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Experience the wonderful world of chocolate with The Chocolatarium's award-winning tours.

Just off the Royal Mile in Edinburgh's Old Town. Open daily.

Chocolate Tours and Experiences

The tour of chocolate.

The original 90-minute, fully-guided Tour of Chocolate

• create your very own dream chocolate bar to take away
• discover the magic of where chocolate comes from
• see and smell how chocolate is made
• choose from over 40 flavours in the Tasting Room

Voted #1 Best Food Experience in the UK 2022! More ...

Adults £25, Children (not suitable for under 6) £17 | Open Daily

Cacao market update & new price tickets from april 2024, truffle-making experience.

Try your hand at being a chocolatier...

• discover a variety of fascinating truffle-making techniques
• get messy making your very own truffles to take away
• taste delicious truffles made here at The Chocolatarium

Tickets £38

Chocolate & whisky experience.

For Scotch whisky and chocolate lovers...

• enjoy a deeper and more complex taste experience
• drams of single malts paired with specially selected artisan chocolates and truffles
• make whisky chocolate truffles to take away

Tickets £44

Chocolate & wine experience.

Chocolate and wine bliss…

• experience the fabulous taste combinations of artisan chocolate and wine specially selected by our experts
• discover the world of cacao and see how chocolate is made
• create your very own chocolate bar to take away

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The perfect present for any chocolate lover, what people say about the chocolatarium, angela f., tripadvisor review.

This was a really great trip out for us. Definitely a hidden gem in Edinburgh that you should visit. The tour was great a perfect balance of knowledge and fun. Highly recommend.

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Brilliant place, we were a large group and the team accommodated our every need. We all had so much fun and highly recommend this to everyone!

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Welcome to Carloway Mill

Harris tweed visitor centre , welcome to carloway mill, we look forward to your visit..

Our Mill is unique even in the world of Harris Tweed as we offer visitors guided tours and working demonstrations to take you through the process of creating tweed on our original Victorian machinery.

Carloway Mill is a nonprofit company set up to promote and maintain the tradition of Harris Tweed weaving in the island tradition.

Everyone here at the mill is highly skilled in working with our traditional machinery and will themselves be your guides throughout the tour and demonstrations.

School Groups and Coach Parties Welcome.

Weaving demonstrations by appointment only.

The Carloway Mill is the oldest Harris Tweed Mill in the world. Using machinery that dates back to  1892 visitors have the unique opportunity to witness how our skilled craftsmen continue to work the very same machinery their forefathers used.

See how we produce the yarn for our weavers to work and how the completed tweed is then washed and finished before being examined and awarded the famous Orb trademark.

Carloway Mill is one of three working Harris Tweed textile mills in the world which produces the renowned Harris Tweed fabric.

Harris Tweed is handwoven on traditional  single and the newer double width looms by the islanders in their homes in the Outer Hebrides. Made from pure virgin wool, dyed, spun and finished at the mills in the Outer Hebrides.

Harris Tweed  is then stamped with its distinctive Orb trademark, a safeguard, and guarantee that ensures the authenticity and traceability of the Tweed.  Harris Tweed is protected by the 1993 Harris Tweed Act of Parliament and overseen by The Harris Tweed Authority who are  the Guardians of the Orb.

The Mill is situated in the quiet and peaceful village of Garenin, Carloway on the west side of the Isle of Lewis.

Carloway Mill is the smallest mill and is proud to employ a multi-talented workforce, whose artisan skills and creative abilities are of an exceptionally high quality, which in turn allows the Mill to operate using traditional craft machinery dating as far back as 1892. This gives you our visitors that unique opportunity to see how our famous  “ Clo Mhor ” is made.

The traditional Gaelic language can often be heard spoken in the soft island lilt throughout the mill.  These combinations add to the flavour of the unique culture, language, and heritage of the Tweed industry.

We welcome you to visit our Mill and hope that you will enjoy your tour and find it a rewarding experience.

Follow our guides as they walk you through the process of creating our world-famous tweed.

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Eleven miles from Oban this beautiful four bedroomed house is an ideal location to escape, taking time to relax, weave, and explore the stunning countryside. 

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I was so fortunate to meet Clare, tour the mill and buy my coat there last September, 2023. So, when this key became available I jumped on it. It is packaged with thought to sustainability and humor and was delivered quickly to the U.S. I am more than pleased!

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My brother wears my Granddad's kilt and I am wondering if my daughter may one day inherit mine! Beautiful material, nothing like the horrendous school kilt of my youth, smooth, warm and a delight to wear. While I loved some of the other colours available the black is very versatile and can be worn casually or dressed up. The cut is also incredibly flattering, the length practical, not sure what more you could ask of a skirt?!

1st time visiting the shop today after gazing at a stunning skirt in the window for the past month. I walked in and was greeted by the loveliest lady. I told her I was interested in the kilt. She helped me to fit the kilt correctly, showed me the different ways I could wear it and gave me tips on how I can style it with other garments. So happy with this purchase. The craftsmanship of this garment is outstanding. A piece of clothing for life. If you want a unique outfit for any occasion I highly recommend you visit this shop.

Absolutely stunning piece of cloth, made with a lot of love and by heart- I've already worn it several times and IT will be my favourite for sure. Not cheap but worth every penny. Would be great if the shipping to Germany wouldn't be that expensive. Thank you so much for your passion!

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Prickly Thistle stands for everything we believe in as a customer and Clare’s vision and her team go above and beyond to make incredible clothing and these gloves were exactly what we needed for our cold mornings and warm afternoons here in Weatherford, Texas! We look forward to many years of supporting this great business and enjoying our visits to Scotland!

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My Banner scarf has a wonderful colour. Like rays of sunshine in cold cloudy days. The weaving is excellent and the material keeps me warm. It was a nice moment when I opened my parcel and found such a lovely scarf in it.

I knew it would be soft, but I didn't expect it to be so silky soft. It was well worth the wait, I absolutely love it! If I could change one Minto thing with it, it would be the hood. I feel like it's way too big. If the material was folded a 1/2 inch into itself around the edges, then sewn it would sit perfectly 🥰 This is likely only my issue, though, because I have a small head, hahaha. The fit is perfect! They ask for your measurements so that it will fit custom to you. If you're debating buying this hoodie or whichever style you're looking at, trust me, it is worth the price and wait time. I plan to buy a kilt in the future. I'm not a dressor skirt person, but their kilt for women looks like a blanket of cozy, and if it's like the hoodie I just got, it will be just as amazing. ❤️

The climate stripes fabric is nothing which can be compared with any fabric being produced and sold from a mass-production. Touching it, you feel the freedom and smell of the Scottish Highlands❣️ Tha e a' cur na Gaidhealtachd an cuimhne mo chridhe ❣️❣️❣️

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We booked a tour while on a trip to Scotland last month. We had a fascinating tour. It was not only interesting, but heartwarming to see a firm dedicated to the motto „People and planet before profit“ and truly interested in making a difference in the community. We got to see every part of the manufacturing process from yarn to finished garments. We take so much for granted and it was a real eye-opener seeing how much work goes into a tartan weave before an inch of material comes off the loom. We were able to see everything up close and ask as many questions as we wanted. It was a real pleasure to meet Clare and the team. Highly recommend.

I recommend ! Highly 😄 I came to visit the Mill in the beginning of November. I was motivated by learning more about the tartans and meet the team. I enjoyed this time there so much 🥰 the team is great ! They share their passion, their values and we can learn more about their work, the different processes to create a tartan, fascinating ! I truly saw a authentic factory and people motivated by strong values and much kindness. Thank you for the Mill tour 😊

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Aberlour: The Home of Walkers Shortbread

Posted by Michael Mortimer on 13th Nov 2013

Aberlour, in the North East of Scotland has been the home of Walkers Shortbread for over 100 years.   Nestled in the valley of the river Spey famous for its fishing, hunting and whisky, the Walker family have been making shortbread here from an unchanged recipe since 1898.

Walker’s life in Aberlour started when Joseph Walker set up his bakers shop at number 99 High Street providing bakery goods for the local area. At the time, Speyside was a popular destination for shooting and fishing parties who would often return home laden with gifts of Walkers shortbread packed into tartan tins. It was these early visitors to the area that helped Walkers establish a name and soon there was a growing demand both at home and abroad. 115 years later, you don’t have to go all the way to Aberlour to buy your favourite Walkers shortbread fingers. All products are available to buy online from Walkers brand new shop. 

Walkers could not ask to be in a more beautiful, unspoiled and natural location. They have always found that Aberlour was the perfect place for making the finest shortbread in the world. Despite being a tiny community Speyside is world famous due to the whisky industry and is also one of the biggest exporting regions of Scotland. It is known as the golden triangle of Scotland, with many successful businesses also benefiting from this location, Baxters, Johnstons and local distilleries such as Aberlour, Macallan, Glenfiddich and Glenfarclas, are to name but a few.

In the beginning the unique location of Aberlour helped Walkers grow to be what it is today and in turn Walkers is helping Aberlour grow by providing employment for the local community. From modest beginnings of a small village bakery, Walkers have grown to where they are now: 3 large bakeries in Aberlour, with a further 2 bakeries in the nearby town of Elgin. This doesn’t mean however, that they would ever forget where it all started and the original village bakery shop still sells the complete product range. If you are visiting Speyside (and we strongly recommend you do) you can still pop in to the original bakery and take home a piece of history with you.  

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The Glenlivet distillery is one of the best distilleries in Speyside  and is one with a beautiful history with twists and turns that end up in excitement. This character is expressed in the taste of the company’s whisky and it is called the ‘capture of the spirit of Glen.’

The Glenlivet Tours

The distillery offers three tours; The Glenlivet Classic Tour, The Glenlivet Inspiration Tour and The Legacy Tasting Experience.

The Classic tour will give you an insight on the whisky making and distillation process of the company as well as a chance to enjoy complimentary dram and make a toast to George Smith, right on the land he farmed more than 2 centuries ago.

On the Inspiration tour, you will be taken to the No. 1 warehouse where you can taste a dram directly drawn from the cask before heading to the Malt Loft for a tutored tasting of the distillery’s new whisky expressions.

The Legacy tasting tour is an exclusive tour and tutored tasting experience of several much matured single malt whiskies from the stables of The Glenlivet. After enjoying a dram from one of the traditional casks, you will be given an exclusive gift as a souvenir. You will also see the exhibition while explains the history of the distillery as well as a gift shop and coffee shop where you can get several gifts and local cuisines respectively.

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Before you visit the distillery, maybe you want to try something special that The Glenlivet have for you .

If you want a recommendation, go for something really special, like  Glenlivet 1963 We work hard and we deserve that.

But if you are not for the fancy one, let’s give a try to  Glenlivet 18 Year Old

Getting here

If you’re coming to The Glenlivet via road, is just on B9008, just about 10miles from Tomintoul.  Visitors with Satnav should input AB37 9DB as postcode.

Coming by railway? The rail stations in proximity with the distillery are Aviemore and Keith.

If you’re using an aeroplane, you should travel westwards from Aberdeen airport towards Inverness. When you get to Huntly, travel left towards Dufftown. Go through the B920 on Dufftown and travel to Tomintoul. At Tomintoul on B9009, just travel right and onto B9008 and look out for signs of The Glenlivet Distillery.

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Dewar’s Aberfeldy Experience – £17.50

Visit the only distillery built by the Dewar family, discover the story of the world’s most awarded blended Scotch whisky, and see how we craft our Aberfeldy Single Malt. Your visit includes 2 x 15ml tastes, hosted by our expert guides to help you appreciate the exciting flavours. If you’re curious to learn more, add a tasting directly from the cask in our warehouse at the checkout!

Connoisseur Experience – £37.50

If you really want to understand more about Scotch, this experience begins with the same tour as the Dewar’s Aberfeldy Experience but is followed by an elevated tasting featuring a selection of five older, award winning whiskies – including our most recent innovations. You will also learn about our other exciting malt whisky distilleries. For the full culinary experience, upgrade to a food pairing at the checkout.

Become A Blender Experience – £45.00

Have you ever been curious about what a Master Blender’s job is like? Join us to discover a range of different whisky styles and the artistry that goes into blending, to create complexity and consistency. Then decide what your house style will be, and follow in the footsteps of John Dewar and Stephanie Macleod to create your own 100ml Blended Scotch Whisky to take home.

Drams of your Dreams Experience – £120.00

This is your chance to taste our oldest and rarest expressions. One of our senior guides will take you on an exploration through five of our rarest and most expensive drams that show how the Dewar’s style has evolved and what is special about our Single Malt distilleries. This will usually include a taste of Dewar’s Double 32 year old, voted best whisky in the world, and Aberfeldy 40, our oldest ever expression!

The Hills of Aberfeldy Experience offers an unforgettable two-night stay at the breathtaking Pitilie Pods along with an exclusive whisky experience at Dewar’s Aberfeldy Distillery. Enjoy a private guided tour around our Aberfeldy Single Malt Distillery and gain access to our Secret Bar for a tutored sensory tasting of some of our single malt and blended Scotch whiskies.

Aberfeldy 40 is a supremely rare, ultra-premium whisky, with only three casks selected by Malt Master, Stephanie Macleod. We’re delighted to offer a unique invitation to immerse yourself in Scotland, amongst the picturesque hills of Aberfeldy, in our bespoke Aberfeldy 40 Highland Experience.

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Whether you’re a whisky fan or not, this five-star experience will go beyond expectations with interactive projections, live performances and three cocktails specially made to match your flavour profile. Non-alcoholic drinks are also available.

Join us in our top floor Explorers' Bothy Bar bar for a top tier whisky tasting. Led by our specialist, you’ll enjoy a curated exploration of five extraordinary Scottish whiskies, each matured for a minimum of 12 years.

Come experience STIR, an exclusive cocktails and cuisine collaboration launched with James & Maria Close of the two Michelin starred restaurant Raby Hunt. Try the new menu accompanied by a live jazz band.

Join us for a special tutored tasting of four iconic Johnnie Walker whiskies, each accompanied by a luxury chocolate truffle. Guided by our whisky experts.

Step into our unique underground cellar and enjoy exceptional whiskies taken straight from the cask, including our exclusive Johnnie Walker Princes Street expression made right here.

Discover the legends behind the label as our expert Archivist takes you through the inspiring story of John Walker and sons, served with a cocktail and an immersive performance.

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Break tradition and treat your tastebuds with our contemporary menu. Served in our 1820 rooftop bar, enjoy delicious drinks and dishes with views of Edinburgh Castle. Explore the menu and book your table today.

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Come experience STIR, where Michelin star cuisine meets world-class mixology. Exclusive to our Explorers' Bothy bar, this must-try tasting experience serves exceptional whisky cocktails alongside small pairing plates created by two Michelin Star chefs. Book your experience now and have your senses stirred.

Join us in the Explorers' Bothy bar from 7pm-10pm on Fridays & Saturdays to sip world-class cocktails while you listen to the sultry tones from guest artists and a live band.

Discover this limited edition, experimental blend, exclusive to Johnnie Walker Princes Street during this guided whisky tasting experience. This whisky has been distilled using craft and heritage, finished in American oak casks in the cellar of Johnnie Walker Princes Street.

We’d like to invite you to a unique edition of this experience. Join us for a 90-minute tutored tasting led by a whisky specialist, with assistance from British Sign Language interpreters from Deaf Action.

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Visit our retail area on the ground floor at Johnnie Walker Princes Street to discover limited edition whiskies, clothing and merchandise that you won't find anywhere else. You can even bottle your own whisky from our seasonal blends and engrave your own message. Perfect for a gift or memento of your visit.

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Why not look at some of our other tours that are offered by Tartan Tours Scotland, William Wallace ,  The Kelpies ,  The Falkirk Wheel ,  Loch Lomond , Bannockburn , Inveraray , Stirling Castle, Outlander,   Whisky and Wallace , Outlaw King ,   Ocean Terminal Greenock, Glasgow  ,  Mary Queen of Scots  , Robert the Bruce  , Robert Burns or our new Jacobite Tour Get that Braveheart Feeling with William Wallace, The Kelpies modern day stunning 30ft sculptures, The Falkirk Wheel a marvel of engineering , Loch Lomond with its Bonnie Bonnie banks, Bannockburn with Robert The Bruce, Inveraray with its stunning Castle, Stirling Castle dating back to the 1400s and Ocean Terminal Greenock, Glasgow for our cruise ship visitors. All fantastic day trips and remember we can design your very own tour with us, just contact us with your requirements and we will do the rest. 

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The Oban Chocolate Company was opened in December 2003 by Stewart and Helen, two young Scots from Oban who got the idea while traveling in Australia. They now have several employees and an extensive range of chocolates, with new flavours being added regularly.

Viewing windows enable you to watch the production of chocolate, which takes place most days in the late morning.  You can, of course, buy their products in their shop, and grab a take-away of some organic coffee to enjoy with your selection of chocolate treats. Enjoy!

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For 100 years the poppy has been our national symbol of remembrance. Register your interest in visiting  Lady Haig's Poppy Factory where 3 million poppies and 15,000 poppy wreaths are manufactured, meet the disabled veterans who make them and immerse yourself in the rich history and heritage of the poppy.

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In 1926 Lady Haig established Lady Haig's Poppy Factory in the Canongate, Edinburgh, with two men and a pair of scissors.

After nearly 100 years, we're still providing employment support for disabled veterans. But a lot has changed.

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Tunnock’s Factory Tour

Tunnock’s is one of Scotland’s most iconic brands.

As Coldplay singer Chris Martin said: ‘You can’t choose between the Caramel Wafer and the Tea Cake – they’re like Lennon and McCartney – you can’t separate them.”

The company was formed in 1890 when Thomas Tunnock purchased his first bakers shop in Uddingston for just £80. Turnover today has snowballed (sorry!) to more than £50 million.

Caramel Wafers, the first of the famous five lines – Tea Cakes, Caramel Wafers, Snowballs, Caramel Logs and Wafer Creams – were launched in 1952.

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The Glenlivet Distillery

We invite you to the heart of Scotland’s whisky-making country to see it for yourself. Here, you can experience the rare conditions of our remote location. You’ll learn how our founder, George Smith, established the first licensed distillery in the parish of Glenlivet, and defended it from smugglers.

We are open 7 days per week from 1st July - 24th December 2021 with our Whisky Experiences available Tuesday-Saturday. 

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‘We’re by no means out of the woods yet’: workers face uncertainty over Alstom train plant

Talk of Elizabeth line order raised hopes over safeguarding future of Derby factory but staff are taking nothing for granted

“I t’s strange at the moment: everywhere’s so quiet. It’s not good.” Mick Waldram has worked at Alstom’s sprawling train manufacturing plant on Litchurch Lane in Derby for 20 years, like his parents before him, and has watched in recent months as its six production lines have been gradually mothballed.

“I’ve been here 20 years and my brother’s been here 20 years as well,” Waldram says. “My mum was the managing director’s secretary, she was here 38 years, and my dad was a projects engineer who was here 36 years. We want to stay here. Me and my brother are not looking at leaving, we want to stay here if possible, do another 20 years.”

Talks with the transport secretary, Mark Harper, on Tuesday raised hopes that a new order for 10 trains on London’s crowded Elizabeth line would safeguard the future of manufacturing at this historic site, which started work in the 1840s.

But after months of gnawing uncertainty for the 1,300 manufacturing staff whose jobs are at risk, and with kit standing idle and suppliers shuttered, no one is taking anything for granted.

“I don’t think we’re there yet: if you read the wording from the government, there’s caveats in there, there’s get out of jail cards,” says Darren Spencer, a production manager at the site and a rep for the Unite union. “We’re by no means out of the woods yet.”

Harper said he had reached an “agreement in principle” with Alstom on the 10 trains, subject to value for money for the taxpayer, adding that he was confident “a solution is now in sight”.

He and the trains minister, Huw Merriman, have stressed the complexity of the issue. But the Labour MP and shadow transport secretary, Louise Haigh, says it could have been resolved long ago.

“Mark Harper has spent months claiming a deal to save jobs at Alstom was out of his hands. It is shameful that he has had to be dragged kicking and screaming under pressure from Labour, the industry and Unite, just to come back to the table,” Haigh said.

She added: “Ministers need to end this cycle of chaos on our railways and develop a consistent rail procurement strategy to give certainty to manufacturers.”

Unite has worked in an unusually close double act with senior management at Alstom, in an attempt to convince the government that while future projections for the rail industry are upbeat, Litchurch Lane faces a potentially unbridgeable gap in its order schedule.

Staff and managers feared that could lead to hundreds of jobs and decades of expertise being lost – and new contracts being fulfilled overseas.

The cost of the downturn in orders is already evident onsite, where hundreds of workers gathered to mark the last train rolling off the production line late last month. Some have already taken voluntary redundancy, with more due to leave in the coming weeks.

One contractor based at Litchurch Lane, Paintbox, went into administration last year when its work painting new carriages dried up – although some of its staff have been taken on by Alstom. Motherson, which did the wiring on the trains, pulled out of the site. Another Alstom supplier, Solo Rail Solutions, in Birmingham, which made the doors, appointed administrators earlier this month.

With rail woven deeply into Derby’s local economy as well as its heritage, the campaign to close the gap in Alstom’s order book has attracted the support of scores of local businesses – with the slogan displayed on a giant banner at Derby County’s Pride Park ground during last weekend’s match.

Football fan Luke Brame, who completed his apprenticeship at the site and has worked there for nine years, says he feels proud of his handiwork as he travels around to watch matches.

“I quite like working here because I go on trains a lot for football. It’s quite cool when you go on one and you think: ‘I built this one,’” he says. “I’m waiting to see what the future is really. I haven’t gone for voluntary redundancy because I don’t know what else I want to do, and I want to carry on the legacy that the older people have left me.” While his day job is usually welding, for the moment there is nothing for him to weld.

If the order for the 10 Elizabeth line trains is confirmed – extending an existing contract – Alstom plans to restart production in Derby on a slimmed-down basis, with three or four production lines brought back into action, until work is due to start on 54 trains for HS2, in a year or so.

That contract is a joint venture with Hitachi, which is also warning about potential job losses at its Newton Aycliffe factory in County Durham, without help from the government to bring forward orders. Harper met representatives from the factory this week, and the Department for Transport insists that – as with Alstom – they are seeking a solution.

The French multinational Alstom inherited the vast Derby site – the biggest in the world outside China – when it bought the Canadian company Bombardier’s train business in 2021, as the industry emerged from the financial earthquake of the Covid pandemic.

Work servicing and refurbishing much of the UK’s passenger rail fleet continues here, as does engineering and design, which were never at risk; but manufacturing has been halted for now.

Campaigners who have fought for the future of the site welcomed Harper’s announcement this week – but lamented the months of brinkmanship and bureaucracy it took to get here.

“This is an unnecessary journey that we’ve just been on,” says John Forkin, the managing director of Marketing Derby, the city’s inward investment agency, which corralled hundreds of local businesses to throw their weight behind Litchurch Lane. They wrote to Harper earlier this week, calling on him to “save our trains: do the deal”.

“We will still be seeking meetings with ministers about the future of trains,” Forkin says, citing the fate of up to 15,000 jobs in the local supply chain, many at small companies. “We’ve got to stop this boom and bust. We should be able to plan it a lot better. We have to stop doing this.”

Back at Litchurch Lane, the cloud of uncertainty lingers.

Chloe Turnbull works in “methods engineering”, shuttling between the desk-based engineers and the hands-on production workers she trained with. “If there’s any issues that come up during the production of the trains, I’m here to get your engineering drawings and stuff like that.”

“This is my fourth year now. I did my apprenticeship for the first three years. I went down the whole production line from start to finish,” she says. “The more I can be learning now the better, and obviously the thought of not having anything any more, and going to find something else is so stressful. So I’m very stressed and upset, because I enjoy it.”

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