INDIA/UK: UB could walk away from Whyte & Mackay talks
By just-drinks.com editorial team | 31 January 2007
A top executive at Indian drinks giant UB Group has insisted the company is prepared to walk away from talks to buy Whyte & Mackay. P. J. Murali, CFO of UB's distilling arm, United Spirits, told just-drinks today (31 January) that the group is also in talks with "alternative parties" in the whisky industry over possible tie-ups.
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A top executive at Indian drinks giant UB Group has insisted the company is prepared to walk away from talks to buy Whyte & Mackay. P. J. Murali, CFO of UB's distilling arm, United Spirits, told just-drinks today (31 January) that the group is also in talks with "alternative parties" in the whisky industry over possible tie-ups.
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