It's been more than 12 years since Diageo pulled out of Kilmarnock — ripping 700 jobs from the town and beyond in the process. More than 200 years on from Johnnie Walker's genesis in Kilmarnock, the ...

One of the world’s largest manufacturer of drinks, Diageo, announced July 1 the closure of the Johnnie Walker whisky bottling plant in Kilmarnock and distillery at Port Dundas, Glasgow in Scotland.

Around 20,000 people demonstrated in Kilmarnock July 26 against the planned closure of the Johnnie Walker’s whisky bottling plant by the major drinks trans-national Diageo. The huge turnout, almost ...

The 20,000-strong crowd included politicians, workers and their families and members of the town football team. They marched through Kilmarnock in western Scotland where Johnnie Walker started ...