UK: Diageo calls UK spirits tax "unsustainable"

By just-drinks.com editorial team | 24 March 2011

Diageo has said that tax levels on some of its biggest-selling spirits brands in the UK will be "unsustainable", following duty tax rises announced by the Government.

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Diageo has said that tax levels on some of its biggest-selling spirits brands in the UK will be "unsustainable", following duty tax rises announced by the Government.

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