sneil@obantimes.co.uk
WHISKY workers’ union the GMB is urging the UK government to protect the £5 billion Scotch industry amid Brexit uncertainty.
The whisky and spirits industry directly supports more than 40,000 UK jobs, according to GMB figures, with a further estimated 120,000 jobs connected with whisky production and export, including 7,000 jobs in rural areas where other work is hard to find.