A Manchester gin company making sanitiser to help the fight against coronavirus claim ethanol suppliers have been hiking prices.
The founders of Didsbury Gin say they've seen a 20% surge in price week-on-week over the past three weeks. Liam Manton and Mark Smallwood have found success with their Alderman Drinks brand since appearing on Dragon's Den and winning investment from Jenny Campbell.
Last week, they announced they were halting drinks production to make disinfectant for the police and NHS, and have already made the equivalent of a million bottles.
But in an open letter posted on Twitter today, they said ethanol suppliers were making it 'harder and harder' for them to do so.