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Bushmills whiskey has a long history, originally granted its license in 1608, just as settlers arrived in North America and as King James I was on the throne. And for hundreds of years it was Irish whiskey, with its “e”, which flowed the world over, with sales far outstripping their Scottish neighbours.By the 1980s though, Irish whiskey had collapsed, representing just 1% of the global market.But now it is booming again, becoming the fastest growing spirit in the world with sales rising 131% in the past decade.Master distiller Colm Egan says growth is significant: “Here at Bushmills we are looking…

Small businesses operating in and around Grenfell Tower in West London are at risk of closure and bankruptcy, a local business group has warned.  The devastating tower block fire killed 71 people and left hundreds homeless back in June 2017.The Portobello Business Centre estimates that, in the nine months since, some companies in the immediate vicinity of the tower have lost up to 70% of trade, mainly due to a reduction in footfall.Allen Pluck, chief executive of the Portobello Business Centre, told Sky News, “We have now unfortunately nine months on bailiffs turning up for collection of debt and business…

The chief executive of Conviviality is expected to lose her job next week as investors demand boardroom accountability in return for providing more than £100m to rescue the company. Sky News has learnt that Diana Hunter’s tenure at the helm of the Bargain Booze owner is hanging by a thread following a savage profit warning prompted partly by a previously undisclosed £30m tax liability.Sources said on Friday evening that Ms Hunter was likely to leave Conviviality in the coming ‎days as the company scrambles to raise sufficient funds from investors.David Adams, the chairman, is expected to step into an executive…

Thousands of Syrians have fled two major assaults which have seen dozens of people killed at opposite ends of the war-torn country. Air strikes by the Syrian government and Russia killed at least 76 people in eastern Ghouta outside Damascus on Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.Meanwhile, Turkish attacks on the Kurdish-held town Afrin in northern Syria are reported to have left at least 27 people dead and forced 2,500 people to flee their homes.:: Syria’s children ‘enduring hell on Earth’ Image: Some 2,500 people have fled the town of Afrin Syria’s ambassador to the UN said 40,000…

South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma will be charged with corruption over a massive arms deal in the 1990s. The country’s chief prosecutor has said there are reasonable prospects of a successful prosecution.The 16 charges relate to a 30bn rand ($2.5bn) arms deal in the late 1990s.Chief state prosecutor Shaun Abrahams said: “After consideration of the matter, I am of the view that there are reasonable prospects of successful prosecution of Mr Zuma on the charges listed in the indictment.”Mr Zuma disputes all the allegations against him and could now appeal against the ruling on a number of grounds and…

The AA is attempting to seize a vast pot of shares from its ousted executive chairman just days after he brought a multimillion pound damages claim against the breakdown recovery group. Sky News has learnt that lawyers for the AA have written to Bob Mackenzie, who was ousted last July, to seek control of roughly 33m shares that he believes could be worth up to £220m.The order, known as a Compulsory Transfer Notice (CTN), is the latest salvo in an increasingly bitter legal battle between the AA and its former boss, who left the company after a violent altercation with…

A teenage asylum-seeker who set off a bomb on a rush hour Tube train is facing life in jail. Iraqi-born Ahmed Hassan, 18, built a bomb in his bedroom at his foster parents’ home over the summer holidays.A jury found him guilty of the attempted murder of 93 people, who escaped with their lives when a fireball engulfed a Tube carriage at Parsons Green on 15 September last year.Prosecutor Alison Morgan said it was “a matter of luck that the device did not function as intended”. Video: CGI recreation of crime scene The bomb was made from triacetone triperoxide (TATP),…

The £1bn logistics company Safestore Holdings faces a massive revolt next week over nearly £14m in share awards handed to its top two executives. Sky News has learnt that leading shareholders in the storage group are preparing to vote against its remuneration report and the chair of its boardroom pay committee, Claire Balmforth.City sources said the level of investor anger was such that it was conceivable that Ms Balmforth risked losing the vote at next Wednesday’s annual general meeting.The protest will prolong a feud between Safestore and its major shareholders over a one-off award of long-term shares to its chief…

The snow forecast for the weekend has just got worse – with the Met Office issuing amber weather warnings. Up to 20cm (8in) of snow could fall this weekend as forecasters warn of a mini “Beast from the East”.Sky News meteorologist Chris England said on Thursday that it would turn “much colder” over the next few days, with a “raw wind from the Baltic bringing widespread snow showers”.Snow has already started falling in the Grampian mountains in Scotland, he said.The Met Office says the snow and ice will begin in some places from 3pm this afternoon. The worst of the…

An arrest warrant for the sister of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince has been issued in France amid allegations she ordered her bodyguard to beat up a decorator. The alleged victim was hired to carry out some refurbishment work at Princess Hassa bint Salman’s Paris apartment in September 2016, according to AFP.She lived on Avenue Foch – an affluent street in the west of the city.The decorator is accused of taking pictures inside the apartment with the intention of selling them on to the media. Image: Earlier this month Theresa May met the Crown Prince The man, who has not been…