Scottish Wholesale Association (SWA) has welcomed confirmation by the Scottish Government that a £45 million Pivotal Enterprise Resilience Fund is being made available to food and drink wholesalers and other companies that have up to now fallen through the cracks of all other business support measures.
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Book now: Looking after your mental health during Covid-19 – online interactive training workshops
These FREE online interactive training workshops are designed specifically for SWA members and open to your employees and their family members working from home.
SWA urges wholesalers to share insight into Covid-19 trading to highlight the importance of the wholesale food and drink supply channel
The Scottish Wholesale Association (SWA) is asking wholesalers to share their trading trajectory over the past four weeks as part of an important data-gathering exercise that will help further reiterate to the Scottish Government the importance of the wholesale food and drink supply channel.
Lomond – The Wholesale Co rallies to support Scotland’s frontline NHS staff
A music industry tour manager and a Glasgow-based food and drink wholesaler have joined forces to deliver food and drink to frontline NHS staff across Scotland as they work through the Covid-19 crisis.
SWA Best Practice Guidance For Retail Deliveries
SWA & SGF in collaboration have put together information to help members follow best practice principles within your delivery routines.
Remembering the Good times: Acheivers Awards 2020
Please take a few minutes to look back on our 2020 Achievers Awards Dinner with our highlights video. Seems a long time ago, doesn’t it? How things have changed, but let’s look forward to being able to celebrate the achievements of our Scottish Wholesale industry in the not too distant future.
Letter for Essential Travel
Further to SWA's update on the Scottish Government’s clarification of “essential businesses”, which included those in the production, sale and distribution of food please download our template letter for your employees.
SWA Covid-19: Employers Special
With these challenging times upon us please download our Covid-19 Employers Special Bulletin which will provide you with some information that may help answer employment questions you may have.
Achievers 2020 Best Practice
Scottish Wholesale Achievers is delighted to list these examples of best practice within the wholesale industry – provided by the sponsors of the awards – as part of our aim to raise standards.
SWA welcomes Scottish Government’s decision to push back DRS
The Scottish Wholesale Association has welcomed deferment of Scotland’s deposit return scheme (DRS) from April 2021 to July 2022, reaffirming that industry had said from the outset that the implementation of a scheme in 2021 was always going to be unachievable.