Growth Hub helps destination Black Shuck Distillery become reality with grant funding
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Accelerated growth for Black Shuck Distillery in North Norfolk created the need to move to a larger premise which became reality following a Rural Business Capital grant. Owners Sarah and Patrick Saunders, who set up the business in 2012 from their home in Fakenham, had grown Black Shuck exponentially and is now producing 30 different award-winning spirits and liqueurs. The desire to have a location to run distillery tours and have a visitor sampling bar sharpened the spec for a new space.
In 2024, Patrick and Sarah approached North Norfolk District Council for support to take their business forward. Potential new premises were found at Dairy Farm in Hindolveston, which were unused agricultural barns owned by local farmer Anthony Seaman. These buildings provided an ideal space for a new distillery, storage, visitor bar and offices.
Black Shuck and the Dairy Farm applied for a grant and received 50% funding. Both applications were managed by New Anglia Growth Hub. On a recent visit, Anthony Seaman from the Dairy Farm, said to Growth Hub Adviser Sally Lomax: “It was great to talk about how things have evolved and progressed due to your help and advice.
“We now have a sustainable use for our redundant buildings and a happy tenant.” Read the whole story.
Read more about the Rural England Prosperity Fund for North Norfolk, Great Yarmouth, and King’s Lynn and West Norfolk areas.
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