2024
Our Accelerator workshops and webinars are open to businesses in Nottinghamshire, Leicester City and Derbyshire, and are free to attend.
The webinars are an hour and a half long and are designed to provide key information in a concise format. The three hour workshops include practical exercises to help you apply your learning. The tutors for all our courses are experienced members of our experienced Technical Team.
May
15
10:00 - 11:30
Online
Webinar
Turning Food Waste Into New Products
Keeping your cost of goods (COGS) as low as possible is a key factor in creating profitable products. This webinar explores the scope for minimizing the cost of waste by developing profitable by-products. Great examples include aqafaba meringue or vegan mayonnaise made from chickpeas cooking waste. This session will help you take a creative and systematic approach to the challenge.
This session will include plenty of opportunities for participants to ask questions.
June
7
19
28
10:00 - 11:30
Online
10:00 - 11:30
Online
10:00 - 11:30
Online
Webinar
Food labelling and Nutritional Information Legislation
The webinar provides and overview of the Food Standards Agency (FSA) regulations and how they must be applied. The session covers nutritional information, allergen information, storage and serving instructions, contact details and the implications of product names and descriptions.
This session will include plenty of opportunities for participants to ask questions.
Webinar
Product Costing for Food and Drink Producers
Do you utilise a procedure or approach to price your goods, or do you just hope for the best? Join us for further information on how to price out your items more methodically.
Calculating the cost of your products is an important but often difficult process. Our New Product Development and Innovation Manager, Zoe Plant, will walk companies through this beginner's approach to budgeting out recipes, ensuring that you cover your expenditures, pay your bills, yourself and staff, and calculate different profit margins.
Webinar
Principles of Preservation and Shelf Life Assessment
This webinar examines the fundamentals of why food and drink product safety and quality deteriorate over time and under adverse conditions and the preventative strategies that can be applied. The session will cover preservation methods including preservatives, processing, pH, water activity, temperature and packaging.
This session will include plenty of opportunities for participants to ask questions.
July
9
9
9:30 - 12:30
13:00 - 16:00
The Business Centre
Southglade Food Park Nottingham, NG5 9RG.
Technical Workshop
Food Labelling and Nutritional Information Legislation
This half day workshop will include a comprehensive overview of the regulations and explore the detailed information and relevant formats that need to be included on your packaging.
This workshop will include some practical, paper-based exercises to enable participants to apply their learning to typical industry scenarios and will include plenty of opportunity for to ask questions.
Technical Workshop
Introduction to HACCP for Food and Drink Producers
This workshop provides a thorough overview of HACCP including Codex, definitions and the seven principles. In addition, the session will cover hazard analysis, pre-requisites and using a decision tree to identify Critical Control Points.
This workshop will include some practical, paper-based exercises to enable participants to apply their learning to typical industry scenarios and will include plenty of opportunity for to ask questions.
The Business Centre
Southglade Food Park Nottingham, NG5 9RG.
October
15
15
9:30 - 12:30
13:00 - 16:00
The Business Centre
Southglade Food Park Nottingham, NG5 9RG.
Technical Workshop
Food Labelling and Nutritional Information Legislation
This half day workshop will include a comprehensive overview of the regulations and explore the detailed information and relevant formats that need to be included on your packaging.
This workshop will include some practical, paper-based exercises to enable participants to apply their learning to typical industry scenarios and will include plenty of opportunity for to ask questions.
Technical Workshop
Introduction to HACCP for Food and Drink Producers
This workshop provides a thorough overview of HACCP including Codex, definitions and the seven principles. In addition, the session will cover hazard analysis, pre-requisites and using a decision tree to identify Critical Control Points.
This workshop will include some practical, paper-based exercises to enable participants to apply their learning to typical industry scenarios and will include plenty of opportunity for to ask questions.
The Business Centre
Southglade Food Park Nottingham, NG5 9RG.
