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Lidl launches Equi’s vegan strawberry ice cream
ICE cream maker Equi’s has swapped its milk for coconut oil to create its vegan “Strictly Strawberry” flavour. The tubs are going on sale at supermarket chain Lidl’s 103 branches throughout Scotland. Glasgow-based convenience store operator One O One is also stocking the flavour, along with more than 50 independent shops. Chris Law, from Equi’s,…
Read MoreHas lockdown changed Scottish furniture?
THE Scottish Furniture Makers Association (SFMA) and Visual Arts Scotland (VAS) have unveiled plans for a group exhibiton entitled “Adjust/Adapt“. The show is due to run at the City Art Centre in Edinburgh from 27 March to 24 April. The exhibition will show how makers, designers, and artists are adapting domestic interiors to the pandemic…
Read MoreOnline Celtic Connections opens on Friday
CELTIC Connections’ virtual festival begins on Friday, with more than 30 online performances spread across 19 days. The programme includes concerts by artists including Blazin’ Fiddles, Kathleen MacInnes, and Shooglenifty. Their performances were recorded in venues around Glasgow and further afield. The festival would normally draw more than 100,000 visitors to the city during January.…
Read MoreRum portfolio prepares to launch
TWO Scottish entrepreneurs have unveiled plans to launcha portfolio of rums. Vets Now founder Richard Dixon and Genoa Black boss Claire Kinloch have picked five rums from Guyana, Guatemala, Panama, Trinidad, and the broader Caribbean. The rums will be aged in pedro ximénez sherry casks in Speyside and are due to be released in March.…
Read MoreExperts hail success of moving Tayside beavers to Knapdale
SCOTTISH Beavers, a partnership between Edinburgh Zoo-owner the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) and the Scottish Wildlife Trust, has completed its work to move beavers from Tayside to Knapdale in Argyll. The organisation moved 21 beavers between 2017 and 2019, and has now finished assessing the success of its project. The original beavers released…
Read MoreGin Bothy boss launches Hipflask Spirits label
THE entrepreneur behind Angus-based Gin Bothy has today launched a second brand. Kim Cameron, who founded her business in 2015, has unveiled a sloe bramble liqueur and a golden spiced rum as the first two products from Hipflask Spirits. Cameron plans to add a blended whisky next year. “Hipflask Spirits launches today, but it’s been…
Read MoreGame body hunts for under-21 chef
THE British Game Alliance (BGA) has launched a lockdown cooking competition for the under 21s. The “Game Chef Hunt” runs until 10 February, with budding cooks encouraged to post a photograph of their entry on social networks Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. Entrants are being asked to tag @Britishgamealliance, @DylanPressendye, and @RachelCarrieHunting in their posts, along…
Read MoreFormer Red Hot Chilli Piper gives free online chanter lessons
FORMER Red Hot Chilli Piper Craig Muirhead is taking to YouTube to deliver chanter lessons to pipers in lockdown. Muirhead said: “The piping community is struggling right now and has been since the first lockdown last year. “There is no cost for the lessons, we just want to share our passion for piping with anyone…
Read MoreShooting body calls for restraint during cold snap
THE British Association for Shooting & Conservation (BASC) is calling for voluntary restraint in Scotland during the cold snap. Britain’s largest shooting organisation highlighted the need for voluntary restraint when hunting ducks, geese, wading birds – including woodcock – coot, and moorhen. BASC Scotland director Colin Shedden said: “We are fully aware that the current…
Read MoreSchool joins Doddie Weir exercise challenge
PUPILS at Kelvinside Academy in Glasgow will be clocking up thousands of miles during learn-from-home physical education (PE) classes to support motor neurone disease (MND) research inspired by rugby legend Doddie Weir. The school has included the “The Doddie Gump” challenge – which calls on participants to log exercise miles to raise money for the…
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