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A soap company is celebrating its 25th anniversary. The English Soap Company, based in Waldron, was visited by Nusrat Ghani, MP for Sussex Weald, to celebrate the milestone. The MP congratulated managing director Oliver Butts on the company's latest awards.
The family-run business was founded in 2000, and has since expanded to supply products to major UK and international retailers, hotel and gift suppliers. The company has previously collaborated with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It has won several awards over the years, including the Department for Transport’s Exporter of the Year Award, Family Business of the Year Award, and most recently the International Business of the Year Award at the Gatwick Diamond Business Awards in March 2025.
Ms Ghani has worked with the English Soap Company for years, particularly during the Covid-19 pandemic, when she helped coordinate donations of their products to local communities, charities, churches, foodbanks and community hospitals. Ms Ghani said: "The English Soap Company is an exceptional local family business. "Their beautiful products, inspired by the Sussex countryside, are very popular across the UK and worldwide and I am always proud to see Sussex Weald-made products representing our corner of the world overseas.
"Oliver and the team have been incredibly generous and donated thousands of their products to communities across the constituency during the pandemic, helping many communities during a very difficult time. "I was pleased to congratulate them on their latest award and wish them all the best for the future as the business celebrates 25 years of trading this year." The English Soap Company’s range includes soaps, hand creams, hand sanitisers and perfumes.
To shop, visit the English Soap Company website..
