Where to enjoy a Martini in London for World Martini Day June 17, 2021 The Martini is universally exalted. It’s subject of countless quotes and lore from Ernest Hemingway to Dorothy Parker; it’s a tool of politicians from Roosevelt to Churchill and even served to Stalin at Yalta; and it was lent yet more glamour from being the tipple of choice of Ian Fleming’s best known character. It even [...]
Queen’s birthday honours local leaders who stepped up amid the pandemic June 11, 2021 In light of the Queen’s birthday and the global crisis that has bound communities together, 23 per cent of the monarch’s honours list are those who emerged as local leaders in the fight against Covid-19. Some local leaders reshaped their businesses to aid their communities while others put them on the back burner altogether. “Throughout [...]
US and EU set to end Trump’s $18bn tariff war June 8, 2021 The US and EU will reportedly commit to ending outstanding trade disputes and pledge to end tariffs before the end of the year when they meet next week. President Joe Biden and European leaders will agree to resolve disagreements, including a long-running dispute over aircraft, at a summit in Brussels on 15 June. The pledges [...]
UK ramps up preparations for India trade deal negotiations May 24, 2021 International trade secretary Liz Truss is set to begin a 14-week consultation with businesses on what to prioritise in soon to begin UK-India trade deal negotiations. Truss has said this mean the UK was “firing the starting gun on a free trade deal with India” before negotiations officially begin later this year. The UK’s trading [...]
UK considers scrapping Trump-era tariffs on US whiskey and motorcycles May 24, 2021 The UK will review its tariffs on US products like whiskey, tobacco and motorcycles in a bid to get Joe Biden to drop Trump-era tariffs on British steel. International trade secretary Liz Truss announced today that she would launch a six-week consultation with British businesses to consider “re-balancing measures” that could see some of the tariffs [...]
Harley-Davidson shares drive up to three-year high on trade truce May 17, 2021 Shares in Harley-Davidson revved up to a three-year high today after the EU suspended an increase in retaliatory tariffs on its motorbikes as part of a trade truce with the US. The EU had threatened to double tariffs on Harley’s bikes, American-made whiskey and power boats to 50 per cent from next month in retaliation [...]
City Spirits: Cinco de Mayo is the perfect chance to look afresh at tequila May 5, 2021 It’s not been a vintage twelve months for travelling, as we all know. But that doesn’t mean you can’t get away, even momentarily, with a taste of further afield. Cinco de Mayo, Mexico’s biggest party day of the year, is upon us – and one of the best ways to raise a glass to Mexico, [...]
UK and India free trade deal talks to start in autumn, says minister May 4, 2021 The UK and India will begin talks over a full free trade deal in the autumn that will “double” trade between the two countries, trade minister Liz Truss has said. Truss told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that Britain wanted to see India’s tariffs on imported cars and whiskey reduced or removed as part of [...]
Gin review: Hendrick’s Lunar is a giant leap for spirits fans March 31, 2021 Hendrick’s air of cultivated whimsy would be grating if it were not so consonant with the character of their product. Hendrick’s flagship cucumber and rose-flavoured gin is best known, but in all its varieties, Hendrick’s is inventive, impish, and iconoclastic. The spirits are produced at a distillery in Girvan, Southwest of Glasgow. The purpose-built Gin [...]
Why Belgium may represent the next frontier in the whisky world March 30, 2021 On his first visit to Edinburgh, in the first pub he went into – Deacon Brodies Tavern on the Royal Mile – the first drink Tom van Gyseghem had was a glass of Caol Ila 18-year-old. It inspired him to become a distiller, set up Thistle Spirits in his home city of Brussels and, with [...]