Highland Spring
{{Short description|Scottish supplier of bottled water}}
{{Distinguish|Highland Springs (disambiguation){{!}}Highland Springs}}
{{Promotional|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox bottled water
|brand = Highland Spring
|logo = Highland Spring logo.jpg
|country = Scotland
|source = Ochil Hills
|producer = Highland Spring Ltd.
|tagline = Water As Nature Intended
|type = Still, Sparkling, Flavoured
|ph = 7.8
|ca = 40.5
|cl = 6.1
|mg = 10.1
|k = 0.7
|ni = 3.1
|na = 5.6
|s = 5.3
|tds = 170
|website = {{nowrap|{{URL|https://www.highlandspring.com}}}}
|introduced=1979}}
Highland Spring is a Scottish company that supplies natural source bottled water. The company produces still , sparkling and flavoured water at its factory in Blackford, Perth and Kinross. Despite its name, the location is situated outside the traditional boundaries of the Scottish Highlands. It is owned by Emirati born businessman Mahdi Al Tajir{{cite news |title=Sunday Times Rich List 2010: Britain's richest see wealth rise by one third |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/7624159/Sunday-Times-Rich-List-2010-Britains-richest-see-wealth-rise-by-one-third.html |work=www.telegraph.co.uk}}
Sources
Its water is sourced from 2,500 acres of private, organic land in the Ochil Hills.{{Cite web|url=https://sitemap.highlandspring.com/natural-source|title=Natural Source|website=Highland Spring|access-date=2021-03-06|archive-date=2021-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413171821/https://sitemap.highlandspring.com/natural-source|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |title=Natural Source |url=https://highlandspring.com/spring-water-natural-source/ |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=Highland Spring |language=en}}
History
Highland Spring was incorporated in 1979, and bottled its first product in 1980.{{Cite web |last=McLaren |first=Rob |date=2024-08-27 |title=Highland Spring aim to double in size and create more jobs |url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/business-environment/business/5068678/highland-spring-md-on-aim-to-double-in-size-and-create-more-perthshire-jobs/ |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=The Courier |language=en-GB}}
Operations
Highland Spring produces its products from a production site in Blackford, Perth and Kinross. [https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/business-environment/business/5068678/highland-spring-md-on-aim-to-double-in-size-and-create-more-perthshire-jobs/] It bottled its first product in 1980. In 2010 Highland Spring acquired a production site in Lennoxtown from Greencore which produces supermarket private-label bottled water.{{Cite news |date=2009-11-19 |title=Highland Spring buys Irish firm |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_central/8368462.stm |access-date=2025-05-05 |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=Highland Spring buys Greencore's water arm |url=https://www.ft.com/content/6089985e-d500-11de-8ec4-00144feabdc0 |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=www.ft.com |language=en-GB}}
In 2017, Highland Spring opened a new production line which was officially opened by The Queen.{{Cite web |last=Reporter |date=2017-07-06 |title=In pics: Queen opens new Highland Spring factory building |url=https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/queen-gifted-with-commemorative-bottle-during-highland-spring-visit/ |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=The Sunday Post |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Highland Spring Production & Bottling Facility |url=https://dssr.co.uk/projects/highland-spring-production-bottling-facility/ |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=DSSR |language=en-GB}}
In January 2019, Highland Spring became the first UK water brand to launch a 100% recycled PET plastic bottle.{{cite news |date=8 June 2018 |title=Highland Spring trials UK's first 100% recycled bottle |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-44404453 |publisher=BBC News}}{{Cite web |title=Environment – Highland Spring Group |url=https://www.highlandspringgroup.com/responsibility/environment/}}{{Cite web |last=O’Mahony2020-03-20T10:31:00+00:00 |first=Ash |title=The rise and fall: bottled water category report 2020 |url=https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/category-reports/the-rise-and-fall-bottled-water-category-report-2020/603079.article |website=The Grocer}}
In April 2024, Highland Spring launched a flavoured water range.{{Cite web|date=2024-03-28 |title=Highland Spring makes a fruity splash with new Flavoured Still Water range {{!}} Grocery Trader |url=https://grocerytrader.co.uk/highland-spring-makes-a-fruity-splash-with-new-flavoured-still-water-range/ |access-date=2025-05-05 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=McNeill |first=Alastair |date=2024-04-05 |title=£10m investment at Perthshire bottling plant creates 80 new jobs |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/10m-investment-perthshire-bottling-plant-32517779 |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=Daily Record |language=en}}
Market
In 2023, Highland Spring sold 404.1 million litres of Highland Spring-branded water in the United Kingdom which equates to <2% of the rainfall on the catchment area.{{Cite web |title=HIGHLAND SPRING LIMITED filing history - Find and update company information - GOV.UK |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC067339/filing-history |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |language=en}}
Rail Terminal
In August 2022 the business opened a rail freight facility adjacent to its headquarters in Blackford which became fully operational in January 2023.{{Cite web |date=31 August 2022 |title=Water bottles delivered by train in bid to reduce CO2 omitted by HGVS |url=https://news.stv.tv/north/highland-spring-rail-freight-facility-capable-of-transporting-thousands-of-bottles-of-water-opens}}{{Cite web |last=Advertiser |first=Perthshire |date=2024-09-03 |title=Perthshire bottling plant welcomes new Scottish Secretary |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/perthshire-bottling-plant-welcomes-new-33589301 |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=Daily Record |language=en}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.highlandspring.com Highland Spring official site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528073455/https://www.highlandspring.com/ |date=2020-05-28 }}
- [https://www.highlandspringgroup.com Highland Spring Group official site]
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