Soft drinks manufacturers, AG Barr is to invest a further £11m at its soft drinks factory in Milton Keynes, including a new warehouse on a 1.5-acre site.
The firm reported a 1.1% cent decline in group sales during the 15 weeks to 9 May. This was against particularly tough comparisons from the previous year, when it benefited from being one of the main sponsors of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Although the wider soft drinks market registered modest value growth of 0.7% in the first quarter, Barr said it has a strong programme planned across its range of brands which includes Irn-Bru, Rubicon, Strathmore and Tizer. It therefore expects sales growth to pick up in the second half of the financial year.