Headwinds & Choppy Seas: Mark Kent CEO of the Scotch Whisky Association
“We’re going through a period of short-term volatility,” admits Mark Kent, CEO of the Scotch Whisky Association.
“Volatility which,” he says, “is partly to do with international trade conditions; partly to do with the domestic situation we find ourselves in.
“And you’ll know that we’ve had 17 percent duty increases; increases in energy costs, general costs of doing business at home, which is really acting as a brake on the industry.
“And then we’ve got tariffs and the US.”
A week ago HMRC, the UK’s tax agency, published the UK’s export statistics for 2025, including whisky which is the UK’s…
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