Interview with Sandie Gordon, founder of Candles from the Croft:

“Focus on what makes this area special”

Her small business based in Altass has grown steadily over its first year and a half, receiving a flurry of accolades along the way. She talks to us about how to pair her business - now blossomed into a brand of its own - with the upbringing on the croft of five generations.

Shortlisted for the prestigious UK-wide 2024 Allica Bank Great British Entrepreneur Awards (GBEA), to be decided in November, she has already been awarded the 2024. . .

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Interview with Sandie Gordon, founder of Candles from the Croft:

“Focus on what makes this area special”

Her small business based in Altass has grown steadily over its first year and a half, receiving a flurry of accolades along the way. She talks to us about how to pair her business - now blossomed into a brand of its own - with the upbringing on the croft of five generations.

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