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ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND -  February 9 2022: 

Mackies Ice Cream - New Flavours, White Chocolate & Raspberry and Strawberry Swirl.

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Mackie’s scoops up talented graduate for brand new dream role

A graduate has kick-started a dream career developing ice cream and chocolate in the creative heart of Mackie’s of Scotland’s family farm - where it...

Boswell Book Festival unveils opening night guests

There's less than two months to go until the Boswell Book Festival returns. Organisers are currently finalising the festival programme - the world's only festival...

Find a better you with Scotland as inspiration

Who needs a gym when you have Scotland? That's the message the back page of The Kilted Coaches: How to Stick to the Damn Plan,...

Youth music series returning to our screens

One More TUNE, BBC Scotland’s youth music brand returns for a new 10-part series on the BBC Scotland channel this weekend. Presented by charismatic frontman...
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Carbon credit trading guide for agriculture

A newly published interim guide will help landlords and tenants of agricultural holdings benefit from and avoid potential pitfalls around carbon credit trading. The climate...

Aye Write and Wee Write book festivals return this spring

The Aye Write book festival will this year return to its home of Glasgow’s Mitchell Library. There will be a live programme of events to...

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Ardnahoe Distillery: First whisky to come from a new distillery on Islay since 2009 released

It has been six decades since Stewart Laing first learned how to make whisky on Islay. In the 1960s he travelled to the world-famous whisky...
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Kiefer Sutherland: Hollywood star brings new whisky to the UK

Hollywood star Kiefer Sutherland has unveiled his new whisky to the UK, a homage to his Canadian roots and love of the spirit. The whisky,...
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Life With Isle of Harris Distillery: ‘The Hearach is special, it has done so much for the island’

Isle of Harris distiller Thomas Macrae talks to us about his earliest memories of whisky and why The Hearach is so special to islanders. And...
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Lerwick Distillery: Shetland set for its first whisky distillery

The idea began more than a decade ago when friends Martin Watt, Caroline MacIntyre and Calum Miller came up with the idea to open the...
Since its humble beginnings nearly ten years ago, the distillery has generated £50,000 for the local community.

GlenWyvis: World’s first fully community owned distillery offers whisky lovers chance to buy shares

In 2015, former Army Air Corps helicopter pilot John McKenzie decided to bring whisky back to Dingwall after a 90 year absence. His idea was...
HRH Prince Charles with Ian Urquhart Signing First Cask at Benromach.

Former Gordon & MacPhail chief Ian Urquhart dies following an illness

Scotch whisky legend Ian Urquhart has died aged 76. The Moray based businessman died peacefully on 15 March after an illness, with his family by...