For William Wordsworth, the Lake District was a “national property” for all to enjoy. But what the poet, a teetotal, would have made of the first whiskey distillery in the area for more than 100 years is hard to tell.

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Fortune Brands, the company behind Jim Beam bourbon and Titleist golf equipment, reported a doubling in profits in 2010, to $496m (£308m).

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