To Your Home Limited’s products are sold online through their website direct to consumers. Originally sourcing many products from the Far East; the business is now looking to manufacture products in the UK as they wish to utilise the Made in Britain brand and reduce the lengthy supply chains associated with sourcing from the Far East.
Through the Manufacturing Growth Programme, they were able to access grant funding towards the cost of purchasing a 20ft refrigerated container. This refrigeration container has complimented the business’s investment of a 6000L brewing tank. This has increased capacity by 40% which equates to approximately 130,000 pints a year. The business has recently seen strong growth in their e-commerce sales which has boosted an increase in sales this year.
Datagraphic wanted to develop carbon footprint processes in line with the requirements of the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) protocol standards. To support this, the Manufacturing Growth Programme provided grant funding towards two business improvement projects. Their first improvement project was the development of energy-saving plans and ISO 50001. Their second project supported them with a net zero carbon strategy and implementation of the strategy.
One of their key company challenges included capacity, which is where the Manufacturing Growth Programme was able to assist by providing funding towards the cost of a filling machine. MGP also helped to prepare the business to achieve ISO 9001 quality management and ISO 22716 cosmetic standard accreditations, which are necessary to safely manufacture, package, test, store, and transport cosmetic products.
Their most recent project with MGP helped Good Ventures to work towards understanding and reducing their carbon footprint. MGP part-funded the cost of a consultancy project to investigate the environmental impact of their ingredient sourcing and production processes, and to measure their carbon footprint accurately.