Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston said:
“One of the challenges facing Lochaber, and some other rural parts of the Highlands, is depopulation and the loss of working-age people and their families.
“That’s why this is particularly welcome news, and it is encouraging to see this level of investment - and the local jobs it brings - being made in Morvern.
“Scotland has a strong drinks sector and, as someone who is involved in organic farming and food production in Orkney, I know how important Scotland’s wider food and drink industry is across the Highlands and Islands.
“I look forward to seeing this investment progress, and wish all concerned every possible success.”
NOTES
1 More on this story here: https://www.hie.co.uk/latest-news/2022/may/18/more-jobs-and-lower-emissions-as-highland-distillery-expands/
2 The text of a motion that Jamie Halcro Johnston is submitting to the Scottish Parliament is provided below for information:
That the Parliament welcomes the investment in the Nc'nean Distillery on the Morvern peninsula; understands that £250,000 from Highlands and Islands Enterprise will go towards a major project to create a new site bottling plant, which will reduce environmental costs as well as provide for new jobs at the Distillery; considers this funding to be a welcome boost to the rural economy of Lochaber, and would like to wish the staff at Nc’nean Distillery all the best for their future success.
