Argyll Food & Drink Enterprise Day
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24 June 2009
C2 recently supported the Scottish Rural Property and Business Association (SRPBA) Rural Enterprise Day at Ardkinglas House, Cairndow, Argyll.
These events are designed to stimulate new thinking and encourage enterprise by existing and potential SRPBA members in the food sector.
The SRPBA Rural Enterprise Demo Day is a unique format; it combines practical demonstrations with the opportunity to meet and discuss all aspects of business with a wide range of relevant local players and business contacts in an informal setting.
Contributors at the Ardkinglas event included Paul McLaughlin, CEO, Scotland Food & Drink; Fergus Younger, Development Manager for the Argyll & Bute Agricultural Forum; Virginia Sumsion, Loch Fyne Oysters; Alison Sykora, Real Food Consultancy,; Robert Campbell Preston, Inverawe Smokehouse ;Winston Churchill of Winston Churchill Venison; John Forteith and Douglas Watson
Topics covered included Identifying the Opportunity; Developing the Product and the Business, Reaching the Customer/Consumer; and Developing the Market, Growing the Business.
Delegates were also offered the opportunity to visit Loch Fyne Oysters and Fyne Ales, or tour the Ardkinglas Estate.
