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Whisky giant fears minimum prices for drink

One of the country’s oldest distillers has warned it could go out of business if the Scottish Government introduces minimum pricing for alcohol.

Whyte & Mackay said yesterday that imposing a minimum price of 50p per unit could mean the closure of its bottling plant in Grangemouth with the loss of 200 jobs and, because production levels would be affected, another 100 would go at their distilleries.