The company which makes Branston Brown Sauce has been inundated with enquiries from cafí© owners and retailers who want to dump HP Sauce following confirmation by Heinz that it is to close the HP factory in Aston, Birmingham, and move production to Holland with the loss of 120 jobs.

'The news broke last night and since then we have had hundreds of calls from retailers, cafí© owners and even hot dog vendors wanting to ditch HP and switch to a British made brown sauce brand.' Said Sue Knight, general manager for Branston.

And HP could be banned from the Houses of Parliament if Bury St Edmunds MP David Ruffley gets his way.

Mr Ruffley renewed his call today for HP Sauce to be replaced with a British-made brown sauce now that Heinz has confirmed its decision to move production of HP to Holland.

'I was very disappointed to learn that in spite of the efforts of the unions and my Parliamentary colleagues Heinz is closing the HP factory in Aston,' said David Ruffley. 'I am today urging the Administration Committee of the House of Commons to remove HP Sauce from the Parliamentary Estate and replace it with British produced Branston Brown Sauce as an act of protest.

'Branston is made in Bury St Edmunds by Premier Foods and deserves the support of the Palace of Westminster.

'A lot of people are urging us to put the Houses of Parliament design on Branston Brown Sauce bottles,' said Sue Knight. 'It's something we are seriously considering now that HP seems to stand for Holland Produced rather than Houses of Parliament.'

Branston Brown Sauce was launched in January of this year and has already achieved an impressive 11 per cent market share.