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Halewood Artisanal Spirits
Founded1978
FounderJohn Edward Halewood
ProductsArtisanal spirits
OwnerThe Estate of the late John Edward Halewood
Number of employeesc.459
Websitewww.halewood-int.com

Halewood International or Halewood Artisanal Spirits PLC are UK-based distiller and distributor of artisanal spirits.

They are one of the UK's largest independent artisanal spirits distillers which exports to 95 countries.

Structure

Halewood Artisanal Spirit's head office is in London. The company distills across the UK at the following locations: London, Edinburgh, Snowdonia, Bristol, Liverpool, Blackpool, Berkshire, Lancashire, and the Lake District.

The Halewood Group has six operations outside the UK: Australia, China, Canada, Germany, Thailand and the United States.

History

John Halewood founded the company in 1978, initially selling Bulgarian wines from his garage. He later launched his first product, Club Royal (sherry), and in 1987 expanded his portfolio by purchasing Hall & Bramley and Lamb and Watt. In 1990 he formed a joint venture in Romania just after the fall of the Berlin Wall. This was followed by the acquisition of Red Square Vodka in 1991 which afterwards was reconfigured to fit into the new Ready-to-Drink market as Red Square Ice. Witnessing the success of Lambrusco Italian wine in 1994 he launched Lambrini sparkling perry, which quickly became the company's largest-selling product.

Halewood purchased the ginger wine brand Crabbie's from Glenmorangie in 2002 and then created the alcoholic ginger beer in 2009. Subsequently the company built a whisky distillery in Edinburgh.

In 2009, Halewood purchased Whitley Neill Gin from Johnny Neill; Neill was appointed as a Brand Ambassador.

John Halewood passed away in October 2011. John's wife, Judy Halewood, was appointed as chairman following his death.

Halewood International moved the production of JJ Whitley Vodka to St. Petersburg, Russia in 2020. Two years later, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February of 2022, production was moved back to the UK.

In April 2021, the company name changed from Halewood International to Halewood Artisanal Spirits (UK).

References

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  2. "Our Customers". Halewood Sales. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  3. "HALEWOOD ARTISANAL SPIRITS (UK) LIMITED overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". Gov UK. 7 February 2000.
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  5. "Halewood Wines and Spirits | Rusty Nail Spirits". 10 November 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  6. "John Crabbie & Company | Scotch Whisky". scotchwhisky.com. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  7. "Our Innovators". Halewood Sales. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  8. "Drinks firm founder John Halewood dies". BBC News. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  9. "team members Archive". Halewood Sales. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  10. Carruthers, Nicola (7 March 2022). "Halewood brings vodka production back to UK". The Spirits Business. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  11. "Change company name resolution on 2021-04-01". Gov.uk. 1 April 2021. p. 2. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

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