As a food & drink employer, are you using the full talent potential of your existing workforce? From funding to top tips, checklists to training guides, our article on growing your own talent can help you make the most of your workforce

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Being an employer of choice is an important priority for North Uist Distillery.

So they set down their three aims for the business: to put Uist on the whisky map, to be carbon neutral; and to be the best employer on the island.

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Lanarkshire-based ingredients supplier R&W Scott is the first UK food manufacturer to be named as both a Living Wage and Living Hours accredited employer.

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The Castleton Code guides the team at Castleton Farm towards creating a positive workplace culture.

They all played their part in creating it, and this case study explains why and how it came about.

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There’s a shortage of skills in the food & drink industry and nowhere is this more evident than in butchery.

Hugh Black and Sons is taking a versatile approach to recruiting and retaining its workforce.

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When you’re recruiting, it is definitely worth spending a bit of time and effort in the planning to get the best selection of candidates. Here’s some resources to help you.

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Keeping traditional skills alive plays an important part in our food & drink industry.

James McLaren has made the Forfar bridie in the Angus town for 130 years. How do they manage their skills?

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Hands up if you think an apprentice is a teenager joining the workplace for the first time?

Then you are underestimating the power of apprenticeships to transform your workforce, regardless of their age and skillset.

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Michelle Maddox of Clootie McToot explains why keeping an open mind on recruitment “risks” can pay dividends.

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We all know that lurch of anxiety when someone unexpectedly hands in their notice. A bit of time and effort spent on workforce planning means you shouldn’t be rushing around trying to fix the situation with makeshift solutions.

This article highlights useful resources to put you on the workforce planning path to becoming more resilient, successful and ultimately profitable.

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Building a better workforce is the driving force behind Reid’s commitment to apprenticeships, and Gary Reid is very clear that the workforce is better as a result.

In the last 10 years or so, his business Reid’s of Caithness has put over 35 members of the Thurso-based team through apprenticeships.

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Bakkafrost Scotland is helping to deliver world-leading STEM education and in turn benefit from inspiring young people and building a pipeline of talent in the food & drink industry.

How? By signing team members up as STEM Ambassadors.

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While 57-year-old James MacDonald from Stornoway might not be most people’s idea of a typical trainee, he has turned out to be an ideal candidate for the Modern Apprentice training programme.

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Find out how Macsween - a third-generation family business - became more productive and resilient after taking time to review its operations and culture.

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Christies is a traditional Scottish baker, selling traditional products.

They aim to let their team take on as much as responsibility as they want, and provide the training and support to do it. Here’s how they do it.

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Our businesses need motivated, well-trained and experienced people. But if they don’t exist, we can’t conjure them up.

Or can we? Dr Jonathan Wilkin from Abertay University has an interesting suggestion from his experience.

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When it came to taking a new approach to recruitment, farmer Bryce Cunningham looked south – specifically, all the way south to the Antarctic.

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Twenty-year-old Kyle is an apprentice maintenance engineer at Devro, based in Moodiesburn in north Lanarkshire.

He worked on an electrical panel upgrade that is saving the business £20,000 - one of the reasons he won Scotland’s Young Talent award.

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Looking to add some new skills and a fresh pair of eyes to your workforce? Be like Brakes and introduce a graduate role into your organisation.

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This webpage from the CIPD explores the benefits of workforce planning, the activities involved and the stages of the workforce planning process.

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