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05 November 2020
Cheers to gin in 2020!Celebrating the very best of gin distilling across the country, the annual Scottish Gin Awards are nearly upon us. With 194 Scottish gins entered and a judging panel chaired by Johnston Carmichael’s Head of Food & Drink, Adam Hardie, this year’s awards night is to be broadcast live as a virtual event for the first time ever.
17 September 2020
Innovation and diversification key to retaining new customers in the food and drink sectorWhile the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has proved devastating for many sectors, small, local food and drink suppliers have been on the right side of an unprecedented change in consumer behaviour. Adam Hardie, Head of Food & Drink, explains further.
25 August 2020
Changes to beer duty rules: what this means for UK brewersIn July 2020, the Treasury announced changes to the Small Breweries Beer Duty Relief Scheme (SBR) which is expected to increase the rate of beer duty paid by the smallest brewers in the UK. In this blog we give an overview of what we know so far.
20 March 2020
Coronavirus - new package of financial measures announcedThis afternoon (Friday 20 March 2020), Prime Minister Boris Johnson provided clarity around measures designed to slow the spread of coronavirus. He was joined by Chancellor Rishi Sunak who announced an unprecedented package of financial measures to ease the economic impact of coronavirus in the UK.
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