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Motion · S6M-04113 · 21 Apr 2022

Bladnoch Distillery Honoured in The Queen's Awards for Enterprise

Lodged by Finlay Carson (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party) Standard Motion 23 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament warmly congratulates the Bladnoch Distillery Limited on being named as one of the winners in The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise 2022, which it considers is one of the UK’s most prestigious business awards, as announced on 21 April 2022; understands that the achievement is in recognition of the company producing world-class whisky at its distillery in Dumfries and Galloway; acknowledges that the business began trading in 2015 and has since become the fourth largest independently-owned distillery in Scotland; understands that the Bladnoch relaunch strategy involved two key markets, the UK, with a national distributor, and Australia, and also European markets, as well as the global market, and that it now exports to more than 50 markets overall; further understands that, in response to the challenges presented by COVID-19, the company demonstrated exceptional innovation and changes in its approach to exporting, and focused on growing its "direct to consumer" offering; understands that its overseas sales have grown by 140% over the three-year application period and, in the final year of application, 45% of total sales were exported; further understands that The Queen’s Award for International Trade is for the company’s outstanding short-term growth in overseas sales during the last three years; congratulates Dr Nick Savage, the master distiller, at what is the southernmost distillery, since 2019, and his dedicated and hard-working employees on this latest award, and wishes them continued international sales success in the coming months and years ahead.

Supporters (23)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.