Instead of choosing to #KeepTheCommitment the UK government has decided to impose the highest duty increase on #ScotchWhisky in 40 years 📈 Extra costs for consumers 🚫 Further competitive disadvantage for spirits in pubs ⚡Still no sign of energy relief support for distillers

PM @RishiSunak says #ScotchWhisky has been supported at budgets - but HMRC data shows, with the same and even better tax treatment, cider & beer have not grown revenue as much as spirits So why do cider & beer get tax breaks not available to Scotch? Time to #KeepTheCommitment

“@HumzaYousaf is right to stand up for the industry and push back on Westminster’s planned 10.1% whisky tax hike.” Today’s @pressjournal editorial says Scotland’s food & drink sector “too easily taken for granted.” It’s vital @hmtreasury #KeepTheCommitment and #SupportScotch 🥃

Thanks to everyone who supported the #KeepTheCommitment campaign by writing to MPs and @hmtreasury Tomorrow, #ScotchWhisky tax will see largest increase in 40 years & distillers won't be able to use tax breaks available to other alcohol categories The commitment was not kept

“Whisky is already heavily taxed” says @GlennBBC - indeed it is! 👉 70% of average priced bottle collected in tax, rising to 75% under @hmtreasury plans 👉 #ScotchWhisky and other spirits taxed more than any other alcohol Time for the UK government to #KeepTheCommitment

On route to Westminster to meet @hmtreasury Exchequer Secretary @GarethDavies_MP @ScotchWhiskySWA has made clear the #ScotchWhisky industry wants the UK government to #KeepTheCommitment - here is why 👇

Yesterday I spoke to @BBCScotlandNews about the planned double-digit tax rise on #ScotchWhisky @hmtreasury deepened the tax discrimination faced by spirits - hope @GarethDavies_MP will be open to all options to address this and #KeepTheCommitment 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🥃 https://t.co/zBw4k6Pxcm

🗓️ From August, the #ScotchWhisky industry faces a tax hike of 10.1%, widening the gap between how spirits and other alcohol categories are taxed. 🥃 We asked the UK Government to #KeepTheCommitment they made to #SupportScotch Whisky producers. What happened to that promise?

Everyday of your life is what you have to get yourself ready and equipped for the opportunity. #KeepTheCommitment #Stayhungry

#ScotchWhisky is taxed more per unit than any other category of alcohol, discriminating against distillers and the world-class products they make. Our #KeepTheCommitment campaign calls on the UK Govt to remember their pledge to #SupportScotch 👉 https://t.co/c3zqm5lD1t

In 3 months, @hmtreasury want to hike tax on #ScotchWhisky and other spirits by 10.1% Distillers want the UK government to #KeepTheCommitment it made to the industry - not increase the tax burden and deepen the discrimination #SupportScotch 🥃 | https://t.co/VMNNBLdcp0

The #KeepTheCommitment campaign featured in today’s @DailyMailUK @Douglas4Moray will raise the 10.1% duty hike with @RishiSunak as he heads to Scotland The PM has promised to treat the industry fairly – we now need to see action to reverse the tax increase and #SupportScotch 🥃

In 27 days @hmtreasury will impose the largest tax increase on #ScotchWhisky in 40 years. It will 📈 fuel inflation 🤷‍♂️ hit hard pressed consumers 🥃 break promise to industry Today @ScotchWhiskySWA told @10DowningStreet it’s not too late to #KeepTheCommitment & #SupportScotch

"There are many frustrated distillers who still hold the UK Govt to a promise they made... to "ensure our tax system is supporting #ScotchWhisky" @littlegrumpyG on @LBCNews about @hmtreasury's failure to #KeepTheCommitment, as our industry faces a 10.1% tax hike from tomorrow.

“It was already difficult, and it’s going to be even more difficult next year” With 1️⃣ month to go until @hmtreasury's 10.1% tax hike, small distillers like @glenwyvis are weighing up the rising cost of doing business. The UK Govt needs to #KeeptheCommitment to #SupportScotch 🥃

"You're setting a precedent for confusion, for continuous meddling, for uncertainty." John Fordyce, Managing Director of the Borders Distillery, sets out the costs that #ScotchWhisky producers are facing and why it is important @hmtreasury #KeepTheCommitment to #SupportScotch

Small distillers like @glenwyvis are weighing up the rising cost of doing business ahead of a 10.1% duty rise from August 1st. Our industry needs the UK Govt to #KeeptheCommitment it made to #SupportScotch producers throughout Scotland 🥃 Learn more 👉 https://t.co/c3zqm5lD1t

Yesterday @ScotchWhiskySWA CEO @MarkAGKent met new @hmtreasury Minister @GarethDavies_MP to discuss proposals which would enable the UK government to #KeepTheCommitment it made to the #ScotchWhisky industry #SupportScotch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🥃👇

A productive meeting with new @hmtreasury Exchequer Secretary @GarethDavies_MP We set out proposals which enable the UK government to #KeepTheCommitment to #SupportScotch The government committed to “ensure our tax system is supporting #ScotchWhisky” - time to deliver 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🥃

Time to ##KeepTheCommitment to our #Whisky industry? https://t.co/eRKglYhEDn #ScotchWhiskyAssociation