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It was meant to create hundreds of thousands of jobs for young people who had been hit hardest by the economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic.
But nine months since it was launched only 16,500 people have been hired through the Kickstart Scheme. The government’s target was to create 250,000 jobs through Kickstart and think-tank Resolution Foundation predicted that take-up of the scheme could dramatically exceed that number.
The Department for Work and Pensions is standing by its target and last week promised to ramp up its efforts. It pointed out that the scheme will be aided by the current unlocking of key sectors, including hospitality, culture and leisure.
Managing director of the 2020 UK Gin Producer of the Year, Carmen O Neal distills why she believes International Women s Day has taken on added significance during the Covid-19 pandemic, and why collaboration is key to women continuing to unlock the drinks industry.
Having recently renamed its copper pot stills after trailblazing women from both past and present – Florence Nightingale, Rosa Parkes, Amelia Earhart and Greta Thunberg to name but a few – female achievement is poised to become an even more integral part of the machinery at London-based 58 Gin.
“It was important for me to, again, champion amazing women that have had a really wonderful impact in history,” managing director Carmen O’Neal tells
The week in pictures
05 March 2021 By Phoebe French
Actor and musician Jamie Foxx announced that he had acquired flavoured whiskey brand BSB-Brown Sugar Bourbon this week. Foxx, who has starred in films including
Collateral and
Django Unchained, will help support the brand’s new creative direction, starting with the launch of re-designed bottles.
Commenting on the deal, Foxx said: “I’ve always lived by the rule that life is short, and you need to go out and do what you want to do. Owning a brand that brings sweet life to the party has always been a goal and with BSB we’re making it happen. Before the quarantine I watched bottles of BSB disappear at all my celebrations and knew this was a brand I wanted to bring into the spotlight. Anyone who tries BSB is going to love it just like I do.”
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The 58 Gin range includes Navy Strength, Apple and Hibiscus, London Dry and English Berry
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For Carmen O Neal s eco gin distillery, last year was a tale of triumph over disaster.
After being forced to stop production in March and pivoting to make juniper scented hand ginitizer 58 Gin rounded off 2020 winning the IWSC s prestigious UK Gin Producer of The Year. When they rang to tell me I started crying and said are you sure? she laughs. We re just a team of four and to be recognised that year of all years was huge.
The Canadian-born entrepreneur started small in 2015 in a railway arch in Hackney Downs. Less than a year after refurbing new premises in Haggerston - upgrading from a 60 litre to a shiny 450-litre still - the pandemic hit and orders stopped overnight.