20 jobs created by Harrogate Spring Water owners

THE company behind Harrogate Spring Water is creating 20 jobs following a year of “phenomenal growth.”

Harrogate Water Brands is looking to increase its staff numbers to 70, with jobs across production, sales, marketing and accounts.

Over the past year demand has grown in the Far and Middle East, said managing director James Cain, and the firm recently won a major distribution deal across the Gulf Arab states.

Managing director James Cain said: “Strong demand in both home and export markets has led to our biggest ever recruitment drive. Overall, the business has grown 30 per cent in the last year, vastly outperforming market growth of 9%, while exports have grown by 50%.

“Investment in a new £8 million production facility has given us the capacity to grow the business further as we seek to expand into new home and export markets.”

Harrogate Spring dates back to 1571 and is the original British bottled water, being first bottled in 1740.