Pauls Malt succeeded in increasing profits during 2020, despite the COVID-19 situation and the related impact to the brewing industry. The result was helped by whisky distilling customers continuing to operate throughout the pandemic. Overall, 2020 sales for the malting group (part of Boortmalt) decreased in the UK by 20% YoY and decreased globally as well, but the shining start was the rest of Europe which increased 210%.