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Bladnoch Distillery Honoured in The Queen's Awards for Enterprise

  • Submitted by: Finlay Carson, Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 April 2022
  • Motion reference: S6M-04113

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.


Supported by: Jeremy Balfour, Colin Beattie, Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Sharon Dowey, Russell Findlay, Murdo Fraser, Meghan Gallacher, Maurice Golden, Pam Gosal, Jamie Greene, Dr. Sandesh Gulhane, Rachael Hamilton, Craig Hoy, Liam Kerr, Douglas Lumsden, Edward Mountain, Douglas Ross, Alexander Stewart, Paul Sweeney, Sue Webber, Annie Wells, Tess White