The Future of Product Identification: The Transition from Barcodes to QR Codes (Sunrise 2027)
With businesses already preparing for packaging, label and barcode changes, including those linked to DRS, now is a useful time to understand the wider industry transition towards 2D barcodes. […]
PPWR is coming – Is your business ready?
From 12 August 2026, the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) begins to apply, including new requirements relating to PFAS in food-contact packaging, substances of concern and conformity assessment, […]
WSTA x NCSC: Cyber security Webinar
Cyber threats continue to evolve, making it more important than ever for organisations to understand the latest risks and how to respond effectively. During this webinar, NCSC experts will share […]
WSTA x Colliers: What you need to do ahead of the new Business Rates system in April
From the start of the 2026/27 financial year, a new system of business rates multipliers (and new rateable values) will jointly take effect. With the window for challenging valuations closing […]
One Step Beyond: Rewriting the rules of buying and selling wines and spirits
Our Spring Zoom was held on Wednesday 15 March and focussed on Rewriting the rules of buying and selling wines and spirits. The session involved a series of interviews, discussions […]
National Business Crime Solution – a new way for WSTA members to report criminal activity
Your business or supply chain may be affected by different types of fraud. That’s why we have partnered with National Business Crime Solution (NBCS). One of the challenges in […]
One Step Beyond: Be loved: Using social media, digital and data insight to give your brands a virtual personality and engage with and entertain your consumer.
Be loved: Using social media, digital and data insight to give your brands a virtual personality and engage with and entertain your consumer. 16.00 Welcome and introduction 16.05 […]
WSTA Webinar: The Psychology of Cyber
Presented by Paul Maskall, Manager, Fraud & Cyber Crime Prevention. DCPCU UK Finance. Paul believes that technology isn’t necessarily the enemy, but it is our relationship with it that […]
WSTA Webinar: How to grow your wine and spirit exports to Latin America, in partnership with DIT
Next week, the WSTA is hosting a webinar with DIT to hear from their in-market experts on how to export wines and spirits to Argentina, Brazil and Mexico, and what […]
WSTA Webinar: Reducing Friction in International Trade
David has been working with HMRC, academia and the technology sector on a programme called “Reducing Friction in International Trade” (RFIT). Some members have already taken part in an industry […]
WSTA Webinar: Transit procedures in the alcohol sector, in partnership with HMRC
This webinar is another in the series of events offered to the WSTA by HMRC. This will look at transit procedures, which some exporters (in either direction) may find […]
WSTA Webinar: CFSP in the alcohol sector, in partnership with HMRC
This is another in a series of events provided by HMRC to look in detail at how various customs processes apply to excise goods post-Brexit. This session will cover CFSP […]