William Grant & Sons announce standfast charity auction – with over 300 lots including rare whiskies and unique experiences Rosalind Erskine June 26, 2020 Drink, In the News William Grant and Sons, who own big name brands including Glenfiddich, Hendrick's and The Balvenie, have released details of an online charity auction which will start next month. The auction is being held...
Glenfiddich festival whisky auction raises £240,000 for local charities Rosalind Erskine June 24, 2020 Drink, In the News Last month Glenfiddich announced that their Spirit of Speyside festival bottlings would be available at an online auction, hosted by Whisky Auctioneer. The auction, which ran from 17-22 June raised...
Scottish rum distillery sells first cask release to raise money for charity Rosalind Erskine June 5, 2020 Drink, In the News The first cask aged rum to be released from Dumfriesshire’s Ninefold Distillery has been sold to raise money for charity. Dumfries and Galloway’s only rum distillery raised £1,725 for The Food Train,...
Tomatin virtual whisky festival raises over £8000 for Maggie’s Highlands Rosalind Erskine May 27, 2020 Drink, In the News Tomatin hosted its second virtual whisky festival on 9 May to raise much-needed funds for its charity partner, Maggie’s Highlands. The event, which was live-streamed on Tomatin’s YouTube channel, saw over...
The Kind Kitchen initiative is delivering meals to those most in need – here’s how you can help Rosalind Erskine May 23, 2020 Food, In the News ‘The Kind Kitchen’ initiative from Glasgow based StrEAT Events was launched to provide fresh, nutritious meals to Scottish charities, food banks and key workers, while providing a lifeline to the street...
Six by Nico restaurants to donate all profits from branded hoodie to NHS charity Rosalind Erskine April 30, 2020 In the News In support of our NHS, Six by Nico restaurants have created a limited edition unisex NHS hoodie, priced at £25 with a size range from S to XL. 100 percent of profits from every sale of a Six by Nico hoodie...
Edinburgh businesses and restaurants team up to offer emergency food relief Rosalind Erskine April 1, 2020 Food, In the News Edinburgh Food Social, Edinburgh Food Festival, Nourish Scotland, Slow Food Scotland and Nourishing Change have joined forces to form the Food for Good Collective - which aims to provide food relief. The...
Three popular Scotch whisky distilleries will donate money to the BEN charity to support Scotland’s hospitality workers Sean Murphy March 31, 2020 Drink, In the News, Whisky The Tobermory distillery on Mull, Bunnahabhain on Islay and the Deanston distillery near Stirling have teamed up with the Scottish Licensed Trade Benevolent Society (the BEN), which offers vital social,...
Billington’s of Lenzie launch new care boxes to help people donate to those in need Sean Murphy March 25, 2020 Food, Gin, In the News Billington's of Lenzie say the new packages can be sent to friends, family or neighbours in need. Priced from £10 to £60, the new boxes include essential items as available like bread, milk, eggs, fruit...
Isle of Harris Distillery teams up with Essence of Harris to create sanitiser for public-facing workers in the Western Isles Sean Murphy March 24, 2020 Drink, Gin Teaming up with the island's fragrance maker, Essence of Harris, the Tarbert-based gin and whisky maker is making alcohol-based sanitiser to be given out for free to public-facing workers in the Western...
