The Food and Drink Support Initiative is a funded programme supporting your technical and food development challenges. Through this project we are running clinics in the neighbouring council areas for those who want to discuss their ideas and develop their products but may not be able to reach our facility in North Somerset.

If you live in Bath we will be hosting a drop in day at Komedia, Bath on Wednesday 22nd October 2025

Our experienced team will be there to answer your questions about the funded project and how you can access the free support. Find out more about their areas of expertise below.

Zoe Plant, NPD and Innovation Manager can support on topics including, but not limited to:

• Food trends 

• NPD 

• Scaling up

• Product costing

• Recipe nutritional analysis and legal claim determination

Beth Winters, Technical Manager can support on topics including, but not limited to:

• Shelf life prediction / assessment

• Lab testing analysis support

• Factory layout support

• HACCP

• Certification support including BRCGS & SALSA.

• Internal audit and pre audit support

• Supply chain support Food safety / health and safety / risk assessment

To find out more about how the project can help you, click here.

Eligibility

• The FDSI is available to residents and businesses in Bath and North East, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Council areas.

• This scheme is open to start ups, micro and small and medium sized enterprises.