VENERABLE Glasgow printer John Watson & Company achieved a near-20% hike in turnover and raised its profits in its last financial year, in the teeth of a double-dip UK recession, as it benefited from boom times in the Scotch whisky industry.
VENERABLE Glasgow printer John Watson & Company achieved a near-20% hike in turnover and raised its profits in its last financial year, in the teeth of a double-dip UK recession, as it benefited from boom times in the Scotch whisky industry.
SPIRITED: John Watson at the £3m label press his printing firm purchased in 2010. Picture: Martin Shields
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The firm also recruited more staff and paid down debt.
Accounts filed with Companies House, seen by The Herald, show the family business hiked its turnover by 19.8% to £11.6 million in the year to March 31.
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