We started growing these plants in January 2017.
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The active ingredient, CBD, is sourced from a non-psychoactive variety of the cannabis plant family, specifically bred for medical purposes. This follows the completion of an extensive clinical trials programme at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London, as well as other hospitals in the UK, Europe and the US. The medicine is cannabidiol (CBD) oral solution - known as Epidyolex - which was approved for use by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in September 2019 and recommended by the UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to receive routine reimbursement on the NHS in November 2019. The ingredient is used in a new prescription medicine developed to treat rare, life-threatening forms of childhood-onset epilepsy. Other benefits include the use of carbon dioxide from the sugar factory which plants use during photosynthesis.
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Our glasshouses benefit from their location close to the sugar factory and more than 240 miles of piping carries hot water from the factory all year round to maintain temperatures that suit the plants. Partnering with GW Pharmaceuticals, British Sugar's horticultural business grows a key ingredient for the pharmaceutical company. This ensures the plant achieves the low carbon footprint required to produce renewable biofuels. Complex heat recovery systems minimise the energy demand of the plant. The plant can now produce up to 64,000 tonnes of bioethanol per year. In 2007, Wissington also became the location of the first UK bioethanol plant, winning an award from the Renewable Energy Association for the best new project, in its first year of operation. Today, this glasshouse has grown to cover 18 hectares, the UK’s largest single glasshouse.
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In 2000, British Sugar built and opened a glasshouse powered by the heat generated by the factory’s Combined Heat and Power plant. Over 90 years later the factory at Wissington is the largest and the most cost effective sugar processing site in Europe.Īs with all its factories, British Sugar has made significant investments. Back then the beet was delivered by rail and barge and the factory processed 600 tonnes per day. Towards the end of 1925, British Sugar opened the doors of its factory at Wissington for the first time. The visit was an opportunity for the Prime Minister to see British Sugar’s advanced and highly competitive food manufacturing facility, as well as meeting with engineers, technicians and apprentices from Newark. In 2014, our factory was proud to play host to David Cameron, when he visited Newark on the campaign trail. This is the equivalent of 31,500 tonnes of bagged white sugar. Most recently, Newark has increased the amount of storage space at its site, the 23m high and 50m wide steel structure, which is the largest across all the factories, can safely store an additional 60,000t of thick juice, sugar in its liquid form. Nearly 100 years old, Newark, like its sister factories, has seen massive investment over the years which has turned it in to the advanced manufacturing plant it is today. Situated just beside the A1, it has excellent road links. Newark Factory opened its doors in 1921 and is an ideal location for growers of sugar beet in Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire. This final leg marked the first time in a generation that major equipment had been delivered to the Cantley factory by river. Crossing the North Sea on sea pontoons it was then joined by two river tugs at Great Yarmouth to continue down the River Yare.
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More recently, in 2014, the Cantley Factory was once again in the public eye when nearly 270 tonnes of energy saving equipment was delivered via the River Yare.įollowing collaboration between suppliers and companies all over Europe, the new equipment started its road, sea and river journey 470 miles away in Rotterdam. The tradition of long service continues today and several of Cantley’s employees have worked at the factory for many, many years, providing the business with a wealth of experience. For over 100 years, the factory has been a landmark on the banks of the River Yare and is well known for the generations of local families who have worked alongside each other. Cantley factory was the very first sugar processing factory in the UK and kick-started the birth of our homegrown sugar industry.