“This could be the final nail in the coffin for so many small businesses.”
That’s the warning from one Lanarkshire distiller to the government as they gear up to introduce legislation for a polarising eco scheme.
The Scottish Government’s ‘deposit return scheme’ (DRS) is due to be introduced next August, but opponents of the scheme have called it the “most complex” version of such a scheme in Europe, posing a huge threat to their future.