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Boss is whisky bond baddie.


Byline: Annie Brown

DIAGEO, the firm struggling so badly they have to axe 900 whisky jobs, yesterday anounced a pounds 2.02billion profit.

They said they suffered a "challenging" year to June, with pre-tax profits slightly lower than last year. Pass the hankies.

The sacked workers will face a "challenging" year with no wages to pay the mortgage.

And Kilmarnock businesses will be so "challenged" that many of them will close.

Diageo chief executive Paul Walsh Paul Anthony Walsh (born 1 October 1962 in Plumstead, London) was a diminutive and pacy centre forward who shot to fame in the 1980s after joining Liverpool. Playing career
Charlton Athletic
 doesn't seem to care.

He told BBC Radio Scotland BBC Radio Scotland is BBC Scotland's national radio network, broadcasting since 1976 on 92-95 FM and 810 medium wave. It now also broadcasts on DAB Digital Radio, digital television and the internet, through RealNetworks' RealPlayer and Windows Media Player. : "I'm aware of the jobs campaign and am aware that people are almost trying to dent the image of the Johnnie Walker Johnnie Walker is a brand of Scotch whisky produced in Kilmarnock, Scotland. It is the most widely distributed brand of Scotch whisky in the world, sold in almost every country and with yearly sales of over 120 million bottles.  brand, which will not be good for the remaining employees."

lose Walsh is fast becoming like a Bond baddie. We can almost see him stroking a cat as he threatens the "remaining employees".His biggest "challenge" must be how to sleep at night.

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Publication:Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
Date:Aug 28, 2009
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