Mackie’s embraces UK trend for premium ice cream

Latest figures have revealed that Mackie’s of Scotland has enjoyed significant growth south of the border – as the market for higher quality produce expands. The brand has seen an improvement in its UK-wide market share, while the premium ice cream remains the number one brand north of the border. Mackie’s report that their own…

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Bookie slashes the odds on Nessie being found after latest ‘sighting’

A bookmaker has slashed the odds on proving the Loch Ness Monster’s existence. A latest ‘sighting’ of the Loch Ness Monster, the eighth in the last 12 months, has left Betway slashing the odds of the beast’s existence being confirmed from 5000/1 to 500/1. The UK’s greatest unexplained mystery has reportedly surfaced no less than…

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New single malt launched by Highland Park for global travel retail

Kirkwall’s Highland Park distillery has launched a limited-edition single malt whisky exclusively for the global travel retail market. Voyage of the Raven, which has distinctive black packaging, draws on the raven’s position in Norse history and mythology. For the Vikings, the raven was a powerful symbol of victory in battle. The expression is matured in…

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New Nevis Range scheme will generate some interest

A new hydroelectric scheme that powers the Nevis Range base station and gondola has been officially opened. Nevis Range Hydro Company, the sister business to Nevis Range Mountain Experience in Lochaber, celebrated the completion of a scheme, with a ceremony performed by Paul Wheelhouse MSP, the Scottish Government’s Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy. The…

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Banff’s new art show is all light now

An art exhibition that has been three years in the making is now on show in Aberdeenshire. Georgia Rose Murray, who is based in Fife, uses the language of painting to explore the mystical reality of Northern landscapes. Georgia’s exhibition, First Darkness, Then Light is the culmination of three years of research and studio practice,…

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Rhone Part 1: Syrah’s spiritual home

The Crozes-Hermitage area of the Northern Rhone produces only a single red grape variety, but Peter Ranscombe finds out just how varied its Syrah can be. “Syrah loves a view” – or so French winemaker Jean-Louis Chave once said. In the Crozes-Hermitage region in France’s Rhone valley, those grapes are spoiled for choice when it…

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Summer Glow-Getter

Benefit Cosmetics celebrate summer at Loch Lomond this weekend Every year, tens of thousands of holidaymakers leave the U.K and flock to sunnier shores, from Marbella to the Maldives. This summer Benefit Cosmetics is celebrating staycationing and the quintessential British holiday by launching the Hoola Ice Cream Van, which will con-tour the UK this summer.…

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Meet the Designer at Loch Lomond Shores

Leading Scottish jewellery designer, Sheila Fleet, is putting the finishing touches on some new summer designs. If you’d like to be among the first to see these fine silver and gold pieces then take a trip to Loch Lomond for Sheila’s Meet the Designer event.     Sheila will be showing her new designs and…

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Sheila Fleet to host Meet the Designer event

Join leading Scottish jewellery designer Sheila Fleet at her Edinburgh Gallery in Stockbridge from 26-28 May as she introduces her very latest designs and new enamel colours. Sheila will be showing jewellery in brilliantly deep colours, bright and beautiful for summer.     High value designer rings with handset precious gemstones will also be on display.…

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