The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) said the UK chancellor’s decision to increase excise duty on spirits by nearly 4% or 36p a bottle in his…

The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) — the influential trade body for the £5 billion Scotch industry — said it appointed diplomat Karen Betts as its new chief…

Scotch whisky exports were up 4% in value in 2016 to just over £4 billion and up 4.8% by volume to 1.2 billion bottles, the…

The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has urged MEPS to vote in favour of the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). The SWA said CETA…

British consumers pay more than one quarter of all the tax on spirits collected in Europe, mainly because of a UK domestic tax level far higher than the European…

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said it ordered the Royal Bank of Scotland to pay an $85 million civil monetary penalty as part of a…

Edinburgh-based fund management giant Standard Life Investments issued its Governance & Stewardship Annual Review for 2016 in which it revealed it voted its clients’ shares 430…

The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) called for a 2% spirits excise duty cut in the next UK Budget as it revealed new research that showed Scotch…

Emerging markets specialist Aberdeen Asset Management believes that any imposition of trade barriers after Donald Trump becomes president of the United States “may force some…

The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) said the UK spirits industry including Scotch contributed around £3.2 billion in tax to the UK Treasury in the year to…

The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) said the Court of Session in Edinburgh granted it leave to appeal to the UK Supreme Court against the Scottish Government’s plans to…

Annual negotiations in Brussels resulted in increased fish quotas for 16 out of 23 key Scottish stocks and “additional fishing opportunities” worth around £47 million, said Fisheries…

(Updated) – Volkswagen’s board and its general works council signed a pact that involves the loss of 23,000 jobs in Germany to help earnings by €3.7 billion per…

The Scotch Whisky Association trade group said it intends to appeal the recent Court of Session ruling on minimum unit pricing (MUP) for alcohol to the UK…

Scotland’s Wimbledon and Olympic champion Andy Murray has continued his policy of backing early-stage UK businesses as part of his relationship with crowdfunding platform Seedrs. Murray’s latest…

The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) said its chief executive David Frost is leaving to take up a new role as foreign affairs special adviser to…

Scotland’s Court of Session — the country’s highest civil court — has given its approval to the Scottish Government plans to introduce a minimum unit…

Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) chief executive David Frost has urged the UK government to put transitional arrangements in place that minimise trade disruption should the UK leave…

Scotch Whisky has been registered as a certification trade mark in Taiwan in a major legal breakthrough in the fourth biggest market for Scotch by…

The volume of Scotch Whisky exports grew 3.1% in the first half of the year to the equivalent of 533 million bottles, up from 517 million in the first half…

Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) chief executive David Frost said the industry and the UK government now need to focus on pursuing an ambitious set of new…

Scotland’s whisky distilleries attracted as many tourists as Edinburgh Castle and St Paul’s Cathedral last year — and spending at distillery visitor centres was £50 million. New research…

The chief executive of the Scotch Whisky Association has warned that Scotch exports face increased tariffs in key markets like Korea, Colombia, Peru and South Africa following the UK’s…

As the Scottish Government focuses on pursuing “all available options” to keep Scotland in the EU, the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) chief executive David Frost has vowed…

UK finance minister George Osborne tried to calm financial markets on Monday morning following the turmoil that greeted Britain’s narrow vote to leave the EU — but the…

Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) chief executive David Frost said the £5 billion industry had “serious issues to resolve” now that the UK had voted to leave the EU…

Tesco said it sold Midlothian-based Dobbies Garden Centres to an investor group led by Midlothian Capital Partners and Hattington Capital for £217 million in cash….

Scotch Whisky producers on Monday urged new MSPs and the Scottish Government to make sure that Scotland is at least as competitive as the rest of the UK —…

Scotch Whisky exports reached £3.86 billion in customs value last year as the industry continued to show strong signs of recovery after a slight decline in recent…

The Scotch Whisky Association has promoted Alan Park to the position of director of legal affairs to succeed Magnus Cormack who is leaving the SWA at the…

Leaving the European Union would reduce flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) into the UK by more than 20%, damaging productivity and lowering people’s incomes,…

Oil & Gas UK and the Scotch Whisky Association, representing two of Scotland’s most important industries, both welcomed moves on taxation by UK finance minister George…

The UK market for Scotch Whisky is showing signs of improvement despite 76% tax — but the industry says more support is needed from the UK…

The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has called for a further 2% cut in excise duty in next month’s budget, stressing the industry’s importance to the Scottish…

A poll carried out for the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) shows that 92% of Scots consider the 76% tax levied on a bottle of Scotch to be unfair….

Scotch Whisky exports totalled £1.7 billion in the first half of 2015 as the decline of recent years slowed significantly. Scotch exports to Brazil, India and Russia…