Manx food and drink industry could grow 50 million pounds by 2025

Wed, 05 Nov 2014

L to R: Dr Peter McEvoy, owner of Noa Bakehouse; Miles Petit and DEFA Minister Richard Ronan

The Island's food and drink industry could grow by £50 million over the next 10 years.

Tynwald will be asked to approve the new Food Matters strategy which states it could be worth £125 million by 2025.

It already generates £75 million for the Manx economy and supports over 1,300 jobs.

Environment, Food and Agriculture Minister Richard Ronan says it's been in the pipeline for some time: