Bell, Boris and Black Butter and how muddy tractor began it all

A Portrush man has presented Prime Minister Boris Johnson with a keepsake from his business - five years after he brought a sample of his OTHER business to No 10.

Alastair Bell recently visited No 10 Downing Street where he met up with the Prime Minister to whom he duly presented a jar of his multi award winning Irish Black Butter.

It was the culmination of a journey which started some five years earlier.

Alastair explained: “In 2016 I was spending a lot of time on a hobby business called Muddyfarm Models. This involved customising farm toys and models with a variety of effects to make them more realistic.”

The north coast man then became aware of a national small business campaign called Small Business Saturday UK and applied to become one of 100 featured small businesses.

In the UK Small Business Saturday is a grassroots, non-commercial campaign which highlights small business success and encourages consumers to shop and support small businesses in their local communities.

“I applied and was successful in becoming a member of The Small Biz 100 in 2016,” says Alastair.

“It was great to connect with entrepreneurs across the UK and, in my case, bring my one-of-a-kind tractor business to the streets of London. Bringing along my head of marketing – Jake the tractor to London - was a bit of a master stroke. Whas ever taken dirty tractors inside number 10?”