Whitby Distillery secures £500,000 loan for new clifftop visitor centre

• Whitby Distillery secured a £500,000 loan from NPIF II – Mercia Debt Finance to complete its new flagship site near Whitby Abbey.
• The visitor centre is scheduled to open next spring, with total development costs expected to reach almost £3 million.
• The new headquarters and year-round visitor attraction is expected to create 10 jobs, doubling the distillery’s current workforce.

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