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Booming whisky sales lift jobs firm's profits

Booming global sales of whisky have helped Scotland-based recruitment specialist Brightwork to post record sales and profits for 2011.

The company, formed in 2006 after a management buyout, supplies temporary workers to many of Scotland's leading drinks producers as well as in other sectors.

The group said turnover was up 43% to £26.2 million while pre-tax profits jumped by 68% to £949,000 last year, both figures significantly above expectations due to a surge in sales in the last few weeks of 2011 which has continued into 2012.