Make Health and Fitness your goal during...

**5% discount off Nutrition and Health courses booked during the World Cup** Book on either of the following 2010 Nutrition courses during the World Cup football  to receive a 5% discount. (ends 11th July 2010) RSPH Certificate in Nutrition & Health 9 - 11 November 2010 £450 + VAT RSPH Diploma in Nutrition & Health 25 – 29 October 2010 £750 + VAT Contact Helen Moore on 01756 700802 or email helen.moore@vwa.co.uk for further details or to book your place. Dr Verner Wheelock says keeping fit is just as important as a healthy diet…. “There is a tendency...

Article on Savoury Flavours available to...

Following the success of our Savoury Flavours courses, tutors, Dr David Baines and Richard Seal, have given us permission to publish an article on our website entitled, ‘The Challenges Facing Savoury Flavour Formulation’.  This article first appeared in Perfumer & Flavorist  magazine in 2009 and highlights some of the issues facing flavourists in this rapidly changing market including: The growing demand for savoury flavours Rising food prices Natural flavourings Legislation Download the full article here. Our next course on Creating Savoury Flavours...

20th Anniversary Celebration Lunch – 2...

Verner Wheelock Associates (VWA), is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, and will mark the occasion with a celebration lunch for associates and clients. VWA started life in Bradford so it was decided to return to Bradford for a lunch at The Aagrah restaurant, where the guests of honour will be the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Bradford, and will also include key note speakers from the food and training industry: John Howard, UK marketing director, Danish Agriculture and Food Council (a VWA client) Rod Knox, chief executive, Virtual College (VWA’s e-learning partner) “The...

April HACCP Course is Fully Subscribed...

The Level 3 Award in HACCP for Food Manufacturing on 27-28 April is now FULL. The next courses in Skipton will run on the following dates: 12 – 13 July 8 – 9 September If you have 6 or more staff to train it can be more cost effective to book in an in-house course.  The overall cost per person will be reduced and you will save on travel and accommodation by running the course at your own premises. For those who require just a basic level of HACCP we can also offer a one-day in-house course called HACCP – The Fundamentals. Contact Helen Moore on 01756 700802 to discuss...

SCIENCE WORKSHOP FINDS ‘FLAVOUR’ AT ...

  There was a twist in the Science curriculum for Year 7 children at Malsis School, Cross Hills, near Skipton, when they ventured into the realms of creating new food flavours. With the aim of helping to nurture a new generation of food scientists, this ad hoc addition to the school timetable evolved from a course called ‘Creating Savoury Flavours’, which was run by Skipton based Verner Wheelock Associates (VWA), a leading UK provider of food safety, nutrition and speciality courses and held in the school’s laboratory on three separate occasions. The courses attracted...

20 Years of Success at VWA...

Verner Wheelock Associates was set up in Bradford in 1990 by Dr Verner Wheelock.  Still a family run business, but now based at Broughton Hall Business Park near Skipton, VWA will be celebrating 20 years as a successful food industry training consultancy during 2010. Watch this space for a series of events we are planning throughout the year to mark this special  occasion.  We hope that clients old and new will help us celebrate our 20th birthday in in style in 2010! Popularity: 24% [?]

First Aid Training with First Aid Academ...

November 2009 Verner Wheelock Associates has partnered with First Aid Academy which is a leading provider of high quality, first aid training. First Aid Academy can provide advice and training on all levels of first aid as well as specialist courses, and have provided us with information on the new qualifications introduced following a revision in First Aid legislation which came into force on 1st October 2009. Today, workplaces generally are low risk and have immediate access to the emergency services via mobile phones. Under the new revision the traditional 4-day First Aid...

Verner’s Views...

November 2009 Dr Verner Wheelock has lanched a new blog where he comments on food industry news and reports. Here are extracts from a couple of his latest blog entries: Let the Children Eat Cake… Eating a slice of cake to celebrate a birthday has been banned because it conflicts with the Healthy Eating policy in a Rotherham school (The Yorkshire Post 17 October 2009). The mother of one of the pupils sent a cake to the school so that her daughter could share it with her friends. This incident illustrates the absurdity of the government approach to Healthy Eating in schools. Read...

HACCP with Distinction...

November 2009 Over the last few months our delegates have been achieving excellent results in accredited examinations, particularly in the RSPH Level 3 Award in HACCP for Food Manufacturing. Of 85 delegates who have taken this new RSPH qualification with VWA since February 2009, the following exam pass rates have been achieved: Distinction – 73%; Pass – 25%; Fail – 2%. This means that the current pass rate for Level 3 HACCP at VWA is an impressive 98%. These figures relate to delegates who attended open courses in Skipton, as well as in-house courses at...

Funding for Training the Trainer...

October 2009 The VWA Training the Trainer course leads to the CIEH Professional Trainers Certificate, which enables delegates to acquire the skills to become successful trainers in their own right. The recent course on 5 – 7 October accommodated six delegates from around Yorkshire, all of whom benefitted from 60% funding from The Enhancement Fund which is a programme part funded by the European Union through the European Social Fund as is co-financed by the Learning and Skills Council and Yorkshire Forward. Tutor Peter Bruty (left) with the successful delegates   All...