Food & Drink

Alarming data

One in five Scottish distilleries ‘in financial distress’

Eden Mill distillery

Industry call

Wetherspoon boss hails Reform’s pubs tax pledge

Tim-Martin-and-Wetherspoon

New lifeline

Green Room marks pub code freedom with price cut

Anna Lagerqvist Christopherson, Ghislain Aubertel and Dag Lee

Another loss

Buzzworks ‘resilient’ despite cost pressures

Kenny Blair of Buzzworks

Double swoop

AG Barr adds brands in growing soft drinks sector

Fentimans (website)

Whisky tax

Distillers say excise duty rise will stifle growth

Sir-Keir-Starmer-at-whisky-disitillery

Campaign launched

Findlay demands rates cut to save struggling pubs

George IV pub

PM deal

Starmer secures China tariff cut on Scotch whisky

Scotch whisky

Brand boost

New products help sales rise at Nairn’s Oatcakes

Nairn's Oatcakes production line

Funding support

Reeves told pub deal not enough to stop closures

Chancellor Rachel Reeves in pub (BBC vid)