Tag "Skócia"
Suntory to shift Irish whiskey bottling to Spain and Scotland
Japanese drinks giant Suntory has decided to move the bottling of three Irish whiskey brands made at its Cooley Distillery offshore. The distillery produces Suntory’s Kilbeggan, Tyrconnell and Connemara Irish...
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Brits to spend £2.4 billion on beer during Euros 2024 tournament
Brits are estimated to drink 604.5 million pints during this summer’s 2024 Euros tournament, new research finds, with spending predicted at £2.4bn over the 33 day championship. Takepayments, a digital...
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Retailers are considering legal action because of deposit return scheme
Retailers plan to take legal action against the Scottish government’s deposit return scheme, saying it will impose impossible financial demands on thousands of businesses. They claim that with less than...
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Scotland makes period products free
Scotland is the first to offer tampons, sanitary pads and other menstrual products free of charge. Period products are now free to anyone in Scotland who needs them, nearly two...
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Scottish whiskey export sales fell to a ten-year low last year
Revenues from Scotch whiskey exports fell to a ten-year low last year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and due to the increased US criminal duty. According to the...
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Charitable brewery
Scottish brewery BrewDog is always reacting swiftly to the latest trends and has great marketing ideas. Now that the coronavirus pandemic has broken out, BrewDog is manufacturing hand sanitisers and...
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Aldi opens 6 new stores in Scotland in 2020
Aldi has announced plans to open 6 stores in Scotland this year, as it continues its expansion across the UK. The discount supermarket’s new GBP 25 million storage and chill...
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Scotland Plans To Impose Charges On Single-Use Drink Cups
The Scottish Government is planning to introduce a charge on single-use drink cups, according to environment secretary, Roseanna Cunningham. Cunningham said, “The scale of the challenge is clear – an...
Read more250 jobs up for grabs as Lidl commences operations at new £70m Scottish warehouse
Lidl has announced that 250 new jobs will be up for grabs after it officially commenced operations at its new £70 million Scottish distribution centre. The new 629,688sq ft warehouse,...
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Amazon to open first Scottish Clicks & Mortar store this weekend
Amazon has revealed it is close to opening the first ever Scottish Clicks and Mortar store in Waverley Mall, Edinburgh. This weekend will see the tech giant launch the pop-up...
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Replacing palm oil with coffee grounds
A Scottish firm specializing in high-value products derived from used coffee grounds claim they are developing pioneering environmentally-efficient processes that could lead to a sustainable and alternative ingredient to palm...
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A record number of tourists visited Scottish whiskey distilleries last year
A record number of tourists visited the Scottish whiskey distilleries last year – according to the data reported on Wednesday. The number of visitors reached 1.9 million, which is an...
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Alcohol prices jump in Scotland
Due to the law – adopted by the Parliament in Edinburgh six years ago, but introduced only on Tuesday, due to lengthy legal encumbrances – on the minimum price of...
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Scottish malt whiskey is the best with water according to Swedish scientists
It is a question that has divided whisky lovers for centuries: does the true aficionado add a dash or water, or drink the spirit neat? Now, a team of Swedish...
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Whisky found in time capsule from the nineteenth century
Construction workers found time capsule that was buried in the 1800s in the Scottish Highlands. The shoe box-sized capsule was found buried deep inside part of the Ruthven road bridge...
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