Davison’s Ice Cream has received an apology from the government over its handling of a row over the Royal Manx Show stalls. The popular ice cream producer came under underserved fire after agreeing an exclusivity deal with the show organisers which the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture (DEFA) failed to communicate to Gelatory. Rory Dorling, of Gelatory IoM, was invited to be an exhibitor in DEFA’s food producers’ marquee at the two-day show at Knockaloe earlier this month.
But just days before the event began, Mr Dorling was informed by DEFA's chief officer that he could not attend after all because of the exclusivity deal. Luxury knitwear manufacturer to move its operations from London to the Isle of Man I travelled through the new Liverpool Ferry Terminal - the toilets were the best part The fascinating folk tales and superstitions told by fishermen on the Isle of Man Food truck now offering Isle of Man's first 'seagull insurance' Despite doing nothing wrong, Davison’s bore the brunt of the criticism and with the owners claiming they even received death threats. But now DEFA has issued an apology to the ice cream company.
In a statement it said: ‘We offer our sincere and wholehearted apologies to Davison’s for the Department’s role in how things played out over the course of the recent Royal Manx Agricultural Show. ‘DEFA was aware of the presence of an exclusivity agreement between the Royal Manx Agricultural Show and Davison’s and that it wo.