Brewing and distilling in Scotland - economic facts and figures

Author: Alison O'Connor

PDF Published: Thursday 11 Oct 2018 (SB 18-64)

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- Executive Summary
- Introduction
  - Alcohol market trends
  - Spirits: a growing industry
  - A brewing industry
  - Report structure
- Scotland's spirits
  - Business base
  - Turnover and size
  - Employment
  - Income
  - Trade
  - Gin in focus
    
    Defining what is a Scottish gin
    
    Gin-tastic variety
  - Whisky in focus
    
    Whisky duty
    
    Whisky exports
    
    Geographical Indication
    
    Whisky galore
  - Summary infographic distilling
- Scotland's brewing
  - Business base
  - Turnover and size
  - Employment
  - Income
  - Production and trade
  - Beer in focus
    
    Craft beer: a definition
    
    Beer duty
    
    Flavour of Scotland's brewers
  - Summary infographic brewing
- Links with other industries
  - Agriculture
  - Malting
  - Tourism
- Policy considerations
- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- Scotland's spirits
- Scotland's brewing
- Links with other industries
- Policy considerations
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Image: Figure 1: Enterprise count distilling, rectifying and blending of spirits, 2010-2018 …

Image: Figure 2: Enterprise count manufacture of beer, 2010-2018 …

Image: Figure 3: Distilling, rectifying and blending of spirits, number of enterprises and local units, 2010-2018, Scotland …

Image: Figure 4: Distilling, rectifying and blending of spirits - count of local units, 2018, local authorities with activity …

Image: Figure 5: Distilling, rectifying and blending of spirits, count of enterprises by employee sizeband, 2018, UK nations …

Image: Figure 6: Distilling, rectifying and blending of spirits, count of enterprises by turnover, 2018, UK nations …

Image: Figure 7: Distilling, rectifying and blending of spirits, employment, 2009-17, Scotland & Rest of Great Britain …

Image: Figure 8: Gross Value Added (GVA) at basic prices by industry, manufacture of spirits and wines, 1998-2015 …

Image: Summary infographic distilling …

Image: Figure 9: Manufacture of beer, count of enterprises and local units, 2010-2018, Scotland …

Image: Figure 10: Manufacture of beer - count of enterprises, 2018, local authorities with activity …

Image: Figure 11: Manufacture of beer, count of enterprises by employee sizeband, 2018, UK nations …

Image: Figure 12: Manufacture of beer, count of enterprises by turnover, 2017, UK nations …

Image: Figure 13: Manufacturer of beer, employment, 2009-17, Scotland & Rest of Great Britain …

Image: Figure 14: Gross Value Added (GVA) at basic prices by industry, manufacture of beers and malts, 1998-2015 …

Image: Figure 15: UK beer production, thousands hectolitres, 2000-2007 …

Image: Figure 16: UK beer trade,thousands hectolitres, 2011-2016 …

Image: Summary infographic brewing …

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