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A Postcard from Australia
Despite ferocious competition from American, Irish and home-grown whiskies, Scotch whisky shipments to Australia have proved remarkably strong. But as
Distell International reinvented as CVH Spirits
A clutch of single malts and a couple of blends, once known as Burn Stewart Distillers, now has a new
Ardnamurchan Distillery: a dram with Alex Bruce
Brimming with joie-de-vivre, Alex Bruce is a great ambassador for the fun side of Scotch whisky – an industry that
The shrinking UK market: whisky’s £1.7bn home front
The UK market remains critical for Scotch, but creating value and building brands is tough right now. And the UK
Recycling: Bottle bank blues
The SNP-Green coalition in Scotland appears determined to press ahead with its highly-contested deposit return recycling scheme. The Scotch whisky
Sustainable Production
Efforts to decarbonise the production of Scotch whisky by 2040 are well underway and distillers are now seeking to make
Venture capitalists reap the fintech whirlwind
The two years of ‘crazy time’ are at an end and fintechs will find less investment money floating around in
Poverty in Plain Sight – review of Darren McGarvey’s ‘The Social Distance Between Us’
Darren McGarvey’s The Social Distance Between Us is a wake-up call for Britain. It isn’t always an easy or comfortable
The non-corporate world of Ian Macleod Distillers
Life for independent, family-owned Ian Macleod Distillers hasn’t always been easy amongst the big corporate beasts that dominate the industry.
Inside Iceland’s probe into the 2008 financial crash – review of Jared Bibler’s ‘Iceland’s Secret’
In Iceland’s Secret, former lead investigator for the Icelandic regulator shares his insights into how fraud was unearthed and bankers
Fortune favours the passive – review of ‘Trillions’ by Robin Wigglesworth
There has been a tectonic shift in the world of investment in the past half-century. It has probably passed the
Money for Nothing – review of ‘The Key Man’ by Simon Clark and Will Louch
Arif Naqvi attended his first World Economic Forum (WEF) event in June 2003, a few weeks after George W Bush
Ban private firms from auditing Scotland’s public spending, urges report
The Scottish Government should ban private firms from auditing local authorities’ accounts as their involvement is an obstacle to transparency
Stock horror – review of David Ricketts’ ‘When the Fund Stops’ and Owen Walker’s ‘Built on A Lie’
When Neil Woodford’s fund management group collapsed in October 2019, it sent shock waves through the investment world. But it
Banking’s journey from virtue to vice
Award-winning author and writer Ian Fraser explores how and why Scotland’s banking industry, much admired by Adam Smith, fell from
Risk management: how corporates can fix risk blindness
When it came to predicting the coronavirus pandemic, which has spread worldwide since the first case was detected in China
Five new predictions for the future of money
1 End of cash 1 End of cash Reports of the death of cash have not been exaggerated. Professor Chris
Why the time is right for infrastructure investment
The world is facing a gargantuan $15-trillion infrastructure investment gap. According to Lawrence Slade, chief executive of the Global Infrastructure
Master Criminals of the Universe: review of Anastasia Nesvetailova and Ronen Palan’s ‘Sabotage’
Sitting in a white leather armchair at a hustings event in June last year, Boris Johnson bragged that he had,
Could a rise in insolvencies actually be good for business?
It’s easy to forget that the UK has been living through what BBC economics editor Faisal Islam describes as “a