Two hundred guests gathered at Exeter’s Westpoint Arena as Taste of the West honoured outstanding South West food, drink and hospitality businesses, celebrating creativity, sustainability and regional pride. Read more - open to all

Highland Fine Cheeses scoops Gold at 2025 International Cheese Awards. Read more - open to all

Clara, a log-shaped goat’s cheese sprinkled in a layer of ash, has been named Best English Cheese at the British & Irish Cheese Awards 2025. Read more - open to all

Farm Shop & Deli Show - part of the UK Food & Drink Shows - is the must-attend event of the year for independent food and drink retailers, buyers and suppliers. Read more - open to all

On Friday 21 March, around 600 cheeses from Britain and Ireland will be judged at the 29th edition of the prestigious British & Irish Cheese Awards hosted for a second year by the Bath & West Food & Drink Festival. Read more - open to all

A small mould-ripened fresh cheese called Snowdrop has been named Supreme Champion at the 28th British Cheese Awards, which was held at the Bath & West Showground in Somerset, as part of the new Bath & West Food & Drink Festival. Read more - open to all

Delishops and Speciality & Fine Food Fair continues to facilitate the growth of the independent food & drink sector. Read more - open to all

It's human nature to want to grow your farm shop and increase sales but we can quite often be left feeling at a loss on how to achieve this. There are several low cost and effective ways that your farm shop business can increase average basket spend... Read more - open to all

Sunshine Garden Centre and Van Hage are the best GCA outdoor living retailers.  Cowell’s and Bents are the best for plants. Read more - members only

Golden Hooves Vintage Cheddar wins UK Supreme Champion at the Global Cheese Awards, marking its 50th accolade in two years and highlighting the farmer-owned brand’s commitment to regenerative farming and exceptional flavour. Read more - open to all

Gloucestershire-based cheesemaker and distiller Charles Martell & Son has won the Best Soft Cheese trophy at the Artisan Cheese Awards 2025 with Slack-ma-Girdle. Read more - open to all

Rennet & Rind in Lincolnshire was crowned Affineur of the Year 2025, having impressed the judges with its maturation and refinement of a truckle of cheddar from Quicke’s in Devon. Read more - open to all

A washed rind, Alpine-style cheese from Gloucestershire has been named Supreme Champion at the British & Irish Cheese Awards 2025.  Read more - open to all

The overall champion winners of this year’s Taste of the West Awards programme were announced last night at a prestigious ceremony held at Westpoint Arena near Exeter.  Read more - open to all

British farmer-owned dairy co-operative, First Milk has announced the launch of Golden Hooves Vintage Cheddar, adding a more rugged and intense cheddar to its regenerative cheese range.   Read more - open to all

The Guild of Fine Food, organisers of Great Taste, Shop of the Year and the World Cheese Awards, is calling for consumers across the UK and Ireland to get behind their local independents and has added an online resource to its existing website, to assist these retailers and producers following the government’s latest Covid-19 guidelines. Read more - open to all

Believing that good buyers have not been given the recognition they deserve, Glee is asking you to nominate people or teams that might qualify as the country’s best buyers for awards being introduced at the show. Read more - members only

2013 turned out to be another disappointing year in all three key sectors of the garden retail market – garden plants, garden care and garden leisure – with all three sectors showing a steady decline in the five years to 2013 covered by the Analysis. Read more - members only