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UK Gin Distillers Concerned Over Increase To Spirits Duty

The Wine and Spirit Trade Association has teamed up with 24 of the UK’s top gin distillers to write to Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond, ra...

British Gin Sales Break £2 Billion Mark: WSTA

Sales of British gin have broken the £2 billion (€2.25 billion) mark, according to the latest findings from the Wine and Spirit Trade Associatio...

UK's WSTA Calls On Chancellor To Freeze Alcohol Duty In Budget

The Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) has called on the UK government to freeze alcohol duty in the forthcoming Budget, saying that similar measures...

UK Gin Exports Double, But Post-Brexit Concerns Exist

The UK's Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) has said that exports of British gin have doubled in value in the last ten years, with projections that g...

Britain's WSTA Calls On Government To Urgently Define Brexit Withdrawal

The Wine and Spirit Trade Association, which represents the wine and spirit industries in the UK, has called on the British government to urgently define t...

UK Gin Boom Continues After Record Christmas Sales

The UK's gin boom is showing no signs of slowing down, with record sales of the spirit seen last Christmas, according to the latest market report form the...

Could The Gin Industry Benefit From EU Tariffs On American Whiskey?: Analysis

With the EU proposing potential tariffs on American whiskeys and bourbons in retaliation to US President Donald Trump’s planned steel and aluminium t...

Price Of Alcohol In UK Is Fourth Highest In Europe

The UK has the fourth-highest alcohol prices in the EU, behind Sweden, Ireland and Finland, according to the latest data from the country’s Office of...