Family egg business wins regional grant
Two brothers who run a flourishing egg business in north-east England have secured £457,000 in grant aid from regional development agency One North East.
To secure the finance, Richard and Stephen Tulip turned to Doug Gray, North East Regional Manager, EFFP, who assisted them in obtaining the grant. The funding will go some way towards financing the new packing centre, which will house a Moba Omnia grader, with a 170 case/hour throughput. Richard says the old Moba 2000 was a work horse that served the business well, but lacked the capacity and flexibility that is now required.
When the expansion is complete, more than 60m eggs will be produced each year. At least six additional staff will be needed to join the existing 30-strong workforce.
The money will help them to more than double the size of their laying unit and packing station enterprise at Lintz Hall Farm, near Burnopfield, County Durham.
Richard and Stephen Tulip supply a range of customers, from corner shops and hospitals, to supermarkets including Tesco and Asda. Intensively-produced eggs are marketed under the "Lintz Hall Farm" brand name, while "Derwent Valley" is used for labelling the free-range production.
