Mentera is Wales’ leading independent business development company. We help make things happen. Whether grassroots or global, we give businesses the opportunity to be world-standard. With tailored support packages, access to opportunities, and 35 years’ worth of expertise, experience and connections, we’ll make sure your business is the best it can be. This year, 76% … Continued

Over 20 brewers from across Wales have tapped into the latest innovations and best practice from the UK’s leading provider of brewing and analysis services, allowing them to grow and develop their businesses. Brewing Skills Development is a course recently offered to brewers by the Sgiliau Bwyd a Diod Cymru | Food & Drink Skills … Continued

Food & Drink Skills Wales | Sgiliau Bwyd a Diod Cymru, a Welsh Government funded programme has recently collaborated with AMRC Cymru to provide a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience of advanced manufacturing, during a week-long work experience for four budding engineers aged between 16 and 18. Recent research commissioned by the programme found … Continued

Menter a Busnes, which has been supporting businesses and individuals in Wales to start-up and grow for more than three decades, has today (26 June) unveiled a new brand and strategy which aims to propel Welsh businesses onto a global stage. Under an ambitious new identity — Mentera — revealed its revamped look alongside a … Continued

Menter a Busnes, a leading business support organisation, has appointed four distinguished professionals as Non-Executive Board Members. The newly appointed board members, Geraint Jones, Senior Domain Security Architect for Aldermore Bank; Carys Owens, Managing Director of Whisper Cymru; Huw Eurig, Creative Industry Leader, and Mari Stevens, Director of Consultancy Business Anian; will bring a wealth … Continued

On this World Bee Day (May 20th) the next generation of apicultural talent is being nurtured by bee farmers in Wales through the offering of apprenticeships. Designated by the United Nations, World Bee Day acknowledges the role of bees and other pollinators in sustainable development, food security, and biodiversity. The date was chosen to coincide … Continued

Thirty innovative projects across north and west Wales have secured funding totalling over £2 million through the ARFOR Challenge Fund. The fund was set up to pilot new and innovative solutions to challenges that exist in the ARFOR area, which covers Anglesey, Gwynedd, Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire. With a focus on bringing organisations together to innovate, … Continued

Menter a Busnes, a leading business support and development organisation, is delighted to announce that it has raised £7,000 for Cancer Research Wales throughout the 2023/24 financial year, as part of its charity of the year partnership. Cancer Research Wales is an independent Welsh charity and the only charity wholly dedicated to funding cancer research … Continued

Pupils from schools across Wales have been taking part in the Tasty Careers Schools Challenge, a competition that challenges pupils to design food products and dishes that are healthy, sustainable, and commercially viable. The Tasty Careers Schools Challenge is a National Skills Academy for Food & Drink (NSAFD) Wales initiative in partnership with the Welsh … Continued

The Wales Food & Drink Upskilling Business of the Year Award will recognise the positive impact and tangible benefits that upskilling the workforce can have on food and drink businesses. It is one of 17 categories in this year’s awards, which will be celebrated with a black-tie event at The Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, on May … Continued