Glossary of Terms   

BREW                        Business Resource Efficiency and Waste Programme

CAP                            Common Agricultural Policy

EHO                           Environmental Health Officer

Food Miles                Measure that indicates urban food km by car, LGV, HGV, HGV food km, Air food km and total CO2 emissions from food transport

FEI                              Further Educational Institutes

Food Waste              

FTE                             Full Time Equivalent

Good Value for Money                 

GVA                            Gross value added – difference between the value of all outputs of all businesses within the industry minus all inputs they purchase from other businesses – under the European System of Accounts the term GVA now replaces the term GDP

HEI                             Higher Educational Institutes

Improve                      Sector Skills Council for Food and Drink

KTP                            Knowledge Transfer Partnership

Local Food               

LSC                            Learning and Skills Council

MAS                           Manufacturing Advisory Service

NWFA                        Northwest Food Alliance

NWFF                        North West Fine Foods

NWFFP                      North West Fantastic Foods Partnership

NWUA                        North West Universities Association

Premium Food        

RA                              Regional Economic Action

R&D                           Research and Development

Regional Food        

RES                            Regional Economic Strategy

SME                           Small and Medium Sized Enterprise

SSPA                         Sector Skills for Productivity Alliance

TA                               Transformational Action (Regional Economic Strategy)

UKTI                           UK Trade and Investment

UNIDO                       United Nations Industrial Development Organisation