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Graeme Littlejohn retweeted
Not only will a cut to spirits excise duty on Wednesday's #UKBudget drive revenue for @hmtreasury, "it will also help consumers, and the hospitality industry where spirits are a huge driver of profitability" 🗣️ Graeme Littlejohn (@littlegrumpyg)
Speaking on @BBCScotland's #TheSundayShow this morning, our Director of Strategy and Communications outlined why reducing the tax burden on spirits could support businesses, consumers and the public finances.
Cut the #SpiritsSuperTax. Drive Treasury revenue. Boost the nation.
Graeme Littlejohn retweeted
🥃🇮🇳 With Scotch Whisky exports to India worth £286m in 2025, growth in the world's largest whisky market presents significant opportunities.
SWA International Director @IanDuddyUK and Head of Trade (APAC) Stuart Smith joined @scotgov's Indian trade mission to help champion our industry.
🤝 The SWA and the Indian Malt Whisky Association (IMWA) signed an agreement, witnessed by Scotland's First Minister @JohnSwinney MSP, to strengthen our long-term work together
Graeme Littlejohn retweeted
The Scotch Whisky Industry supports thousands of jobs in West Dunbartonshire and across Scotland.
I will do all I can to protect the status and reputation of Single Malt Scotch Whisky.
#scotchwhisky @ScotchWhiskySWA
The alcohol duty reforms of 2023 were supposed to fix a broken system, and make it fairer for #ScotchWhisky
Instead, more bolts have been added to the Frankenstein monster
That is scary enough, but the @hmtreasury Budget next week could make things worse
Graeme Littlejohn retweeted
A cut to spirits excise duty in next week's #UKBudget could “drive revenue” for @hmtreasury 🗣️ SWA Director of Strategy and Communications.
Speaking directly to MPs in Westminster today, Graeme Littlejohn (@littlegrumpyg) explained how the high tax burden on spirits is putting pressure on producers, supply chains and consumers, without delivering the revenues expected for the Exchequer. #SpiritsSuperTax
Let’s talk about duty disparity.
Same volume. Same strength. Same alcohol. So same tax, right?
Wrong.
Find out why @hmtreasury should #SupportScotch in next week’s UK Budget
Looking forward to giving evidence to @HoCcommitteesUK tomorrow
It is a timely enquiry by MPs - #ScotchWhisky has been a consistent driver of investment and jobs, but this is a critical time and the shared growth ambition must be backed by a growth agenda
Graeme Littlejohn retweeted
Fiscal discipline. Backing British business. Growth in every postcode.
These are just some of Chancellor's priorities ahead of the #UKBudget on 28 October.
And, as our Director of Strategy and Communications @littlegrumpyG explains, reducing #SpiritsSuperTax could be the solution to all of @hmtreasury's aims 👇🎥
Graeme Littlejohn retweeted
🇮🇳 🥃 SWA International Director @IanDuddyUK and Head of Trade (APAC) Stuart Smith have been in India as part of the #UKGovernment trade delegation, building on the landmark UK-India Free Trade Agreement.
The Scotch Whisky industry is proud to work in partnership with Government to showcase Scotch and boost our sector’s global export growth. We joined meetings with representatives from Defra including Secretary of State @angelaeagle MP, and @UKGovScotland Secretary of State @D_G_Alexander MP, as well as our counterparts in the Indian market @IswaiIndia.
Hi @TheNewsAgents team! Good to hear so much interest in the views of the @ScotchWhiskySWA on today’s pod 🥃
Ahead of the Budget in two weeks, let’s have a chat because if tax rises again on Scotland’s national drink there certainly will be, in the words of Emily, a sagginess of spirit
@jonsopel @maitlis
Graeme Littlejohn retweeted
📹 Today our Director of Strategy and Communications @littlegrumpyG, along with representatives of the @SpiritsAlliance and @wstauk, met with Financial Secretary to @hmtreasury James Murray.
Listen as he explains why the #SpiritsSuperTax should be cut on 28 October 👇
Graeme Littlejohn retweeted
Despite significant struggles, spirits are helping keep UK pubs afloat. Read more from bar owner Neema Rai on why a cut to spirits duty at the Budget will make a vital difference to venues like Tamesis Dock and the Battersea Barge.
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Graeme Littlejohn retweeted
🗨️ “When it comes to spirits duty, ‘the Gordon Brown approach’ is one [the #ScotchWhisky] sector holds up as a clear model of sensible policy in action... delivering increased revenue while supporting a home-grown industry with a supply chain that reaches every postcode.”
Ahead of the #UKBudget on 28 October, catch up on yesterday's piece in @thetimes about why a cut to the #SpiritsSuperTax makes sense - for business and the public purse.
thetimes.com/uk/scotland/art…
Graeme Littlejohn retweeted
70% of UK spirits are distilled in Scotland🏴
This makes a cut to the #SpiritsSuperTax on 28 October vitally important in generating growth right across the country 📈📈📈
Graeme Littlejohn retweeted
Scotch whisky chief warns industry recovery remains fragile and calls on Chancellor to cut duty 👇
As @DSanderson_85 points out, @ScottishLabour MPs are lobbying @hmtreasury to adopt “the Gordon Brown approach” to the #ScotchWhisky industry in the budget - reduce the tax burden, raise revenue.
A win-win. Let’s hope they are successful.
thetimes.com/uk/scotland/art…
“the problem is simple: the government’s endorsement of this method of production – unwitting or not – is undermining the whole concept of ‘single-malt’”
This morning’s editorial in @TheScotsman gets to the heart of the opposition to the controversial definition of Single Malt within the English Whisky GI. There are concerns from Scotland, Ireland, Wales and even the English industry is divided.
It is not too late to change course.
Why Labour needs to wake up to this threat to the £5.36 billion Scotch whisky industry trib.al/ZGWDnrr
Graeme Littlejohn retweeted
🗨️ "Why should someone choosing to have a dram pay significantly more tax than someone drinking a pint? We want @hmtreasury to address that issue."
Our Chief Exec @MarkAGKent spoke to @ScottWWright at @heraldscotland about why a supportive domestic policy environment matters for the #ScotchWhisky industry to continue investing, exporting and creating jobs.
heraldscotland.com/news/2662…
Graeme Littlejohn retweeted
Why Labour needs to wake up to this threat to the £5.36 billion Scotch whisky industry trib.al/ZGWDnrr