TRADEIT Newsletter - TRADEIT Newsletter Issue 8

SME Missions have an important role to play in the successful delivery of the TRADEIT project and its objectives. The SME Missions are a series of activities undertaken by the regional and sector specific Hubs designed with the express intention of solving SME’s technology and innovation problems.

This newsletter is focused on the SME Mission event series in progress across the TRADEIT network. It will start with a review of where the Missions fit in the overall strategy and then detail some of the Missions that have taken place or are being planned which you might want to attend.

Feature Article

SME Missions - Coming to a TRADEIT Hub Near You
Missions are more than just an opportunity for networking; the focus is on problem solving
by Joan Lockyer

Throughout the two years that TRADEIT has been running, one of its primary objectives has been to support SME growth and competitiveness through the effective use of technology. Bearing in mind that our focus is on traditional food producing SMEs in the diary, meat and bakery sectors, this is quite a challenge.

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Sustainable Success in Berlin
by Martha Walter

The Hub in Germany, located at the Institut für Lebensmittel- und Umweltforschung e.V. (ILU) has two remits, Bakery and Sustainability. Consultation and collaboration with SMEs and innovators in the sectors revealed a range of interests for German SMEs and formed the basis of the Missions delivered between October 2015 and March 2016.

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Finding Time for the Future....
by Tess Lukehurst

At the UK Hub, located at Coventry University Enterprises, we’ve spent the past two years talking to SME food producers about their needs. We started with an overall ‘needs and barriers’ survey and we’ve met a quite number of small companies since then to look much more closely at their barriers to growth.

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Charcuterie, Food Safety Accreditation, Hot Trends in Bakery and Social Media Infrastructure
Food missions in Ireland – responding to TRADEIT members’ needs
by Michael Gleeson

The TRADEIT hub in Ireland has been listening to its members and responding with a range of SME Missions tailored to their sector.

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Other Missions in Development
by Joan Lockyer

The opportunity to influence your local Hub’s Mission strategy is still available, details are provided below

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