THRIVE Fundamentals is an industry-specific training programme aimed at future and current food and drink entrepreneurs
- Are you a budding food & drink or rural entrepreneur?
- Do you want to improve your business skills and product development knowledge?
- Do you want to network with other entrepreneurs in Scotland’s food & drink and rural sector?
The THRIVE programme is for the next generation of entrepreneurs in Scotland’s food & drink and rural sector. Participants will gain essential business skills and product development knowledge to support their business idea. Whether your idea is a new product, business idea or a food and drink related rural diversification, this programme could benefit you!
Delivered by industry experts at / and the Scottish Centre for Food Development and Innovation / ɬÂþÌìÌÃ.
Join sessions throughout September 2025 online:
- Funding and support for businesses
- Understanding market trends
- Building your unique proposition
Along with a product development workshop in person at ɬÂþÌìÌà (including developing your product idea, nutrition for SMEs and an introduction to sensory analysis).
This programme is open to Scottish:
- Students
- Graduates
- Start-up food and drink businesses
A Certificate of Attendance is provided for attending THRIVE fundamentals.
The THRIVE programme is funded by the Scottish Funding Council’s, Knowledge Exchange Innovation Fund.
Feedback from previous THRIVE attendees:
I had a fantastic experience on the THRIVE course and thoroughly recommend it to other aspiring food and drink entrepreneurs, at any stage of the start-up journey. The course covered a great breadth of topics and provided me with so much of the information I needed to start a new food business, without any prior experience in the food industry. All the presenters were knowledgeable and helpful, and happy to answer questions and provide information and contacts relevant to my specific business idea and plans. THRIVE is a super resource, and I'm confident I will continue to refer back to the course materials for a long time. Thank you, THRIVE team!
From start up to end product, everything is covered for starting and running a food business. The team deliver an invaluable course and the administration is flawless.
Thrive is a fantastic way to give budding Scottish based food & drink entrepreneurs a start in the scary field of business. It’s given me the confidence to strive ahead with ideas and I’m very thankful to the funding to be able to do so
This course is invaluable, even if you are in the ideas stage, do not be put off, it's the best time to do it, the contacts, and reference materials will steer you right throughout. I can not recommend the thrive course highly enough, and everyone involved could not have been more helpful
The THRIVE programme is fantastic, and I would highly recommend it to any start-up food and drink business who wants to develop their business skills and product development knowledge
THRIVE is an amazing program run by industry experts, and offers the chance to learn with like-minded individuals. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend to anyone who is starting out. A great chance to network with so much passion in one room!






















