The Co-operation for Growth (Co-Growth) project aims to facilitate co-operation across the Welsh drinks sector through the application of cluster-based research.

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The project's vision is to develop resilient Welsh Drinks supply chains by facilitating, enabling and guiding co-operation through a cluster-based approach.

The project aims are to:

• identify best practices related to co-operation among companies, to present demonstrative evidence of the benefits from horizontal and vertical collaboration
• help inform drinks producers to take effective decisions on when to collaborate, who to collaborate with, and the benefits of collaboration
• develop a set of models, tools and techniques to enable and enhance joint partnerships within the sector
• help businesses grow sustainably with incremental capital investment while meeting environmental goals.

Project stages

The project will include three stages:

• internal operations excellence - tackling current barriers
• identifying and modelling collaborative clusters - estimating benefits and anticipating challenges
• running pilot clusters - demonstrating benefits and addressing challenges

News

• Co-operative clusters brew across Wales - January 2019
• High hops for Welsh drinks sector - September 2018
• Academics lead growth workshop with welsh drinks sector - December 2016
• Collective growth in Latin America