US EditionDistillery layoffs send shudders across remote Scottish island
- The Harris Distillery on the Scottish island of Harris announced layoffs at the end of April 2025, affecting its staff near Tarbert harbour.
- The layoffs followed prolonged challenges in the whisky industry, including overproduction, changing consumer habits, global volatility, and tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump.
- Since opening in 2015, the distillery produced award-winning Scotch whisky and gin, enabling dozens of young locals to find employment and helping some feel settled on the island.
- Financial director Ron MacEachran, from nearby Scalpay, said "It's desperately sad" and recalled a "thriving community" here decades ago, noting they aimed to do "something very positive for the island."
- The recent layoffs have raised concerns that many young people may leave the island, potentially worsening the ongoing population decline and impacting the close-knit community.
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