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PostPosted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:18 pm    Post subject: North British distillery closes amidst Legionnaires outbreak Reply with quote

http://www.scotsman.com/news/health/legionnaires-outbreak-distillery-at-centre-of-bug-probe-shuts-down-1-2347121
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:21 pm    Post subject: Re: North British distillery closes amidst Legionnaires outb Reply with quote

bifter wrote:
http://www.scotsman.com/news/health/legionnaires-outbreak-distillery-at-centre-of-bug-probe-shuts-down-1-2347121


A very sad situation in all respects.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This story has a pic of the distillery:

http://www.scotsman.com/news/health/legionnaires-distillery-shuts-as-cooling-tower-comes-under-scrutiny-1-2345875
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 2:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It does sound like the North British Distillery is the main suspect it is right that it has shut down but i am surprised it took this long to shut it down as i believe it was a suspect from the beginning.

Who is it that owns/runs North British
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 6:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Diageo I believe. They'll be cursing the timing as they only just announced a £1bn investment in the industry. As an Edinburgh resident this episode has been a little worrying!
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 5:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I believe North British Distillery is a joint venture between Diageo and the Edrington Group, each of them has a 50% share.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 7:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I seen on the news this week that the North British cooling towers were given the all clear, they were not the source of the Legionnaires outbreak.
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