Santander our new corporate partner

We are pleased to announce a new corporate partnership with Santander, one of our long-standing affiliate members.

Santander has been active in supporting food and drink manufacturers around the exports agenda and trade missions and has previously partnered with FDF on a trade mission to India. Further trade missions are planned for late 2018/19.

The new partnership expands on the work that Santander has already undertaken with FDF members and includes support for projects including a report publication; the 2019 FDF Awards; webinars; the launch of FDF Cymru and a range of other activity.The 2019 awards will open for entries in November 2018.

For further information about FDF corporate partnerships email nicki.hunt@fdf.org.uk

UK Food and Drink Exports growth slow to a crawl in 2018

Our latest export statistics reveal that

• Food and drink exports increased by 2.5% to £22.6bn from January to December 2018, when compared to the same period in 2017
• This growth rate is approximately a quarter of the growth rate seen in 2017, when food and drink exports rose 9.7% compared to 2016
• Exports of branded goods fell by 0.1% to £5.8bn

Latest Statistics: 2018 - full year

UK industry export case studies

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