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Published Date: 06 July 2009
DIAGEO has refused to rule out moving its bottling operations out of Scotland altogether.
Its managing director in Scotland, Brian Donaghey, fuelled concerns about more job cuts when he told a Sunday newspaper that "Scotch has to be distilled and matured in Scotland, but it doesn't have to be bottled in Scotland".

A spokesman for the company said yesterday it could make economic sense in some circumstances to move bottling closer to export markets.

A spokesperson for finance secretary John Swinney said an offshore move would dilute the brand, while Glasgow SNP MSP Bob Doris also said "to suggest bottling whisky overseas will do Diageo more harm than good".





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  • Last Updated: 05 July 2009 11:50 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
1

Ugly George,

06/07/2009 00:33:46
Gnats : Punitive tariffs required on the export of bulk spirit.

Briton : Oh dear, you can't do that it's a reserved matter.

Gnats : We could if we were independent.

Briton : Not if you were in the EU , a la SNP game plan and the new bottling plant is in Eastern Europe.

Gnats : Alex Alex, whit ur we goin tae dae noo Alex.

Salamander : We will just have to become giro monkeys.

Briton : Oh no, not more of you - here have a banana.

Krautwop Diagiofrog : Kerching.
2

BIG EYE,

Paisley 06/07/2009 07:41:11
1.

I know you hate the SNP but with Independence I think you would find that the entire whisky industry would find being in Scotland rather than London would prove beneficial for them as well as Scotland.

What is certain is that Scotland should not tolerate another mainstay industry being removed from Scotland.
3

overton,

aberdeen 06/07/2009 07:42:03
What's happened to the SNP's proposal to apply a minimum charge to alchoholic beverages?
That was to applied without reference to one of our main indigenous industries and would have had a serious on sales of whisky.
So now they are pretending that they care about Scottish industry?
Unfortunately their abysmal record to date says the opposite.
4

Auld Twa,

Edinburgh 06/07/2009 08:13:32
#3 Overton
Minimum charge is coming, probably across the whole of the UK eventually.
Incidentally, can you name any brand of whisky selling for less than 40p per unit ? (Excluding stores own brands which may well be loss leaders.}
5

EdwinB,

Glasgow 06/07/2009 09:05:52
Diageo will do what it is allowed to do under EU law - which is pretty much what it would be allowed to do under an independent Scotland, ie whatever it likes.

Salmond's outrage is understandable, but he has to be more in command of the mixed signals he sends out - he can't say 'Scotland is open for business' and then complain about, say, Poland also being open for business.




6

BROONISDOOMED,

PITS OF HELL 06/07/2009 09:38:20
passed an oddbins on sat,on the bus,poster in window states £8 off a bottle of scotlands finest
just wonder if that was for malts,or any brand?
Its managing director in Scotland, Brian Donaghey, fuelled concerns about more job cuts when he told a Sunday newspaper that "Scotch has to be distilled and matured in Scotland, but it doesn't have to be bottled in Scotland".
its whisky,scotch is for eggs,tape and yanks describing scots
better to be bottled at source,than scotland losing jobs to slave labour elsewhere in the world,as seen on ch4 with primark,wee kids paid pennies to hand sew sequins on expensive tops,thus making huge profits for greedy companies
by all means make a profit,as it lets you expand and create jobs,but not when its being made on the backs of the worlds poorest
7

SECESSION NOW,

Why was the following deleted and #1 left up? More 06/07/2009 19:30:01
BOYCOTT THESE DIAEGO BRANDS NOW..................

Diageo is the holding company for some of the most recognizable alcohol brands, including:

* BEER:
Guinness,
Smithwick's,
Red Stripe,
Harp Lager,
Kilkenny,
Kaliber (non alcoholic

* SCOTCH WHISKY:
Johnnie Walker,
Justerini & Brooks (J&B),
Bell's, Black & White,
Vat 69,
Oban,
Talisker,
Lagavulin,
Glen Ord,
Glenkinchie,
Dalwhinnie,
Cragganmore.


* BAIJIU:
Shui Jing Fang

* VODKA:
Smirnoff (Smirnov in Russia),
Cîroc,
Silent Sam,
Popov,
Ketel One.

* GIN:
Gordon's,
Tanqueray,
Gilbey's,
Booth's

* RUM:
Captain Morgan,
Bundaberg,
Pampero,
Myers'

* BOURBON:
Bulleit

* CANADIAN WHISKY:
Crown Royal,
Seagram's

* IRISH WHISKEY:
Bushmills

* TENNESE WHISKEY:
George Dickel

* TEQUILA:
Don Julio,
osé Cuervo

* SCHNAPPS:
Black Haus,
Goldschläger,
Rumple Minze

* MIXED:
Archers,
Pimm's,
TGI Friday's

* LIQUER:
Baileys,
Sheridans,
Yukon Jack,
Godiva's

* WINE:
Sterling Vineyards,
Piat d'Or,
Barton & Guestier,
Beaulieu Vineyard,
Blossom Hill,
Canoe Ridge Vineyard,
Acacia, Chalone,
Provenance,
and Rosenblum.


DIAGEO is the world's biggest whisky producer with 28 malt distilleries and two grain distilleries.

The company operates the Scotch whisky distilleries of:

Auchroisk,
Benrinnes,
Blair Athol (situated at Pitlochry),
Caol Ila,
Cardhu,
Knockando,
Glen Elgin,
Clynelish,
Cragganmore,
Dalwhinnie,
Glenkinchie,
Glen Ord,
Lagavulin,
Oban,
Royal Lochnagar,
Strathmill,
Talisker,
Teaninich,
Mannochmore,
Mortlach,
Glenlossie.





Similarly Grand Marnier is distributed by Diageo in many markets, including exclusively in Canada, and a deal was reached in 2009 to significantly expand this partnership in Europe.

=====================================================


The most powerfull vocal weapon we have as consumers and patriotic
8

SECESSION NOW,

06/07/2009 19:30:33
The most powerfull vocal weapon we have as consumers and patriotic Scots is our wallets.



BOYCOTT ALL DIAGOS BRANDS AND SHOW THEM THE DOOR.

THEY DISPLAY NOT ONE SHRED OF LOYALTY OR HUMANITY TO THEIR WORKFORCE.

BOYCOTT THEM OUT OF SCOTLAND.









9

SECESSION NOW,

06/07/2009 19:31:49
Now Mr Moderator what is wrong with that post and why would you delete it?

CARE TO COMMENT?


Thought not.
10

KWC,

Edinburgh 06/07/2009 22:31:54
The Scottish Parliament want to have control over tax, but probably have no 'bottle' (no pun intended) to actually reduce it in order to both attract industry to come here and to keep the big industries we still have.

This story illustrates the success, or failure, that we could have if we looked attractive. No one will come to Scotland just because it is Scotland. They will only come if there is a reason to come.

We could be mega-successful, or just another failure that no one cares about. I suspect our politicians will take the cop out route. If we lose this industry then what do we have?
11

SECESSION NOW,

06/07/2009 23:08:54
#10 What on earth do you mean, "no one will come to Scotland."

It is precisely that kind of negative whimpering mentality that got Scotland into the mess she has been in all these decades under performing the rest of the UK and being bled white by Westminster.

Why on earth does any one live in Iceland, Greenland, Faroes, Shetland, and all these small independent nations on the edge of Europe as we are.

Scotland is a rich rich country. Natural resources and people of the highest caliber. The only element missing from the equation is self government, a source of national shame that keeps Scotland's nose firmly in the dirt.

Get of your knees and stop your snivelling man.
12

SECESSION NOW,

FROM MEDIAWATCH 07/07/2009 10:07:52
Shereen Nanjiani Sunday Morning Radio Scotland

Shareen’s treatment of the Diageo closure in Kilmarnock



Sunday morning’s edition of Shareen and pals …..She reported that Des Browne had criticised the SNP for being asleep on the job regarding Diageo when he first heard of their plans for the Kilmarnock plant, and that he had repeated this claim later on in the week. We then heard a tape of Browne claiming that the SNP had been caught asleep on the job over the Kilmarnock plant and that there was no reason to think it would be different for any other part of Scotland. No SNP representative was allowed the right of reply.


It was a clever move by the BBC to replace the previous Sunday morning weekly news digest hosted by Ken Macdonald with Shareen and pals: an impartial look at the week’s events had been replaced with a panel giving personal interpretations of events. The guests are invariably unionists - no surprise there then!



(NB from Mediawatch)
Newsnight Scotland last night covered the Diageo crisis with nobody from the Scottish government present ,nor was anyone from the Scottish government even mentioned. Des Browne was interviewed extensively and at some length in what was little more than a Labour PPB.The bias in BBC Scotland is becoming extensive and regular and is a matter of some considerable concern. Unlike newspapers we cannot stop buying. We can however organise a mass licence fee boycott and ensure that it receives maximum publicity in order to damage this biased Corporation.It may yet come to that. Please keep your reports of BBC bias coming in. These will be used anonymously or under a pseudonym if requested. Have a look at this meantime;

BBC bias
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8136710.stm

 

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