The global tobacco market, valued at over USD 900 billion in 2025 and projected to grow, is increasingly intertwined with geopolitical tensions and that affects production, supply and price of tobacco leaf

Quakers owned many of the prominent industrial building and companies in Kendal. In 1780 a group of Quakers set up a dispensary in Lowther Street, treating thousands of people over the years. The dispensary at Lowther Street was open from 1783 until 1855

Gawith's have only ever moved factory twice in their long history. The company operated from the original factory on Lowther Street until 1993, when it moved to a more modern unit on the other side of Kendal. Then in 2025 they moved to a new premises just down the road

In September, Gawith Hoggarth & Co once again exhibited at InterTabac 2025 in Dortmund, Germany, show casing 3 new products and meeting international customers from around the world over the 3 day event