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The City of Edinburgh Council Planning Committee today (Wednesday 8th May) formally granted permission for the project, which will transform one of the city’s most important landmark buildings into a major new tourist destination. The Johnnie Walker visitor experience is the focal point of a £150million investment in Scotch whisky tourism ...

Plans to bring the iconic Port Ellen Distillery on Islay back to life in a unique celebration of distilling heritage and innovation have been formally submitted to local authorities. The detailed Planning Application setting out proposals that will see the famous ‘silent distillery’ reopened more than 35 years after it was ...

The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) has announced major new freshwater projects that will see the Company invest approximately £10m in its operational infrastructure and Scotland’s rural economy. A new facility in the Applecross estate in Wester Ross, ‘Applecross Kishorn’ is due to be completed in 2020 and will create a centre ...

Beer drinkers in Germany are stocking up on Scottish beer by the pallet load to ensure their supply does not run dry in the event of a hard Brexit. Aviemore based award-winning craft brewer, Cairngorm Brewery Company has seen Bavarian buyers expedite and increase their orders pre-Brexit, to ensure that ...

The most extensive and famous private Scotch Whisky collection in the world will remain a jewel in the crown of Edinburgh’s tourism landscape, after a new 10-year loan deal was agreed for its public display. The Diageo Claive Vidiz Collection has been the focal point of the Scotch Whisky Experience on ...

Hospitality workers in Fife and the Highlands are being offered the chance to enhance their skills and gain qualifications, as the Diageo Learning for Life: Hospitality Elevator course comes to the regions.   Launched earlier this year, the Hospitality Elevator programme is aimed at over 18s currently working on part-time or zero-hour ...

The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) has awarded a substantial boat-building contract to a family-run business based on Arran. Kiscadale Engineering / Arran Workboats Ltd has been commissioned to build six new work boats for SSC, which will be delivered to SSC sites across the Outer Hebrides from Lewis to Mull between ...

  A Rotherham schoolgirl has won a competition to create a soup label for the much-loved UK food group Baxters. Following an educational visit by Baxters Food Group Innovation Manager Darren Sivewright to St Bede’s Primary School last year, the junior pupils were given three weeks to create a souper new design ...

The MSP for Perthshire South and Kinross-shire is backing ‘The Big Declutter’, the theme of this year’s Pass it on Week campaign by Zero Waste Scotland, supported by European funding, to call on the Scottish public to declutter their homes and pass on what they don’t need anymore. On an average ...

This year’s national Pass it on Week, which takes place between 9 – 17 March, aims to illustrate that a declutter is more than just a clear out, it is a way to get the items you no longer use in to the hands of someone who will. New research by ...