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New Edinburgh distillery doubles its team for opening

Holyrood Distillery and visitor experience has doubled the size of its team as its opening approaches.

The Edinburgh attraction's latest hire is Elizabeth Machin, who joins Ollie Salvesen in the distilling team headed by Jack Mayo.

Visitor experience director Debs Newman, who was previously at the V&A in Dundee, will be supported by Holly Aynsley as visitor operations and events manager; Jen Wallace as retail and admissions manager and Liam Robertson as tourism business development manager.

Ian Gemmell has ben signed up as the distillery’s finance manager.

The project was initially led by a core team including founders Rob and Kelly Carpenter and David Robertson, alongside commercial director Bill Farrar and head distiller Jack Mayo.

Only a handful of the distillery's limited edition run of 100 casks remain available for sale in advance of the July opening.

Holyrood Distillery will be the first fully operational single malt whisky distillery in the heart of Edinburgh for almost 100 years.

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