04-05-2025
- Business
- The Herald Scotland
Distillery takes 'desperately sad decision' to cut jobs
The Isle of Harris Distillery said it is "deeply regrettable".
A consultation is under way. (Image: Isle of Harris Distillery) Simon Erlanger, managing director of the distillery, pointed headwinds faced by the distillery and others in the industry.
The distillery, which produces The Hearach single malt Scotch whisky and Isle of Harris gin, currently employs 45 people.
Mr Erlanger told The Herald: "In a move to safeguard the future of our business, today we are introducing a restructuring programme which will see reduced production and workforce at the distillery."
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Shopping park next to new 2,700-home development for sale
The retail park is now on the market. (Image: Galbraith)
A Scottish retail park has been put on the market for sale.
The park is in a "highly prominent position" and next to a major redevelopment site.
Galbraith said Seafield Retail Park in Edinburgh comprises a terrace of three retail warehouse units, a stand-alone retail warehouse and a stand-alone drive-thru restaurant which has been sold on a long lease to McDonald's.
The agent said the stand-alone retail warehouse has recently been subdivided into two drive-to food units and 12 EV charging stations have been created in the car park.
The terrace provides accommodation for Halfords, Connection Flooring and McGuirks Golf, which is currently fitting out.
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Scotch whisky is a family affair for Isle of Raasay chief
Whisky is a family affair for Isle of Raasay chief. (Image: Peter Sandground) Scotch whisky is very much a family affair for Alasdair Day.
The former food industry chief executive is the co-founder of Isle of Raasay Distillery, which released its inaugural single malt in late 2020. But his family connections to the industry stretch back all the way to 1820, when his great grandfather, Richard Day, joined a company called J&A Davidson in Coldstream.
Alasdair took his own first steps in the industry in 2009, when he recreated the recipe of one of the whiskies his great grandfather produced for J&A Davidson between 1899 and 1916.
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AROUND THE GREENS
For the love of golf's hickory history
The workshop is celebrating its first anniversary. (Image: Hickory Golf Workshop)
This article appears as part of Kristy Dorsey's Around the Greens series
Previously employed in the financial services sector, Stuart Fraser set up his artisan clubmaking business as part-time gig during the Covid lockdowns and gave up his day job in November 2023 after finding a permanent home for the operation.
The Hickory Golf Workshop is now celebrating its first anniversary, having restored more than 500 clubs to their former glory. It is opening the 2025 season with a new hickory-era golf ball making experience, along with the addition of traditional plus fours and bunnets for visitors to try on.
Mr Fraser describes the workshop experience as a combination of "Scottish history, traditional craftsmanship, and storytelling with the chance to handle and play with authentic hickory-shafted clubs".
