Food & Drink Start-up Accelerator | ONE

The programme is for ambitious food and drink start-ups or scaling businesses already trading. It will help you understand your customers and market and develop a robust and practical growth plan.

• Access expert advice and focus on customer identification, growth strategy, value proposition, market testing, and commercial opportunity.
• Delivered by food and drink specialists who have helped food and drink businesses increase sales locally and nationally.
• Practical steps to develop your product proposition to match consumer and buyer needs and establish a successful business model.
• Workshops, peer-to-peer learning, advice and coaching.
• You’ll be joining a group of north east Scotland food and drink businesses that have already completed the programme, benefit from their experience and receive ongoing support from ONE and partners.

Businesses must be based in north east Scotland and manufacture food or drink products.

How it works

The ONE Food & Drink Accelerator will enable you to develop a practical route map for growth with a focus on:

• Your ambition and strategic and financial growth planning
• Your business model and value proposition
• Customer discovery, market demand and routes to market
• Commercial preparation
• Making new connections within the food and drink industry, building networks and accessing complementary sources of support to accelerate further growth

Programme

To register your interest for future Food & Drink Accelerator programmes or for an informal chat, please get in touch with Jane MacLeod, Senior Business Growth Manager, Opportunity North East.