Minimum pricing 'will cost jobs'

Mar 10 2010

Plans to introduce minimum pricing for alcohol could result in the closure of a whisky bottling plant and the loss of hundreds of jobs, a drinks manufacturer has warned.

Whyte and Mackay fear the Scottish Government's proposals could "decimate" the own label drinks market.

And the firm's chief executive John Beard warned that could see the loss of up to 300 jobs and the closure of a bottling plant in Fife.