Useful Contacts
Business Link advice on setting up and running small businesses www.businesslink.org
Dairy Industry Association www.dia-ltd.sagenet.co.uk
Development Programme document south west www.defra.gov.uk/erdp/docs/swchapter/swcontentsindex.htm
Distributive Traded National Training Organisation www.dnto.co.uk
Federation of Small Businesses – www.fsb.org.uk
Food and Drink National Training Organisation www.foodanddrinknto.org.uk
Lantra – lead training organisation for land-based industries www.lantra.co.uk. Has a careers section
Meat Training Council www.meattraining.org.uk/
NFU www.nfu.org.uk
Small Firms Enterprise and Development Initiative www.sfedi.co.uk/
Soil Association – information on organic production and local food marketing www.soilassociation.org
WWOOF (willing workers on organic farms) Farmers give bed, board and experience in return for work www.wwoof.org
Taste of the West - www.tasteofthewest.co.uk/
UKonline links to all government departments and agencies www.ukonline.gov.uk. England Rural
WIRE - Women in Rural Enterprise – www.wireuk.org
