Business Support Week 2026

BSW is a week-long programme of 1:1 support and online learning, supporting Better Food Traders members to learn new skills, connect with other traders and get bespoke advice around the business of your sustainable food enterprise. Here's what is coming up:

1:1 Advice

BFT members can access bespoke, sector-specific support around strategy and business development; operations, logistics and organisational culture; marketing and communications; tech and digitisation; and beyond.

BFT Members: Explore the full line up of BSW advisers and book here.

Whether you work on the shop floor, the market garden, the warehouse, the office or the kitchen, Business Support Week will have something for you.

Workshops

Available to all, free for BFT members:

• Collaborating and Stacking: alternative models for better food trading with Kimberley Bell
• Communicating food as a force for good with Mallika Basu

For BFT Members:

• BFT Winter Gathering.

Tutorials

Bitesize video tutorials on branding and marketing will arrive in members' inboxes during BSW.

Not a BFT Member? Join us! Become a member of Better Food Traders.

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Are you a trainer or social enterprise advisor who could support Better Food Trader enterprises to thrive? Learn more about our members and share details of your expertise/services with Melissa (membership@betterfoodtraders.org) by 15th September.