Every drop of Highland Spring falls on protected land. We keep this land completely free from pesticides and pollution, so the water that filters through it is as pure as can be. Indeed, we were the first bottled water in the UK to have our land certified organic by the Soil Association.

Everyone likes to be a winner. And with Highland Spring you’ve got every chance of being one. See below for our current competitions and promotions. And don’t forget to check back regularly to find out what’s new.

Go Wiild with Andy Murray!

Highland Spring has teamed up with games giant Nintendo and tennis sensation Andy Murray to launch an exciting new on-pack promotion.  The on-pack will give consumers the chance to win Nintendo Wii games consoles as well as the opportunity to play Andy Murray in a Nintendo Wii tennis match at the National Tennis Centre in Roehampton.

Draw closes 30.09.08.  For full terms and conditions click here.

To enter the competition online, please visit http://gowiild.co.uk

Win Your Scottish Top 10

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Highland Spring and VisitScotland have teamed up again to offer consumers a unique on-pack promotion providing consumers with the chance to design their own Top 10 things to see and do in Scotland and win the lot.  
 
Four designs will run across the Highland Spring product range communicating the unique experiences Scotland has to offer including dolphin watching, kayaking, experiencing the Edinburgh Fringe and enjoying a stroll on an idyllic beach.
 
This on-pack promotion will be available throughout the summer from July onwards.
 
Draw Closes 31.05.08.  For full terms and conditions please click here. 

To enter the competition online please visit top10.visitscotland.com.

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Highland Spring as you know it today was born in the Ochil Hills in Perthshire, Scotland in 1979. Of course the springs themselves have been here a lot longer than we have - almost 400 million years. 

Since 1979 we've been protecting the small piece of land above our natural springs (also known as our catchment area). We look after this land to protect the water. No pesticides, pollution, farming, agricultural spraying, building or habitation is allowed anywhere in the 2000 acre area.

The result? Our land is so well looked after, it has been certified organic by the Soil Association, which means our water is as pure as it can possibly be.

Our headquarters in Blackford, Perthshire, includes one of Europe’s most modern bottling plants - exporting Scotland's favourite water to over 50 countries worldwide.

Since 1979 we’ve invested more than £50 million in improving how we collect and bottle Highland Spring water, as well as in developing new products. This includes a £13 million extension to our plant and warehouse to double its capacity allowing us to satisfy the huge number of people drinking our water.

The purity of our water is everything to us, so we put most of our energy into looking after the area we draw our water from. We’re proud to say that the results of our efforts speak for themselves:

And if that’s not enough...

In 2001 we enhanced our product range when we brought our Blackford neighbours, The Gleneagles Natural Mineral Water Company, under the Highland Spring Ltd umbrella. Gleneagles Natural Mineral Water is a beautifully packaged product which can now be found in the UK’s most exclusive venues.

In addition, we're committed to telling people about how good water is for you, whatever age you are. It is especially important that our younger generation learns the importance of drinking water and it’s for this reason we have created Highland Spring Kids water; designed to fit neatly into their lunchboxes.

400 million years is quite a long time, but this is how long it takes to make one of the world’s finest spring waters. Our home, the ancient Ochil Hills, is formed from layers of red sandstone and basalt. Every drop of rain that falls on our land makes a 15 year long journey through this natural filter, trickling down through the heather and deep into the rock bed on its way to the source of Highland Spring.

Long before we started bottling water from the spring here in Blackford, our village was renowned for the quality of its water. In 1503 King James IV of Scotland issued a Royal Charter sanctioning Blackford Beer as his Coronation Ale. This fine brew used the water of the Ochil Hills and established the area as a leading source of pure unspoilt natural bottled water.

We started bottling the water in 1979 and the rest is history. The fact that we’re now the UK’s leading supplier of bottled water is testament to the fabulous natural production plant right beneath our feet in this beautiful corner of Scotland.

Travelling through the Ochil Hills you’ll see a small collection of buildings that we call home. However most of the real work is done deep beneath the surface of the protected 2000 acre catchment area that surrounds us. Once the water has spent 15 years making its way through heather, earth and rock, it arrives filtered and pure at the spring. This is where we take over; carefully bottling and shipping Highland Spring to our customers.

It rains a lot in the Ochil Hills, so there’s always a lot of water at the spring, and always a lot to do at our plant. We work 24 hours a day, seven days a week producing 90,000 bottles every hour. In 2006 we bottled around 240 million litres of water.

As part of our usual day to day activities, we’re committed to finding ways to improve what we do. Since 1979 we’ve spent more than £50 million in developing the plant and the brand. Some of the improvements are simple, and some more advanced – for example, we now operate a state-of-the-art bottle moulding facility on-site to make us that little bit more efficient.

The money we’ve spent on development has certainly paid off. Not only is our land now certified as organic but our total quality procedures have won us several Gold awards from the British Bottlers Institute.

On the surface, the Ochil Hills in Perthshire is an area of outstanding natural beauty. But as far as we’re concerned, far below the surface lies the real treasure. Beneath the undulating, heather-clad slopes, the hills are made of layers of red sandstone and basalt, which form a perfect natural filter for the fresh rainwater. As well as filtering the water, the 400 million year-old hills add goodness too. As the water passes through countless intricate cavities, it also absorbs many wholesome minerals.

It takes around 15 years for the water to complete its journey, from raindrop to natural underground spring, and finally it reaches the point 60m below the surface where we take over. We carefully draw the water up and bottle it at source, so every drop comes to you as pure as nature intended.

This is our philosophy – to protect our environment and protect the fruit that it bears.  It’s that simple. We’ve gone to great lengths to ensure our land is as natural as it can be.
 
The environment does not stop at the edges of our catchment area and neither does our care for it.  In addition to the high degree of effort that goes into looking after our land, we have also been improving the way we work to be as efficient as possible.
 
As part of this focus we were the first bottled water producer to join EMAS – the voluntary eco-management and audit scheme.  This scheme ensures that we follow a code of practice dedicated to meeting legal requirements. We do this and go far beyond what is required to ensure maximum protection for the environment.
 
This scheme is really important to us because environmental cause and effect is real – we are careful about what we may put into the environment in order to protect the quality of what we take out.  When you live in towns and cities it’s often more difficult to see this happening.  But if you consider the lifecycle of all the little drops of rain that fall on our land then perhaps the importance of caring for our world becomes a little clearer.
 
If you would like to read more about our environmental performance click here

Why do we have an Environmental Management System (EMS)?

What are the benefits of Environmental Management?

As much as possible we want to do the right thing, and we hope that having systems dedicated to improving our environmental management will help to increase confidence in Highland Spring, both for our customers and the people who work here. Furthermore, sound environmental management ensures we address - and where we can, exceed - the requirements of pertinent legislation. We also believe that a focus on the environment underscores the credibility of our Company: for consumers, the trade, and everyone working at Highland Spring, in the UK and abroad.

Why do we use "single trip" rather than returnable bottles?

Returnable bottles have to be robust and heavier to withstand the extra transportation and washing required of them, and as a result, more materials and energy are used in production of the bottle. In addition, when bottles are reused repeatedly they tend to scuff, which contributes to a weakening of the bottle (as well as detracting from its presentation).

Furthermore, it's difficult to collect a high return of bottle in returnable schemes. A more effective and comprehensive system of collection is kerbside collection where bottles can be collected at the same time as other household waste is collected. However, under UK legislation governing Spring Water, the water must be bottled at source. This means that all the bottles to be refilled would have to be returned from all over the UK to the main plant in Blackford. We consider the logistics of this to be environmentally unsuitable, as it takes more energy, or fuel, to return the bottle from our customers.

To maintain our high standards of hygiene and quality, we would have to employ rigorous cleaning of all returned bottles with hot caustic washes and copious amounts of rinses to ensure no taint was left in the bottle. The disposal of the cleaning solution would be an extra impact on the environment, as would the increased use of water.
Our belief is that bottles are more likely to be fit for purpose if they are "single trip" rather than returnable. By using single trip bottles we can use fewer materials in production, and by a process of light weighting we can use significantly less material to make both the glass and PET bottles.  348 Tonnes of PET were saved in 2006 due to reduced weight PET preforms.  Glass bottles can be recycled and then incorporated into the glass for new bottles- this process uses less energy than making new glass.

Are bottles and packaging made from recycled materials?

Yes - the glass bottles can be made from up to 95% recycled glass. In 2007, Highland Spring will produce 12 million bottles containing 25% recycled PET.  Other parts of our packaging are made from differing percentages of recycled material. For more information, see our Environmental Statement.

Are your bottles recyclable?

Yes - both our plastic (PET) and glass bottles can be recycled where facilities are available. Your local council should hold details of where they can be taken in your area. Glass bottles are recycled to form cullet, which can be used in a number of applications, including foundations for roads or, indeed, in the production of new glass bottles. PET is often made into other plastic products like strapping or film. In some cases it can be used for fibres to form clothes.

Where can the glass and plastic bottles be recycled?

Glass bottles are recycled in bottle banks, which can be found in supermarket car parks and council facilities. The infrastructure for the recycling of PET is slowly developing, including kerbside collection. Contact your local council for details of recycling facilities in your area.

What do the recycled symbols mean?

Every type of plastic is marked with a recycling symbol, which contains a number corresponding to the type of plastic and often shown with letters underneath with the shortened name of the plastic. There are seven of these symbols, each one with a different number corresponding to a different type of plastic.

The symbol which appears on our bottles, with the number '1' in a triangle, stands for Polyethylene terephthalate (PET or PETE). This type of plastic is what the bottles are made from and is often used to make containers in the soft drinks industry. The caps on the plastic (PET) bottles are made from High-density polyethylene (HDPE), which uses the symbol number '2'. This type of plastic is used because it is more durable for use as a cap.

How is the catchment area protected?

Highland Spring water comes from a natural underground source far below the Ochil Hills in Perthshire, Scotland where no farming, agricultural spraying, building or habitation is permitted within the 2000 acre catchment area. The land has been maintained on an organic basis for over 20 years; that is, it has been kept free from pesticides and pollution since that time.

As a result, Highland Spring was the first British brand of bottled water to receive organic certification from the Soil Association for its catchment area.

How much salt is in Highland Spring?

The Food Standards Agency recommends that no more than 2.4g of sodium is consumed per day.  This equates to a salt intake of no more than 6g per day, because sodium is present as sodium chloride in foods.

2.4g (grammes) is equivalent to 2400mg (milligrammes).  Highland Spring has a 9mg of sodium per litre of water.  So drinking 2 litres of Highland Spring will provide only 18 of the recommended daily intake of 2400mg: a very small proportion.  Indeed, at this level, Highland Spring is suitable for individuals requiring a low sodium diet.

When checking sodium or salt levels in other foods remember to check whether mg or g are used so that an accurate comparison can be made.

What is the pH of Highland Spring?

This is a measure of acidity.  Acids have low pH values and alkalis have high pH values.  The range is from 1 - 14, with pH 7 being neutral.

The pH of still Highland Spring is approximately 7.8 which is slightly alkaline.  As Highland Spring is a natural product the pH can vary slightly, but the range normally expected would be pH 7.6 - 8.0.

How much calcium is in Highland Spring?

Highland Spring is a low mineral content water, but our calcium level is approximately 40mg/l.  The Food Standards Agency recommended daily intake is 700mg.  Drinking 1 litre of Highland Spring will provide over 1/20th of your Recommended Daily Intake.

Highland Spring bottled water offers the widest product range for all occasions. You can choose between still and sparkling water in a variety of packs including glass, screw cap and sports, in a range of sizes - from smaller 'on the go' products to larger bottles and multi-packs.

Still
(Everyone’s favourite.)

Still bottled water continues to be the most popular choice in the UK and Highland Spring - drawn from organic land so guaranteed to be pure - is the perfect everyday water.

Sparkling
(Not just for special occasions.)

Highland Spring is the best-selling sparkling brand in the UK. It's as pure and precious as our still water. All we’ve done is add the bubbles.

Gleneagles
(An award winning product.)

Gleneagles Natural Mineral Water is our other premium brand. Brought to you in stylish glass bottles, you can enjoy this water in the world’s finest restaurants and hotels.

Watermedia
(Branded bottled water, unique to you.)

With Watermedia, you can have your own bottled water, branded just for you. It's great for the boardroom or a business event. We can also provide bottled water with your own design for personal celebrations.

Glass

Highland Spring 1 litre and 330ml glass bottles are designed to be seen on the table. The elegant design is perfect for that special occasion, whether it is a dinner party, at home with friends or in a hotel or restaurant. The Highland Spring 750ml glass bottle has been created exclusively for the restaurant and licensed trade and is the perfect accompaniment to fine food and wine.

Screw-cap

A practical design for everyday use, our screw-cap bottles are available in 2 litre, 1.5 litre, 500ml and 330ml bottle sizes to fit any lifestyle. For storage at home, or for all day hydration, we're certain to have a pack to suit in our screw-cap range.

Sports bottles

With a unique bottle shape, Highland Spring 500ml and 750ml sports bottles are specifically designed for sports performance - easy to handle and drink from, the sports bottles are a source of natural refreshment on the move.

Healthier options for kids

Highland Spring is continuing to champion healthier drinking for children with 'Highland Spring for Kids'. We developed this range in response to consumer demand for a healthier soft drinks option. Naturally, our kids' water is drawn from the same protected organic underground source as its parent brand.

Glass

Why save sparkling water for a special occasion? With all the purity you'd expect from Highland Spring, our iconic green glass bottle is the perfect healthy option with dinner or drinks. You can also enjoy Highland Spring Sparkling in our 750ml and 330ml glass bottles in restaurants and hotels.

Screw-cap

Looking to enjoy Highland Spring at home or on the move? Our screw-cap range is perfect - and our softly sparkling variant adds another dimension to Highland Spring refreshment.

Kids

A brand new addition to the range, Sparkling for Kids gives another good reason for children to choose Highland Spring - the healthy soft drink.

In Gaelic, Gleneagles (Gleann nah- Eaglais) actually means Glen of The Church. It is from beneath this rugged, beautiful glen in the Ochil Hills of Scotland that our exceptional Natural Mineral Water is drawn.

Recognised as one of the most stylish bottled waters on the market, Gleneagles bottled water is only available in a selection of the UK's most exclusive hotels and restaurants, as well as overseas. It is the only bottled water brand stocked by the Scottish Whisky Heritage Centre.

Bottled at source from the heather-covered Ochil Hills, the water takes 15 years to filter through the various rock layers, collecting its valuable minerals on route. From there, it is drawn up and presented to you in stylish, award-winning, glass bottles.

Watermedia is the promotional bottled water arm of Highland Spring Ltd, which has been creating bespoke branded water for high profile clients and events such as Clinique's national skincare & hydration programme in House of Fraser stores and for Diageo in support of their Johnnie Walker responsible drinking campaign at international grand prix.

A novel marketing tool, Watermedia produces a wide range of custom-designed branded water bottles, including 500ml sports cap, 250ml screw cap, and glass – in both 75cl and 25cl sizes. Perfect for companies aiming to increase awareness of their products or business at any number of occasions such as exhibitions, sponsorships, product launches, corporate hospitality events and conferences, but also a lovely touch at personal events such as weddings or parties.

Contact Sarah Fraser on 01764 682828 or email sales@watermedia.co.uk.

Highland Spring is the number one UK produced bottled water brand and growing. We offer the widest range of bottled water products to help cater to the broadest range of consumer occasions, including Kids’ water, now available in both Still and Sparkling.

Drawn from organic land, Highland Spring is first choice for the growing number of consumers looking to purchase healthy food. The Soil Association anticipates that organic sales in the UK will reach £3 billion by 2010, and with 39% of consumers preferring to drink bottled water sourced from organic land (NOP 2007), Highland Spring’s organic source is a key asset.

Bottled water remains one of the fastest growing and best performing soft drink categories - rising by 5.8% in 2006 (Zenith 2007). Maximise your sales in this growing category - whatever your business - with Highland Spring. Contact us on 01764 660500 for more information.

Multiple Grocers

When it comes to bottled water, supermarkets are a key sales channel. Multiple grocers sell 51.1% of all bottled water in the UK, growing by 8.4% in 2006 (source: AC Nielsen MAT April 2007). Highland Spring was the fastest growing brand in supermarkets for 2006, growing by 15% (source: AC Nielsen Dec 2006).

Impulse

The growth in sports bottles has been astonishing in the last few years, with a phenomenal 41% increase in the past two years. Bottled water has become an integral part of the consumer proposition in most market sectors, particularly Impulse, the key channel for sports bottles. In fact, sales of the Highland Spring 750ml sports bottle grew by 46% in independent stores last year (AC Nielsen March 07).

On Trade & Foodservice

Style and quality is the key when it comes to the leisure sector. Consumers tend to be more discerning when buying bottled water in a hotel or restaurant. Highland Spring’s flagship glass range is available in clear glass bottles for still water, and, of course, our iconic green bottles for sparkling. Available in both 1 litre packs and – exclusive to the on trade – a 750ml offering.

Dairy

As one of the first brands to develop bottled water sales through the dairy sector, Highland Spring understands the needs of major dairies, independents and bottled milk buyers. We can help you develop sales of bottled water on the doorstep with the most comprehensive range of sizes to meet every household’s needs.

Overseas

Highland Spring Ltd is the UK's leading bottled water producer, exporting to over 50 countries worldwide including Japan, the USA and a number of Caribbean islands from Bermuda and Barbados to St. Marten and the Dominican Republic.

Travel

Highland Spring is a dominant brand within the UK travel sector. In addition to supplying many long and short haul airlines it is the brand of choice in many airport Executive Lounges throughout the UK.  Passengers sailing with P&O Ferries and P&O Cruises can also enjoy Highland Spring in all on-board restaurants, bars and shops.

Bottled water remains one of the fastest growing and best performing soft drink categories in the UK, worth £1.68 billion (2.28 billion litres), and accounting for 16% of soft drink sales. Since 2000 there have been 10 million new bottled water drinkers in the UK, and more than half the population (about 27 million adults) now drink over two billion litres of bottled water every year.

Bottled water sales in 2007 are expected to maintain the momentum achieved in previous years, with a predicted 7% growth pushing the industry towards the 2.4 billion litre mark. Growth is expected to continue at a rate of 6-7% year on year until 2011.

Highland Spring is a strong performer in the sector:

Still or Sparkling?

Consumer preference for Still (as opposed to Sparkling) bottled water is still evident, with 70% of consumers preferring Still most often (TGI Q1 2007). Much of the recent growth in bottled water has come from Still which accounts for 87% of sales, as consumers trade up to bigger packs for everyday use. Sports bottles and Kids' water continue to grow in popularity for on the move and lunchtime consumption.
Sparkling water maintains a good share of the market at 13% (almost 300 million litres). Consumers of Sparkling often buy for dining occasions at home and while out socialising. Many also prefer Sparkling for everyday consumption.

For in-depth commentary and analysis, download Natural well-being. A guide to the UK bottled water market 2006/2007 from Highland Spring.

We always try to encourage a healthy, active lifestyle and drinking enough water helps everyone’s well-being. That’s why we support a number of sporting activities, at every level, as well as a number of other events throughout the UK.

Highland Spring’s new advertising campaign is a moment of quiet calm in a cluttered world of communications. It features photographic images of some of the plants and wildlife that are protected on the catchment area in the Ochil Hills in Perthshire – protected because they inhabit our small area of land which we keep free from pesticides, pollution and farming. That’s what makes our land organic, and that’s what helps to keep our delicious Scottish water so pure.

Highland Spring has recently partnered with VisitScotland to produce a joint campaign targeted at London commuters. Based on the premise “Do more with Scotland’s natural assets”, the campaign promotes the unique experiences available to Scotland’s visitors, along with the benefits of drinking the purest Scottish water – Highland Spring.

VisitScotland

Highland Spring and VisitScotland continue to work together to promote Scotland as the perfect destination for a short break, and the source of the purest natural bottled water.

For the fifth year running, Highland Spring is teaming up with VisitScotland in a joint marketing campaign: “Scotland's Natural Assets”. Heavyweight advertising in and around key London stations is coupled with product sampling, offering commuters much needed refreshment. This campaign is a great way to promote Scotland as the home of Highland Spring, and an ideal short break destination.

www.visitscotland.com

Connoisseurs Scotland

Highland Spring is linked with Connoisseurs Scotland, a company that provides discerning travellers with the very best of what Scotland has to offer. Properties include hotels such as The Gleneagles Hotel, Stobo Castle Health Spa, Inverlochy Castle Hotel, Old Course Hotel, Golf Resort and Spa and The Royal Scotsman.

www.luxuryscotland.co.uk

Water is essential for life - the human body is made up of about 75% water and our brain tissue consists of up to 85% water. However, only one in five of us drink the 1.5 - 2 litres of fluid a day recommended by doctors for good health (Source TNS Dec 2006). Click on the buttons below to find out how good hydration can improve your well-being.

We know how important it is to keep kids healthy, so we've developed resource packs to help teach the importance of being 'water wise' at home and in the classroom. The packs are a combination of information and advice for parents and teachers about water and its importance in maintaining a healthy balanced diet. Also included are fun activity sheets for children to complete to help them understand the importance of water in their diet and in the environment.

Click here to download our Parents Pack or our Teachers Pack

Get fit, get water wise

Highland Spring encourages an active lifestyle and is committed to supporting sport at all levels from primary school children to elite athletes. We want to see more people participating in sport and enjoying the benefits of a healthy active lifestyle and are delighted to support a number of sporting activities such as the “Great Scottish Wee Walks” event. The “wee walks” take place all over Scotland with primary school children walking for their favourite charity or school project. Mums, Dads, Grannies and Granddads can join in too.

Highland Spring is also the official bottled water supplier to the Golf Foundation, supporting its Tri-Golf initiative which aims to develop and promote junior golf among primary aged children. At all of these events, Highland Spring keeps everyone refreshed by providing Highland Spring for Kids.

We will continue to champion healthier drinking habits for children - if you would like us to get involved in your local school or community sporting event, please visit our contact us page.

Water is a continuous cycle, powered by the sun.

Solar energy causes water to evaporate from our seas, lakes and rivers, returning it to the atmosphere as water vapour. Water vapour is also formed through transpiration; this is when groundwater is absorbed by plant roots, carried up to the leaves and released back into the air.

Cool air causes the water vapour to condense into lots of tiny droplets to form clouds. When the clouds get heavy, precipitation occurs as rain or snow. Most of the water that falls to earth through precipitation stays in the ground - slowly moving through the aquifers and eventually forming streambeds, springs and oceans, ready for the cycle to begin again. (An aquifer is a layer of rock, which can absorb a large quantity of water; it can do so because it is porous or because the rock is broken up with crevices that hold the water.)

About two-thirds of the Earth's surface is covered in water - some 97% of this occurs as salt water in the seas and oceans, more than half of the remaining fresh water exists as glaciers and ice caps, and a very small amount of fresh water occurs as lakes, rivers and groundwater. Groundwater accounts for 0.6% of the distribution of water on Earth.