While the challenges of post-Brexit trade continue to impact businesses what will shape the culinary landscape of the North Highlands – and can the spirit of love endure?
Scotland's licensed trade sector has condemned sweeping alcohol tax changes brought in today under the Conservatives "Brexit Pub Guarantee" as "naive and fanciful".
Coles, Da Mhile, In the Welsh Wind and Penderyn distilleries awarded label in scheme brought in to replace EU version.
Malaysia stands to gain from free palm oil exports but few other benefits seen. / "The impact appears mainly cosmetic, for the U.K. to show it made a trade deal after Brexit." / "No one in Asia is taking the pact very seriously."
Tullamore Dew owner reports €4.3m loss for 2021 on back of pandemic, Brexit and US tariffs
18/11/2022
The Irish subsidiary of Scottish drinks group William Grant and Son’s, which owns Tullamore Dew whiskey, has reported a €4.3 million loss for last year, down from a profit of almost €900,000 the previous year, as the business navigated the impacts of Brexit, US tariffs and the pandemic.
EXPORTS to the EU from Scotland have slumped by over £2.2bn since Brexit.
The landmark deal to liberalise trade with one of the world’s biggest growing economies is delayed in a blow to the Government’s growth plans.
SOME of Scotland’s most important exports have seen costly reductions in sales to other countries, research has revealed.
British holidaymakers heading to Spain at Christmas could miss out on favourite drinks due to alcohol shortage
27/10/2021
British holidaymakers planning to escape to Spain for Christmas could struggle to get their favourite drinks at bars, restaurants and supermarkets due to alcohol shortages.
The SNP claimed a "triple whammy" of Brexit, the pandemic and US tariffs had hit Scotland's most valuable export hard.
Bars and pubs are struggling to get drinks from Europe due to Brexit paperwork and rising costs
24/06/2021
‘Everything’s just a lot more difficult and it’s costing us more’
So five years after the referendum, and six months from leaving the single market, what's the slogan from businesses most affected? Bureaucracy, delay, cost.
Sales to Ireland, UK’s biggest market, plunge more than two-thirds.
The figures show Brexit-related problems are structural, not "teething problems".
First quarter UK exports fell from £5.1bn in 2020 to £3.7bn in 2021, mainly due to new trade barriers with the EU.
SCOTTISH distilleries are being forced to swallow the cost of damaging Tory trade deals, the SNP have warned.
Scots won’t be ‘fooled’ by Tory promises, says Nicola Sturgeon’s party.
A new survey of UK and Netherlands firms shows two-thirds think our departure from the single market has had a negative effect
Scotch whisky imports dry up due to Brexit
28/03/2021
Irish consumers and retailers have reported difficulties obtaining Scotch whiskies, as several distilleries and UK retailers pause EU sales post-Brexit.
Brexit hits UK food and drink exports to EU
23/03/2021
Salmon, beef, and whisky sales from the UK to the EU plummeted in January.
Salmon exports fell 98% in January from year-earlier period. / Sales to Germany, Ireland, Italy down by more than 80%: FDF.
UK food and drink exports to EU dive by 75% after Brexit, with chocolate, whisky and cheese among worst hit
22/03/2021
While post-Brexit trade rules are responsible for much of the slump, changing behaviours during the Covid-19 pandemic may have worsened it.
HMRC figures reveal huge year-on-year falls in trade, with whisky, cheese and chocolate worst hit.
Laphroaig customers from Bucks hit out at bizarre delivery route as Brexit 'chaos' blamed for delays
01/03/2021
A whiskey distributor has blamed Brexit “chaos” for delays in deliveries as customers slated a decision to ship it from Germany as “bonkers”.