Top team: Holyrood Distillery venture goes on hiring spree
Holyrood Distillery said it had reached a “major milestone” in its aim of bringing back malt whisky distilling to Edinburgh, with the recruitment of a top team of whisky and drinks industry experts. The venture has recruited Jack Mayo as head distiller, Bill Farrar as sales and marketing director and Laura Anderson as director of finance. Botanicals expert Hamish Martin is to provide advice. Rob Carpenter, MD at Holyrood – a joint venture involving David Robertson – said: “I’m thrilled by the team we’ve got in place.”