The Latest Breaking News from Martin Dickie

Annual debt repayments rise to £17m at ‘punk’ beer company rocked by departure of its founders

BREWDOG's co-founder Martin Dickie has left the Scottish drinks firm “out of the blue” for personal reasons, The National can reveal.

James Watt faced online backlash after announcing his engagement on LinkedIn, a platform deemed inappropriate for personal announcements.

BREWDOG is a Scottish brewery and pub chain based in Ellon, having first been founded in 2007 by James Watt and Martin Dickie.

James Watt steered the brewer to great success but a private equity stake and attending Nigel Farage’s 60th suggest the edginess is gone

The unorthodox Scottish brewers have made a name for themselves over the last 17 years by making headlines with bold and outlandish marketing strategies, often in response to rulings and criticisms. But they’ll have a hard time coming back from their latest blunder, writes Hannah Twiggs

The top taxpayers including Tim Martin, James Dyson and JK Rowling paid more than £5bn in tax collectively, with the youngest person on the list aged just 30

Alex Gerko, who is the founder of trading company XTX Markets, paid around £487.4m in tax, taking the crown from Bet365 founder Denise Coats.

The Sunday Times Tax List 2023 has been released this morning and Bet365 boss Denise Coates has been knocked off top spot by Russian-born billionaire and XTX Markets founder Alex Gerko