A DISTILLERY has ripped up the contracts of about half of its staff, claiming the Scottish Government's planned law on minimum pricing of alcohol is partly to blame for the move.

Loch Lomond Distilleries in Alexandria has transferred about 16 posts to a job agency in a move that will cut costs for the firm and result in a drop in benefits, including pension rights, for staff affected.

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