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More curve balls from the Scotch whisky industry
The trouble is that Scotch whisky – and particularly single malt Scotch, carries an aura of unchallengeable integrity Continue reading
Public health experts back minumum pricing as Diageo fights on and recruits new drinkers
This is a lesson on the dangers of taking things at face value in the drinks industry. Read on. Continue reading
Despite its £2.1 billion pre-tax profit, Diageo makes new cost cuts
Diageo recently posted healthy pre-tax profits of £2.1 billion but there have been Continue reading
Britain’s Food Champion of the Year is Argyll’s Gigha Halibut
Alistair Barge, owner of his family’s fish farm , Scotland’s only Continue reading
Diageo’s ‘Alpha male whizzkid in braces from the 1980s’ caught with trousers down on Kilmarnock closure
Paul Walsh, Diageo’s robotic CEO, has been called a lot of things Continue reading
Protected Food Name status to help Scottish producers
Rural Affairs Minister, Richard Lochhead, has just revealed Continue reading
Chivas Brothers cut whisky production as Diageo dumps 700 in Kilmarnock
This is a tale of two big – the biggest, but very different – Scotch whisky producers. Continue reading
Diageo branded socially irresponsible for UK tax avoidance
More of the Emperor’s new clothes vanish as Scotland faces the cost Continue reading
Islay’s Port Ellen Maltings has grain silo collapse
Early this morning (Friday 14th November) a grain silo collapsed at Islay’s port Ellen Maltings, shedding hundreds of tonnes of barley which fell around it. No-one was injured. As a precautionary measure, nearby homes were temporarily evacuated. With work at the Maltings stopped, structural engineers are investigating the cause of the incident.
Owners of the maltings, Diageo, employing 12 people there from its total Islay workforce of 47, say that the silo collapse is unlikely to affect whisky production.