Running a successful food and drink business means managing your people well. Having a skilled, engaged workforce will help secure the future of your own business and support the wider industry too.
In practice, managing people well involves many things, including:
- looking after their safety and wellbeing
- offering fair working practices
- having an inclusive workplace
- bringing the right people and skills into the business – including employees with science, engineering and digital skills
- developing your workforce.
You’ll find advice on all these topics on these pages. You can also learn about our skills programme, A Future in Food, which is raising awareness of the career opportunities and skills needs in the Scottish food and drink industry.
Related topics
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Careers and skills development
Our careers, skills and workforce development resources can help you explore your own opportunities in food and drink, whether you’re looking for a career, for tools to develop your people or for curriculum support.
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Inclusion and diversity
The FDF is working with members to improve the state of inclusion and diversity in the food and drink manufacturing sector.