Adam Hardie

Head of Food & Drink at Johnston Carmichael, Scotland’s largest accountancy firm, judge @ Scottish Beer Awards and Chairman Scottish Gin Awards.

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This is such a very challenging year for food & drink manufacturers - for some raw materials as high as 40% increase - too much to pass on to supermarkets - a food chain now so efficient that everyone struggels to make money - however the planet needs mor…https://t.co/bnZEKPv4Hj

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DRY JUNE BIGGER THAN DRY JANUARY ! Tesco has said that sales of no and low acholol beer were 25% higher in June than January 2023 - evidence that LONO Beer is here to stay! This will only continue with reform of Alcohol Duty and Re…https://t.co/ZPGIwB7Dhr https://t.co/84QaTSzW2E

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So let's have a shout out for meat this week - after Royal Highland Show celebrates a sell out crowd of 220,000 over 4 days - the planet needs and wants more protein - consumers are not ready to embrace vegan alternatives - after the rescue deal for a lea…https://t.co/OGVs50BOq7

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The challenges of food and drink manufacturing with rocketing inflation and raw materials. However the world needs to eat and the sector continues to be optimistic. Avenue O. You may want to shelter from the showers ! 🌧️ ⛅️ https://t.co/TpGsIKrWQZ

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message from Wales is that perhaps Gov has not actually been listening to brewers on DRS and glass ...Simon Buckley chair of Brewers of Wales has told  Welsh Government has shown... arrogance and ignorance in its pursuit of a glass…https://t.co/Oc67pQlawS https://t.co/k3AZtS2SIU

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such a challenging year for food & drink manufacturers - average raw materials costs at 25% disconnect with sales prices achieved of 5-10% - a squeeze in consumer spending - and a food chain now so efficient that nobody makes any money - however the plane…https://t.co/gItLE7iHwg

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Royal Highland Show an opportunity for food & drink manufacturers to meet trade customers, consumers and key advisers such as ourselves. Do come and meet the Johnston Carmichael Food & Drink team Thursday morning with @JC_Accountants or Friday morning wi…https://t.co/gb4fvwUtLb

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Cloud Accounting takes book keeping transactions and business data online, integrated seamlessly into a single platform, resulting in streamlined digital processes, and significant time and cost savings to businesses - it really is the way to go https://t.co/LsrLSewsbw

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digitalisation of your business -its the way to go! https://t.co/t7JwVhD1Tk

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The "disproportionate impact on Scottish businesses" is the plan to implelment DRS in Scotland ahead of the rest of the UK. Tennent's highlight the nub the issue - that every Scottish drinks business sells product north and south…https://t.co/uDSUzLmHXd https://t.co/8WeSdT7Zqb

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We all need to shout out and take action here - food growers - food wholesalers - food manufacturers - food retailers - and all of us food consumers - food waste starts at home ! great video #foodwaste #foodwastesummit23 https://t.co/ICRGqaRa4l

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Lets listen to the experts on DRS - the best decision for our environment is to keep glass out of DRS - including glass would have increased carbon emissions by 2 million tonnes - plus increasing kerbside collection meets recycling…https://t.co/3QD4bYwopd https://t.co/pjehWXcbid

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congratultions from us all Johnston Carmichael Chartered Accountants and Business Advisers Bill https://t.co/xa1ZHKwDne

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look after the cash - wise words from team JC https://t.co/8td0VyD62O

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we look forward to having you with us https://t.co/89NdQfKJPE

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First place on route to funding growth, BEFORE looking at debt options and giving away equity is to pursue all available FREE money - grant funding is a crucial part of the funding mix #funding #growthcapital https://t.co/MHvqIu9R0Y

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The reality is that it is not just the 20p deposit that the consumer would pay but - as one of scotland s leading brewers told me this week, an addional 50p per can or bottle. The consumer will pay for DRS not the producer or the retailer, who will pass t…https://t.co/C1MkG2Zg8F

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The news this evening is promising - all of us as consumers would end up paying perhaps an addtional 50p per can or bottle with DRS - in this cost of living crisis would consumers keep buying? The UK Office For Internal Markets is…https://t.co/oH88q8ddPV https://t.co/JtMxogt1VD

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tax should never be the tail that wags the dog - however when a business increases their international activities - with management perhaps spending more time in foreign countries - you can quickly fall fowl of tax authorities if y…https://t.co/4ZquiqFDIi https://t.co/gN52kpVsGL