The renaissance of the English and Welsh whisky industries has come on apace in the past few years, and shows no signs of stopping. Phoebe French discovers that the sector is in fine fettle, and is poised for future growth.
The UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer has frozen alcohol duties for spirit, wine and beer, and abolished business rates for the year for hundreds of thousands of small retailers and businesses in the hospitality sector.
We've taken a look at the just a handful of the companies making space in their still houses for anti-bacterial gel, from luxury goods giants like LVMH, to state-run alcohol distributors, to microdistilleries around the world.