Membership

Become part of our community of food and drink professionals and organisations from across the East Midlands.

There are three membership packages available with The Food and Drink Forum each of which has been designed to deliver a host of benefits including exclusive members’ only services. Details of each membership grade and its associated benefits to businesses are shown below; if you are considering joining and have any specific queries please contact our Membership and Marketing Co-ordinator Gemma Bailey on 0115 975 8810 who will be pleased to answer your questions. 

Full Membership (Membership plus) - £200 plus VAT

Who is it for? 
Open to food and drink businesses along the supply chain starting with producers or growers to processors to distributors to retailers to foodservice outlets. Members who are involved in local food and drink will take up part of the membership offer that’s designed for specialist regional producers and provided by East Midlands Fine Foods.

What are the benefits available?
For a list of the benefits of our Full Membership (Membership plus) package please click here. 

Micro - £50 plus VAT

Who is it for? 
Open to food and drink businesses whose annual turnover does not exceed the threshold to be registered for VAT. (Open to companies who fall into the full membership category, not consultants or associates).

What are the benefits available?
The Forum’s micro membership category is designed to ensure that our support services are accessible to new and small businesses. Those that qualify for this category of membership have access to the same wealth of benefits offered through membership plus. For a list of the benefits of our Micro membership package please click here.

Consultant - £350 plus VAT
Associate - £200 plus VAT

Who are they for?
Open to businesses who are involved with and support the East Midlands Food and Drink industry and who can demonstrate a commitment to growing the sector.

What area the benefits available?
These grades of membership are designed to assist businesses in the promotion of their services through The Forum network. For a list of the benefits of our Consultant and Associate membership packages please click here. 

If you would like to join the Food and Drink Forum please choose one of the following options;

Click here to access our online application form
Click here to download a hardcopy application form 

Upon reciept of your completed application to join a member of The Forum team will contact you.

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