#IMakeWhisky: from warehouse operators to global sales directors to office managers, thousands of different roles make up the #ScotchWhisky industry 💼 🥃 We're calling for a multi-year freeze in spirits duty in the Autumn Budget, to protect jobs, back investment and

Rachel Reeves urged to treat Scotch whisky as 'national asset' and slash 'deeply unfair' duties paid by distillers dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/…

Very pleased to join my colleagues Will Forster MP 🔶 and Alistair Carmichael MP in calling on the Chancellor to freeze spirits duty in the upcoming Autumn Budget. The value of the Scotch Whisky industry should not be underestimated.

"[#ScotchWhisky] creates jobs, it brings investment into this country, and more important, it feeds so many other different parts of our economy. It is critical as a sector for Scotland." Last week's Spirit of Scotland showcase was a brilliant opportunity to highlight the

Pubs can't survive on beer alone. We're calling for the Chancellor to support the UK's world-class spirits industry and #SupportScotch with a multi-year freeze on excise duty in the upcoming Autumn Budget. Learn more 👉 scotch-whisky.co/excise

Let’s not repeat past mistakes. Let’s #freezeduty to #SupportScotch at the upcoming Budget.

SWA Chief Executive @markagkent has joined PM Keir Starmer, SoS for Scotland Douglas Alexander & SoS for Business and Trade Peter Kyle on a trade mission to India this week, following the landmark UK-India FTA announced earlier this year 🇮🇳 🥃 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

SWA CEO Mark Kent joined the GOV.UK trade mission to India earlier this week, championing the world-class #ScotchWhisky industry in the world's largest whisky market. Alongside Edrington CEO Scott McCroskie, he spoke to UK Government Scotland on the long-term potential of the

The UK’s duty system penalises the choice of many modern consumers, taxing lower-alcohol spirit serves more than high-volume, high calorie pints. It’s time the system caught up. A multi-year freeze on spirits duty would reflect modern drinking habits and deliver Treasury

3% of inflation over the past year was driven by alcoholic beverages and excise duty is one of the direct levers the Chancellor has has to impact inflation. A long-term duty freeze can avoid unnecessarily fuelling inflation and boost HM Treasury revenue too.

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It's a simple ask. Give us a long-term freeze in spirits duty to drive growth, support jobs, and deliver more revenue to HM Treasury - Everyone's a winner. Let's get back to growth by supporting #ScotchWhisky at home in the UK with a #dutyfreeze. 👇🥃

The last spirits duty increase has seen duty receipts to HM Treasury fall by £138m in the first half of this financial year but drive up government borrowing costs by £310m. A lose-lose. UK borrowing overshoots forecast by £7.2bn thetimes.com/article/6bff72… The Times and The Sunday Times

🆕 📰 "It would surely be reckless for the Chancellor to consider throwing any more obstacles in the way of businesses striving to generate growth amid such challenging economic conditions." @Heraldscotland's Scott Wright writes on the calls to back #ScotchWhisky, and in turn,

Duty increases in the past two years have driven up inflation, increased government borrowing costs, and failed to raise more revenue. It's time for HM Treasury to think again and deliver a long term duty freeze.

🆘 #pubs need meaningful support in the #Budget, we’ve written to the Chancellor Rachel Reeves urging her to #saveourpubs. #Pubs need DIRECT support ✅ NOT #beerduty cuts that don’t help pubs or customers & funnel millions to offshore corporates ❌ campaignforpubs.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

A reminder that last year’s rise in excise duty on spirits lost the government revenue and fuelled inflation and government borrowing costs. Let’s not repeat that choice and #freezeduty

Great to hear at Maureen Burke 🌹 join GMB Scotland and Scottish business organisations call on Rachel Reeves to freeze #ScotchWhisky duty in the HM Treasury budget The Scotch Whisky Association campaign is backed across Parliament, across parties, and by the public 👇