Prince’s Trust backing for Gregor Hannah’s Lady of the Glen

A young Fife entrepreneur has set his sights on the giants of the drinks industry after the Prince’s Trust gave its backing to his independent whisky bottling business.

Gregor Hannah, 26, set up Lady of the Glen two years ago after identifying a niche in the market for grain and deluxe malt whisky sourced from distilleries which have either closed, have limited production runs or which do not release casks for general sale.

The whisky is bottled and labelled under the firm’s own brand before being sold, with the majority being exported to Europe.

The Prince’s Trust has now given its support to the firm, and Mr Hannah said it was his ambition to scale-out the business in the years ahead to rival the established players in the market.