Chivas Brothers, the Pernod Ricard business dedicated to Scotch whisky, has reported a 17% increase in net sales, taking total sales to a 10-year high. Alongside its results for the 2022/23 fiscal year, the company today announced over £60 million in planned investment over the next three year
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Sustainable distilling expert Organic Architects has welcomed the announcement that Witchburn Distillery will go ahead.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned advertisements by two London-based companies, Whisky Investment Partners and London Cask Company, for producing misleading claims about potential returns on Scotch whisky cask investments.
Isle of Harris Distillers, situated in Tarbet, is set to unveil its eagerly anticipated The Hearach single malt whisky, positioning the business to double its yearly turnover to nearly £8 million.
The Artisanal Spirits Company (ASC), proprietors of The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS), has launched a new subsidiary in Taiwan.
The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has secured certification trademark status for 'Scotch Whisky' in Hong Kong, ensuring that only whiskies produced in Scotland following strict guidelines can be labelled as such.
The North British Distillery (NBD) has released a uniquely packaged run of 60-year-old Single Grain Scotch Whisky, with all proceeds going to charity. Distilled in 1960, the liquid for this rare expression comes from a single cask, which lay resting in the NBD warehouse in the outskirts of Edinburgh
Macdonald & Muir, the owner of whisky brands Glenmorangie and Ardbeg, has posted a surge in pre-tax profit of almost 60%, reaching £46.9 million in 2022. This rise is up from £29.5m the previous year. The company’s turnover also witnessed a notable increase of 47%, amounting to
The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has released new figures demonstrating that exports in the first half of 2023 are continuing to deliver for the UK economy, as consumers drive the global trend for choosing higher quality products such as Scotch Whisky.
Plans to develop a bonded whisky storage facility in Glenrothes have taken a major step forward after the project received support from Scottish Enterprise.
International whisky enthusiasts will soon be able to have a taste of some of the world’s rarest and most sought-after spirits, after the entrepreneur behind Dramtubes – a Milngavie-based whisky tasting business – secured funding for growth. Dramtubes aims to make highly desirable
The whisky industry has expressed deep concerns over the 10.1% rise in alcohol duty which came into effect on 1 August, warning of potentially severe consequences for Scottish businesses.
Drinks conglomerate Diageo has celebrated a 12% increase in global Scotch whisky sales for the year ended 30 June 2023. The London-listed company, which owns almost 30 malt distilleries in Scotland, across which it employs 3,500 people, reported a 5.1% rise in operating profit to £4.6 billion,
Fintech firm Ferovinum has sealed a landmark £100 million deal with NatWest and BCI Capital, marking a transformation in capital deployment within the UK wine and spirits industry. This is the first time NatWest has led portfolio funding arrangements for a wine and spirits inventory finance pl
In a bid to expedite the whisky industry's progress towards net-zero emissions, Chivas Brothers has made its pioneering heat recovery technologies open source. The Scotch whisky business, a division of Pernod Ricard, owner of brands including Chivas Regal and The Glenlivet, makes the move on th