Duty Free Global and Isle of Wight Distillery Ltd announce travel retail partnership
The distillery's Mermaid Gin is currently selling very well in Avolta stores in the UK
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The distillery's Mermaid Gin is currently selling very well in Avolta stores in the UK
The event will place emphasis on the importance of safety on the water. A fisherman using a lifejacket made by Cowes firm, Spinlock. James Hall, the sales and marketing manager at Spinlock, in Cowes, said: "We've got a focus on the fishing community. In the past, it has not been too interested in lifejackets, compared to sailors and motorboaters, for example. "But that's a changing habit, with fishermen becoming more interested in their personal protection. "As a result, we are marketing ourselves more towards the fishing community." Malcolm McClellan, of the Isle of Wight Distillery,...
The number of UK distilleries has doubled in four years A record number of new distilleries opened their doors in 2020 despite the pandemic, figures reveal. For the first time, more than 100 new distilleries were registered with HMRC last year, taking the total to at least 563. It means the number of distilleries in the UK has doubled in four years. Foxhole Spirits MD James Oag-Cooper credited the enduring popularity of posh spirits and the relative ease of opening a distillery. “You don’t have to go and buy an 1,800-litre still like you would have done 25 years ago to start,” he said.