Thank you, and goodbye
FORGIVE me, dear reader, for this moment of reflection.
After 11 and a half years on the trade beat, and occupying the editor’s chair for nearly the past eight, I’m moving to a new journalistic parish.
On a personal level, it’s the right time for a fresh challenge, but it’s with a treasure trove of memories, and a healthy dose of gratitude, that I make the move.
The trade was a different place when I was introduced to its intoxicating mix of people and politics in the summer of 2001.
Back then anything seemed possible.
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No end to wholesale woes
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Retailers deserve moment in sun
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VAT’s the way to do it
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OnlyDrams – Japan’s whisky industry was born of both Hiroshima and Glasgow
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