Research Projects

In addition to our industry research projects, the research team delivers research and consultancy projects for a range of external clients. Some recent examples follow:

Recent Projects

Ensuring Sustainable Employment and Competitiveness in the EU Food and Drink Sector: meeting the challenges of the labour market

Ensuring Sustainable Employment and Competitiveness in the EU Food and Drink Sector: meeting the challenges of the labour market

FoodDrinkEurope and the European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions (EFFAT)  has commissioned the Improve…

Northern Ireland Industry Factsheet 2013

Northern Ireland Industry Factsheet 2013

The Department for Employment and Learning (DEL) has commissioned Improve to refresh the 2011 industry factsheet which is intended as an…

Quantifying the demand for Food Scientists / Technologists and Agronomists in Scotland

Quantifying the demand for Food Scientists / Technologists and Agronomists in Scotland

Skills Development Scotland (SDS) has commissioned the Improve Food & Drink Research Network (in collaboration with Lantra) to…

FOOD - European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training

FOOD - European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training

Improve has recently become the UK partner in the FOOD - European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training (ECVET)…

Career Pathways in Food Manufacturing

Career Pathways in Food Manufacturing

The ‘Career Pathways in Food Manufacturing’ project will seek to identify and categorise between 10 and 15 typical career…

Research for the Scotland Food and Drink Ambassadors Network

Research for the Scotland Food and Drink Ambassadors Network

Improve and the National Skills Academy for Food & Drink have been commissioned by the Scottish Food and Drink Federation (SFDF)…

Greater Lincolnshire Agri-food Skills Study

Greater Lincolnshire Agri-food Skills Study

Improve has been commissioned by the Lincolnshire and Rutland Employment and Skills Board, on behalf of the Greater Lincolnshire Local…

British Soft Drinks Association - Skills Survey

British Soft Drinks Association - Skills Survey

Improve has been commissioned by the British Soft Drinks Association (BSDA) to conduct a telephone survey with its members to establish…

Scottish Bakers - Profile of the Scottish Bakery sector

Scottish Bakers - Profile of the Scottish Bakery sector

Scottish Bakers commissioned Improve to develop a profile of the Bakery industry in Scotland. The report includes a detailed breakdown of…

Food Supply Chain Statistics for the Greater London Authority

Food Supply Chain Statistics for the Greater London Authority

The Greater London Authority commissioned Improve to produce the key economic statistics about the Food Supply Chain in London. This…

Skills Action Plan for the Food Supply Chain

Skills Action Plan for the Food Supply Chain

As the leading skills body for the UK food and drink manufacturing industry, the research team at Improve led on facilitating and authoring…

University of Hull - Foodport Case Studies

University of Hull - Foodport Case Studies

The research team at Improve recently delivered a suite of case studies with food and drink businesses for the University of Hull Logistics…

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