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NEW ASSOCIATION LAUNCHED TO PROTECT CASK WHISKY CUSTOMERS AND UPHOLD THE REPUTATION OF THE SCOTCH INDUSTRY
By setting best practices in cask whisky ownership and sale, the Association aims to protect cask whisky customers and the wider whisky industry.
Chairman of the Advisory Board and spokesman for the CWA Colin Hampden-White says the Association's goal is to uphold the overall reputation of the Scotch whisky industry.
Colin says, adding:
Wendy Chamberlain MP, Chair of the Scotch Whisky APPG, has today written to the business minister responsible for the Digital Markets, Competition, and Consumers Bill, seeking clarification on whether the new consumer legislation will increase protections for investors in cask whisky. She says in the letter:
The Association has also met with Lord Richard Harrington - who is leading the government review of foreign direct investment (FDI). Harrington said of the Association:
Other MPs whom recognise the need to better protect investors are also lending their support to the Association.
Nickie Aiken, MP for Cities of London and Westminster, says:
The Association is in discussions with the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA), the Worshipful Company of Distillers and the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), seeking cooperation and collaboration to address issues in the sector. It is also petitioning The Bonded Warehousekeepers Association (The BWA) to gain their support.
Whisky expert and author Hans Offringa sits on the CWA's advisory board. He says:
Membership to the CWA is open to UK-based, financially-stable companies who uphold quality standards and retain all appropriate licences.
The CWA is a voluntary organisation open to all cask whisky companies. Applications will be reviewed semi-annually by the executive board and overseen by the independent advisory board.
Please visit the website for further information https://caskwhiskyassociation.org/contact/
Follow the CWA on social media:
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Facebook – Cask Whisky Association
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LinkedIn – Cask Whisky Association
The Cask Whisky Association was established and launched in 2023.
The CWA brings together stakeholders leading on best practice to safeguard the industry and consumer.
The carefully-curated board of Advisors offer a depth and breadth of knowledge from all sides of the industry and includes distilleries, authors, journalists as well as insurance and legal professionals.
Keith Rennie – Director at Scotch Whisky International Ltd
Simon Aron – Managing Director of Cask Trade Ltd
Saul Kelly – Managing Director of Fruitful Spirits Ltd
George Stewart –Director of George Stewart Whisky Ltd
Danny Saltman – Director of Malts at DS Tayman
Saul Taylor – Managing Director of Dalkeith Brokerage Ltd
Russell Spratley – Director of Spiritfilled Ltd
Colin Hampden-White – TV presenter and whisky journalist
Charles Maclean – Author and whisky expert
Hans Offringa – Author and whisky expert
George Frier – Partner at Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP
Patricia Dillon – Managing Director of Speyside Distillers Co. Ltd
John Laurie – Managing Director of The Glenturret
Graeme Dempster – Account Executive at insurance broker
Bruce Stevenson
Martin Purvis – Associate Director of Kelvin Cooperage
https://caskwhiskyassociation.org
: Gordon Carver / 07732604450 / g.carver@hawthornadvisors.com
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