Blends doubles factory size following £4.6M boost
Ingredients manufacturer Blends has doubled the size of its Liverpool manufacturing site to cater for what it claimed was record customer demand.
The firm, which specialises in buying liquid food ingredients in bulk and repacking into smaller sizes, was able to develop the site on Knowsley Business Park following £4.6M of funds secured from Santander and the Merseyside Special Investment Fund (MSIF)
£200k grant
MSIF provided a £200,000 grant through the Regional Growth Fund’s High Growth Business Investment Programme.
Blends sells approximately 90% of its products to trade customers. The business operates across four areas – ingredients, flavours, food colourings and blending/repacking.
The firm currently employs 38 staff, and an additional 17 staff are to be hired.
Blends added it had strong ambitions for future growth.
