Farage's partner u-turns on gin

Nigel Farage’s partner Laure Ferrari has done a U-turn – opting not to close down the firm which sells his own brand of gin.

It was reported earlier this week that Baxter Laois Limited, of which Ferrari is sole director and shareholder, was being wound up with £11,000 in debts. It also comes after it emerged that the couple saved more than £44,000 in stamp duty when she bought his luxury £900,000 constituency home mortgage-free.

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Ferrari had applied to strike the business off the register of companies at Companies House last month only to reverse her decision yesterday (September 9). It launched Farage Gin, a range of spirits in red, white and blue colours costing £40 a bottle, in 2022, with Farage describing it as his “patriotic take on this quintessentially British drink”. It still features on an out-of-date website for the Reform leader as a “unique blend of botanicals, including juniper, coriander, lemon and orange peel. The botanicals are carefully selected and distilled in small batches, ensuring a high-quality and consistent flavor [sic] profile”.

Though there are no sales figures for Farage’s mother’s ruin, micro accounts filed for Ferrari’s firm for the year ending October 2024 reported £11,006 worth of ongoing losses. Ferrari described her company’s business activities as “wholesale of wine, beer, spirits and other alcoholic beverages” as well as “management consultancy activities other than financial management”. Farage himself has never declared any income from the product since he became an MP last July.