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Practical advice on event catering, festival planning, food truck operations, compliance, and building a successful food trading business in Scotland.

Event Planning

How to Choose Event Catering: The Complete Guide

A working caterer's checklist for briefing suppliers, comparing quotes apples-to-apples, and avoiding the three booking mistakes that wreck most first-time events.

Lee Marshall 15 February 2026 8 min read

Catering Tips

Food Truck vs Traditional Catering: Which Is Right for Your Event?

The catering industry has shifted. Food trucks are no longer the budget alternative — they are the preferred choice for festivals, weddings, and corporate events. Here is why.

1 Feb 2026 6 min read

Compliance

Food Hygiene Requirements for Events: What Organisers Must Know

FHIS Pass certificates, allergen records and HACCP plans — the trader paperwork environmental health officers will ask for, and how to collect it before show day.

18 Jan 2026 7 min read

Festival Planning

Planning Festival Catering: A Step-by-Step Breakdown

Trader ratios, pitch layout, generator and water planning, Occasional Licences and weather contingency — the festival catering build sequence we run on every site.

5 Jan 2026 9 min read

Event Planning

Why a Single Catering Supplier Is Better Than Managing Traders Yourself

Most event organisers spend hundreds of hours sourcing and managing individual food traders. There is a better way — and it reduces your risk, your workload, and your stress.

20 Dec 2025 7 min read

For Traders

How to Become a Food Trader: Starting Your Street Food Business

Council registration, 4-star FHIS, £5m PLI, kit budgets and pitch fees — a realistic costing of what it takes to launch a UK street food trailer in year one.

8 Dec 2025 10 min read

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