We supported Wild & Fruitful with £24,415 covering 50% of the cost of their new lidding an labelling line.

The Challenge

Wild & Fruitful's process involved applying lids and labels to bottles by hand. As their business grew, this was creating a bottleneck, slowing down production.

The Solution

Jake and David who run the business, came to us and applied for a grant scheme funded by the Rural England Prosperity Fund, provided through Cumberland Council. They used the funding to purchase a machine which applies the lids and labels automatically. This has made their process 70% more efficient, meaning they can increase output to keep up with the demand for their product and look to take on more staff.

Jake Winter said: “It was a bit of a learning curve applying for the grant, because we’d never done that before. But everyone at Cumbria Growth Hub was really helpful, couldn’t help us enough to be honest. Made the experience as easy as possible!”

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