The cool thing about it is the CEO, Arik Levy, created the tracking process, himself, with the help of an internal IT guy.

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He said Holyrood could put a levy on the water used in the distilling process, a suggestion backed by another former economic advisor to the government, Sir George Mathewson.

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However, the British Retail Consortium, who were also consulted as part of the committee's evidence-gathering process, said it was opposed to a levy.

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Speaking to Al Jazeera, Levy was keen to downplay the significance of the Egypt-Israel peace to the overall regional peace process.

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David Levy, the foreign minister, insists that he will leave the government if its policies bring the peace process to a halt.

ECONOMIST: Israel