As Parliament returned in January 2023, the UK Spirits Alliance ramped up engagement with MPs from across the political spectrum.  In February, our ‘State of Spirits’ pamphlet landed in the inbox of all MPs, raising the profile of the industry in parliament, with letters going out to influential Conservative backbench […]

In our campaign ahead of the Budget in March, we heard from distiller Matthew Russell from Copper Rivet Distillery in Kent. He spoke with GB News about the pressures facing small distillers at present, and the need for recognition from the Government that small distilleries across the UK are struggling […]

Local distillery can continue to grow and innovate with a stable duty regime.  Local MP, David Rutley, was recently invited to meet with Mr Karl and Lindsay Bond, owners of the award-winning Forest Distillery, to learn more about recent successful developments with their business. Karl and Lindsay were also keen to win […]

Didsbury Gin have been named Distiller of the Week by the UK Spirits Alliance. On receiving the news, Liam from Didsbury Gin said: “Being recognised as distiller of the week by the UK Spirits Alliance is a nice moment for us at Didsbury Gin, it is another step on our journey […]

Reacting to the Chancellor’s summer update in the House of Commons, a UK Spirits Alliance spokesperson said: “We welcome any measures to support the recovery of the hospitality sector, which is a vital part of the UK economy and one of the hardest hit by Coronavirus. It will be great to see […]

Lakes Distillery continues to grow as it benefits from the Conservative’s decision to freeze duty on spirits. This has allowed the successful business, nestled on the shores of Bassenthwaite, to continue to expand and create employment. Trudy Harrison, the Conservative parliamentary candidate for Copeland, was invited to the attraction to […]

Small Business Minister, Kelly Tolhurst MP was getting in the spirit on Friday 6thSeptember as she paid a visit to Copper Rivet Distillery in Kent to see first-hand how they produce their famous dockyard gin. Copper Rivet first opened its doors on Chatham Martime Marina in 2016. Set in the historic […]

The UK Spirits Alliance has this week submitted its representations to the Treasury ahead of the 2019 Budget. On Monday, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sajid Javid MP, announced his plan to hold a Budget on Wednesday 6 November 2019. The UKSA submitted its documents that evening. The submission calls […]

  New polling from the UK Spirits Alliance shows that women and millennials choosing spirits on a night out. To aid the sector, the UK Spirits Alliance has written to Chancellor Sajid Javid asking him to fix excise duty before reforming it. They called on him to “celebrate the global […]

Distillers across the country have today written to Chancellor Sajid Javid asking him to support the UK’s spirits industry in this year’s Budget by freezing and reforming spirits duty. Supporters of the UK Spirits Alliance (UKSA), which launched in July, include: The British Distillers Alliance – which has more than […]

Liam Manton, co-founder, Didsbury Gin: Manchester is a passionate, creative, fascinating place. When we started Didsbury Gin it was all about capturing those things and, well, distilling them. We were making gin at the same time as working full-time jobs. But even though that sounds amateur, we knew what we […]

New campaigning alliance launches today with poll showing UK distillers are set for a production boom in the next 12 months