Important announcement - please read!

I’m sorry, but this is a more sober announcement than usual. The fallout from the Covid outbreak in the UK is very serious indeed. At Baccus we have striven to keep staff and their families as safe as we can, and this has been at the expense of our ability to produce. The latest infection and hospitalization numbers are worrying to say the least. As a result, We will be further reducing staff numbers and hours until the current trends reverse.

This means that, although we will still be turning orders around, it will be at a slower rate than we had anticipated which in turn pushes back the time for reopening our shopping cart, which will now be some time in February. When we do reopen we will be putting a cap on the size of orders so that we can attempt to supply as many customers as we are able.

I know that we have drawn some discontent and complaints about how we have handled things during this awful time, but I make no excuses for putting the health and lives of our staff ahead of continued production, and I know that most of you reading this will endorse that view.

On a more positive note, the vaccination programme is underway and all of our staff will be taking up that option. We will, at some stage this year, return to full scale production. This cannot come soon enough for me, but it cannot be rushed.