The FDF holds events at the Labour Party Conference today
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has organised a series of events to run alongside the Labour Party Conference in Manchester, where the party's 'high-profile' politicians will debate key issues affecting the country's future.
With an annual turnover of £73 billion and employing around 440,000 people in food jobs, the FDF believes that the future of the food industry should be a crucial part of the 2010 conference. This is why a series of fringe events have been organised, in order to discuss how the food industry can help with the UK's economic recovery and how the government can do more in support.
Events
The first event, which ran at 12.30pm - 2pm at the Radisson Hotel, was entitled 'The role of UK manufacturing: is there still time to rebalance the economy?' Key speakers included the Chair of the FDF, Julian Hunt, and Chris Wermann, regional corporate affairs director at Kelloggs.
The second of today's events was entitled 'Whose food is it anyway?', hosted at Manchester Central between 1pm and 2pm. Key speakers at this meeting were MP Kate Green and Barbara Gallani, FDF's director of food safety and science.
FDF Chair Julian Hunt had this to say about the organisation's involvement in the 2010 Labour Party Conference:
With an annual turnover of £73 billion and employing around 440,000 people in food jobs, the FDF believes that the future of the food industry should be a crucial part of the 2010 conference. This is why a series of fringe events have been organised, in order to discuss how the food industry can help with the UK's economic recovery and how the government can do more in support.
Events
The first event, which ran at 12.30pm - 2pm at the Radisson Hotel, was entitled 'The role of UK manufacturing: is there still time to rebalance the economy?' Key speakers included the Chair of the FDF, Julian Hunt, and Chris Wermann, regional corporate affairs director at Kelloggs.
The second of today's events was entitled 'Whose food is it anyway?', hosted at Manchester Central between 1pm and 2pm. Key speakers at this meeting were MP Kate Green and Barbara Gallani, FDF's director of food safety and science.
FDF Chair Julian Hunt had this to say about the organisation's involvement in the 2010 Labour Party Conference:
"Through these events, we hope to deliver our key messages about the importance of the food and drink industry and the need for it to be positioned at the heart of the new government's economic thinking."
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