First Milk has accomplished the acquisition of BV Dairy (Blackmore Vale Farm Cream Restricted), the corporate says.

BV Dairy is a profitable producer of specialist chilled dairy merchandise based mostly in Dorset, UK. It companies prospects all through England, Wales and Scotland, providing a complete end-to-end resolution to prospects throughout meals manufacturing and meals service, in addition to providing co-manufacturing to thrilling progress markets reminiscent of the house meal options and intestine well being sectors, providing appreciable alternatives for the longer term.

Commenting on the announcement, Shelagh Hancock, chief government of First Milk, stated, “I’m delighted to finish the acquisition of BV Dairy, a profitable family-owned enterprise, which shares many widespread values with First Milk – a deal with folks and neighborhood, environmental efficiency, distinctive high quality and long-term worth creation. We look ahead to welcoming the broader BV Dairy household into our First Milk household.

“The BV Dairy enterprise has sturdy buyer relationships and a status for high quality and repair throughout meals manufacture and meals service. This offers a real extension to our enterprise, extending our manufacturing and market attain, providing a platform for the additional progress and growth of our enterprise.”

Farmer director and vice-chairman, Mike Smith, added, “This buy builds on the prevailing strengths of First Milk and can carry wider advantages, including worth for our members while creating alternatives for our colleagues and enabling us to increase our regenerative positioning right into a broader vary of dairy merchandise and prospects. This can be a nice step ahead as we work collectively to safe the longer term.”

Jim Highnam, managing director of BV Dairy, stated, “Having made the choice to promote the enterprise, we wished to make sure that the brand new homeowners would supply a safe future for our prospects, colleagues, farmers and suppliers. As such, I’m happy to finalise this transaction and see BV Dairy change into a part of First Milk, as each companies share a down-to-earth, pragmatic method, balancing the wants of all stakeholders. I look ahead to working with our new First Milk colleagues to proceed to develop and develop BV Dairy.”

First Milk is owned by round 700 farming households unfold throughout Britain, and has cheese manufacturing websites within the Lake District of the UK and Pembrokeshire, using a further 220 folks. BV Dairy employs over 160 within the Dorset space.

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