NORTH Somerset firm Thatchers Cider won a top award at a business show on Thursday.
The Sandford-based firm scooped the food and drink award at the Made In The South West Awards, held in Bristol.
The fourth-generation family firm has been making cider commercially since 1904 but has also developed new schemes in recent years such as a new tree planting system and revolutionary new harvesting equipment to gather its fruit.
Firm managing director Martin Thatcher said: “It’s great to receive this award.
“The South West is a region that is acclaimed for its food and drink industry, and the fact that we have so many superb, like-minded companies clustered together makes it a very inspirational place to do business.”
Neil Tague, editor of South West Business Insider, which organises the awards described Thatchers as ‘a South West institution now gaining recognition and fans on a national basis.’
He added: “Thatchers is a shining example of a local business made good that remains rooted to its community.”
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