The burger is back as Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) and Food and Drink Federation Scotland (FDF Scotland) announce the return of the Global Burger Challenge for 2026..

Ambassadors all have their own stories and here we shine the career spotlight on supply chain consultant Daniel Muir, who is based in Perthshire.

Ambassadors all have their own stories and here we shine the career spotlight on Moira Stalker, skills manager at FDF Scotland (Food & Drink Federation) and a driving force in the industry.

We meet Scottish Food & Drink Ambassadors project co-ordinator Emma Koubayssi - and ask her to share her story.

Ambassadors all have their own stories and here we meet one here - Eilidh Wynd, commercial executive at Simon Howie Foods - and ask her to share her story.

Becoming an Ambassador Employer Partner is not a philanthropic exercise, it is a business investment that directly addresses your talent pipeline, employee development and corporate reporting needs.

Emma Koubayssi is working on building a network of Employer Partners who can help solve one of our industry's biggest challenges.

Petya Dimitrova signed up as a Scottish Food & Drink Ambassador towards the end of last year and talking about the industry is something she really enjoys.

Freda Scott-Park's diverse background - spanning veterinary cardiology, pharmaceutical research, organic farming and even meteorology - has uniquely positioned her as an advocate for Scotland's food & drink industry.

Emma Agnew is a senior scientific adviser within the Scottish Government and she has joined the Scottish Food & Drink Ambassadors programme.

A newly released toolkit – called Find Your Future In Food & Drink - provides a comprehensive resource for employers, educators, and jobseekers alike, showcasing the sector's diverse and rewarding career paths.

Fancy some fully funded degree-level training for your employees? Then it’s time to find out a bit more about Graduate Apprenticeships.

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Professor Gillian Murray from Heriot-Watt University asks if Graduate Apprenticeships can be one answer to addressing our skills shortage.

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When recruiting staff, how you specify the level of skill or competence that you need applicants to have is important.
Here’s exactly the resource you need to guide you.

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Instead of talking about software or processes or auditing, Edrington Group Compliance Auditor Laura King has found that her central group role has given her the ideal platform to demonstrate the diversity of STEM roles that exist within a company.

Bosses of leading food & drink organisations have gone back to the workfloor to experience life as an “apprentice for a day”.

Building confidence and the ability to network are two of the benefits 28-year-old Isla Mackay has discovered through her work as a STEM Food & Drink Ambassador.

As if gaining a unique double perspective on workforce development was not enough, meat-producer-turned-recruiter Allan Jess now has yet another angle on his impressive CV after signing up to be a STEM Food and Drink Ambassador.

Fun hands-on challenges are key to Layne White’s success in opening young pupils’ minds to career paths in the industry when they visit Albert Bartlett in Airdrie.

Developing close bonds with the communities in which they operate has always been a strength of food and drink firms, but Scottish Sea Farms sees the sector-focused STEM Ambassador scheme as a powerful tool to make those ties even stronger and deeper.