‘Would you ask me that if I was a man?’ Meet the woman behind the UK’s first net-zero whisky distillery
Just 18% of companies in the UK are led by women, and while data suggests female entrepreneurs are on the rise, men still receive more funding and are entrusted with higher average loans to get them started.
In a new series every Tuesday, Money blog reporter Jess Sharp speaks to women who are bossing it in their respective fields – hearing their stories, struggles and advice for those who want to follow in their footsteps.
This week, she has spoken to Annabel Thomas, the founder of Nc’nean whisky distillery…
Annabel left her job as a strategy consultant in London more than a decade ago to pursue her ambition to change the way the world thought about whisky.
With women and sustainability at the forefront of her mind, she has gone on to create the UK’s first net-zero whiskey distillery – and has hired a female-led team to do it.
It took four years of hard graft,…
