Mendip Profiles > Mendip Brands

Clarks Shoes

Clarks is one of the largest privately-run companies in Europe and is now the world’s biggest shoe brand and the UK’s largest shoe retailer.

Mulberry

The Shepton Mallet-based company produces much of its range from its local factories in Chilcompton and Walton, with an annual turnover of around £45,000,000.

Cheddar Cheese

The village of Cheddar lies just immediately to the West of the Mendip area, but with its many dairy farms, Mendip has long been a hotbed of cheese production.

Thales

A former POW camp just outside Wells became the setting for one of Mendip’s most high-tech companies, operated by the multinational defence and telecoms group Thales.

Glastonbury Festival

Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts is an important economic motor for Mendip. A report last year put the economic benefits of the festival at £73,000,000.

Truly Uniq

Truly Uniq’s factory in Evercreech is one of the district’s largest employers. Dairy production on the Evercreech site dates back to 1891.

JW Singer

JW Singer is a company that has been based in Frome since 1847 and is now part of the multi-national Tyco group.

Babycham

Visitors to Shepton Mallet will not fail to notice a large plastic fawn positioned near the town’s boundary, a testimony to the importance of the Babycham brand to the town.

Cosyfeet

Cosyfeet began trading in 1984 and has established itself as a world-leader in the market of Velcro slippers, socks and hosiery for the elderly.