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BrewDog to expand pub business globally

New BrewDog bars to open in Sweden and Brazil in the first half of the yearRead

Isle of Harris Distillery secures £1.9m grant funding

Funding is part of a £10m wider development plan to create the island's first whisky distilleryRead

C&C reports drop in UK sales of Tennent's Lager

Volume sales down 5.5% in first nine months of 2012 though revenues up 7.3%Read

Whisky distiller John Dewar and Sons reports bumper profits

Sales up nearly 6% to £116.8m on rise in exports to emerging marketsRead

Call for bottle tax on Scotch whisky to boost public coffers

Experts estimate £1 tax per bottle could bring in £1bn a yearRead

Scottish salmon exports to Far East at "record levels"

Since 2010, salmon exports to Far East have grown by 1,172%Read

Chardon Management's Maurice Taylor wins Entrepreneurial Spirit Award

Taylor recognised for his innovation and strategic vision at Glasgow Restaurant Awards 2012Read

Revenues up 9% for AG Barr

Barr confident of delivering full-year results in line with forecasts Read

AG Barr and Britvic agree merger terms

All share merger deal will lead to around 500 jobs being cut from a combined 4,300Read

Edrington Group reports 21% rise in first-half profits

Strong sales in emerging markets offsets weaker sales in southern EuropeRead

Isle of Skye Brewery and Isle of Arran Brewery to merge

Combined companies will produce nearly 500,000 litres of beer a year Read

Whisky distillers to invest £7.6m in gas pipeline

The 16-mile pipeline will link four distilleries to the mains gas networkRead

Legal challenge to minimum alcohol pricing underway

Scotch Whisky Association and the European Spirits Organisation move to strike down law passed in MayRead

William Grant & Sons annual sales top £1bn

2011 sales top £1.05bn though operating profits down 4.6% to £126.3mRead

AG Barr and Britvic merger deadline extended

Both firms asked for extension to allow accountants to finalise financial detailsRead

Scotch whisky exports up 12% to £4.2bn for year to June

Scotch Whisky Association says it is confident about the future despite exports levelling off in the first-halfRead

Survey suggests Scottish community pubs in steep decline

Molson Coors report found 703 community pubs have closed in Scotland since 2007Read

Drambuie reports 61% rise in pre-tax profits for the year

Profits lifted by pricing increases and currency exchange gainsRead

Isle of Arran Brewery to launch its first share offer in October

Inital share offering aims to raise £3.85m through minimum £50,000 investment offeringRead

AG Barr and Britvic in merger talks

Merger deal would be worth £1.4 billion at current share prices for both companiesRead