Dragons' Den star added to Business of Food panel
Marcela Flores Newburn, star of Dragons' Den and owner of Rico Mexican Kitchen, and Stuart Kellock, managing director of Label Apeel, are the latest two additions to the panel at Insider's Business of Food breakfast, to be held at the Park Plaza Hotel in Nottingham on Wednesday 28 September.
There are limited places left at this event. To book your place, please contact Kate Marshall on 0161 907 9754.
At our latest breakfast event Insider will throw the spotlight on the effect of this thriving industry on the Midlands economy.
We'll take a look at the challenges the food industry faces in the wake of the abolition of the regional development agencies.
Who will take up the mantle of providing funds to growing food businesses, and who will promote the industry across the Midlands? We'll also ask how producers can reduce their costs, by sharing distribution networks. Signs are that this is happening through consolidation, and an increasing level of foreign ownership. We'll explore whether this will continue.
Our panel will also explore the growing need for finance, to allow expansion, increase output, or to develop new products and ranges. Innovation is the lifeblood of the food industry, and we’ll discover what the local universities are doing to work more closely with the private sector to drive this forward.
With input from an invited audience of business owners, company directors, and professionals this is sure to be a lively debate.
Registration for the event begins at 7.30am, and the debate will close at 9am.
