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Chivas Brothers Chairman and CEO Jean-Etienne Gourgues has been appointed Chair of Scotch Whisky Association Council for two years from 2024.

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Scotch Whisky industry welcomes extension of duty freeze

The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has welcomed today’s alcohol duty freeze, saying that the decision by the Chancellor to extend the duty freeze until February 2025 shows he has recognised that a rise in duty would be detrimental to the Scotch whisky industry

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SWA celebrates recognition at Keepers of the Quaich ceremony

Scotch Whisky Association Head of Membership and Internal Communications Pamela Peacocke was inducted into the exclusive Keepers of the Quaich society earlier this week.

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SWA legal team toasts success in South Korea

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SWA comments on 2024 SNP leadership election results

Following the outcome of the 2024 SNP leadership elections, the SWA has congratulated John Swinney

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25 months remain to avoid re-run of damaging 25% US tariff

This week (15-17 May) the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) will visit Washington DC and, alongside the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS), meet with members of Congress and partners in the United States with 25 months remaining to avoid the reinstatement of the 25% tariff on Single Malt Scotch Whisky.

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Parties urged to show they give a dram about Scotland by ruling out Scotch tax hike

Scotch Whisky Association urges all parties to commit to backing the Scotch Whisky industry ahead of general election and ask they rule out increases in excise duty.

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SWA congratulates new PM Keir Starmer

Commenting on the outcome of the UK General Election, Chief Executive of the SWA Mark Kent said:
“We congratulate Sir Keir Starmer on becoming the UK’s new Prime Minister following the General Election."

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Scotch Whisky Association appoints new legal counsel

Sophie Airth will join its award-winning legal team of five lawyers and two paralegals.

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Scotch Whisky industry says UK government has broken commitment to ‘back Scotch producers to the hilt’

The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has said the Chancellor’s decision to further increase duty on Scotch Whisky has broken the Prime Minister’s commitment to ‘back Scotch producers to the hilt.’

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National Farmers Union Scotland (NFUS) and the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) meet to discuss sustainability in the supply chain

NFUS met the SWA in a roundtable discussion involving members of the Combinable Crop Committee and representatives from the SWA’s Net Zero Working Group.

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Treasury has lost half a million pounds a day since double digit tax hike on Scotch

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