Ontario Premier Doug Ford reacted angrily to news that spirits maker Diageo will close its Crown Royal bottling plant in Amherstburg, Ont., early next year, pouring out a bottle at a press conference and encouraging others to dump the whisky as well. The Canadian Press Source link
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The Scotch Whisky Association has slammed Jeremy Hunt’s decision to abandon the freeze in alcohol duty after just two weeks. The new Chancellor on Monday ditched most of Kwasi Kwarteng and Liz Truss’s proposals from their September mini-Budget. Mark Kent, the Scotch Whisky Association’s chief executive, said: “Business can only …
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