UK suppliers |
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| Jean-Pierre Chesse, CEO of Sinodis, one of China’s leading importer and distributor of food products, will visit the UK on the 27 September with the aim of adding new UK companies to the Sinodis portfolio. Mr Chesse will be speaking at FFB’s Asia-Pacific Workshop and is seizing the opportunity to meet innovative British companies with an eye on China. Read more. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Why use a travel agent? |
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| FFB is proud to offer Associate Membership to companies that provide key services to its clients. Among our Associate Members are travel agents, freight forwarders, exhibition suppliers, research bodies and industry associations. This month, Colin Saunders from Baxter Hoare, specialists in travel management for the food and drink industry including packages to trade shows, talks about the excitement - and pitfalls - of international exhibitions. More. |
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