The Health Food Manufacturers’ Association (HFMA) is hosting a free webinar to help industry better understand the benefits of being part of a trade organisation.
The webinar, called United Voice: The Importance of a Trade Association, The benefits of industry bodies’ membership, is being held at 11am on October 7, in light of questions often asked of Martin Last, Director General, as to the benefits and if it’s worth being a member. To answer these questions and more, the HFMA is hosting the free webinar open to companies within the natural products arena in the UK or looking to enter the UK market, providing insight into what benefits there are in membership and how being part of a trade association can support their brand.
Whether food supplements, natural skin care, pet supplements or health and organic foods, there will be regulatory issues affecting the business plus rules around exporting, importing and legal labels. These issues are experienced by many brands, but having access to experts and advisers within a trade body can keep a brand one step ahead.
Theresa Cutts, HFMA’s PR and Marketing Consultant, will chair a panel consisting of Martin, Janet Groves, from Lanes Health, Emma Ellis, from BioCare, and Tom Moses, of Natural Trade Brokers, to discuss how being part of the HFMA benefits their own businesses and how membership of an industry organisation with a united voice can support them especially when it comes to regulatory and legislative issues. Panel members will be sharing their own unique view on what membership brings and the impact it has on their company and how being part of a trade association can be utilised as an extension of their own teams.
Martin commented: “I am often asked what are the benefits of being a member of a trade association such as the HMFA, this webinar gives us a great opportunity to offer some insight into some of the most relevant benefits, not just from myself but also hear directly from our members. In the current trading and political climate and with the complexity of this industry, it is easy to see why a company should be part of a responsible trade association. Having a united voice can have a massive impact and provide assurance that a company is keeping abreast of regulatory and legislative changes and also be part of an organisation that is involved in presenting their concerns to opinion makers and the authorities.”
- You can register for this free webinar at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/frSJFMl9SKiV9JrpEAVQ2A or via hfma.co.uk
