Mick Howard leads 135-year-old manufacturer Clearly Drinks, which makes its own branded products as well as providing a contract bottling service to some of the industry's biggest names.
Earlier this year the firm revealed the positive impact of a £6.5m investment into its Wearside operation - a move Mr Howard described as a "brave and courageous decision" during the pandemic. Here he tells us more about the way in which Covid has changed the way Clearly Drinks works, amongst other things.
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