Forres Local 
A prominent building in the centre of town has become a new retail outlet for whisky. Aceo Spirits has bought and converted the former Bank of Scotland into a shop for its wide and varied range of whiskies. Managing Director Edward Odim explains why they made the move.
A scheme designed to revitalise Forres has successfully secured almost £1.8 million, setting the wheels in motion for a range of ambitious projects. The Forres Conservation and Heritage Scheme will benefit from £790,000 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund’s Grants for Heritage scheme, alongside £980,000 from Historic Environment Scotland’s Heritage & Place Scheme. This is … Read more
A 175-year lease of a residential caravan and holiday home park on the outskirts of Forres has gone up for sale at a guideline price of £5.5m. Riverview Country Park is on the market with 36 acres, 233 pitches, and a passive income of just over £400k. The sale includes a reception building and a … Read more
The former Bank of Scotland on Forres High Street is to open as a whisky shop on Friday 4 April. Aceo Ltd, Scotch whisky specialist and owner of the well-established independent bottler Murray McDavid, is proud to announce the opening of the Murray McDavid Whisky Shop at The Old Bank. The High Street bank was … Read more
Food lovers and families can look forward to a new market event that is set to bring delicious street food and fun to Forres. Hot off the heels of the success of the Forres Family Christmas Market, the Mother’s Day Market will take place on Sunday 30 March from 10am to 4pm at the Old … Read more
Are you a young person who would like to get hands-on with professional recording equipment and learn about video and audio production? A new oral history project has been launched to not only record historical memories for posterity, but also to bring older and younger generations together. Forres Local has been awarded funding to acquire … Read more
A politician says local people will be asking “serious questions” as to why local enterprise bosses have spent nearly £150,000 on brick paving at Forres’ enterprise park. The costs were revealed after MSP Douglas Ross asked Highlands and Enterprise a series of questions surrounding the decision to remove the grey stone ‘chuckies’ that divided the … Read more
Two paintings which have hung in the Forres Tolbooth for nearly 200 years have been restored. An invited audience heard from Forres Heritage volunteer Alex Ross, historian Yvonne Findlay, and restorers Sophie Percival and Gail Egan, about the paintings’ history and the work to bring them back to their former glory. The Tournament and The … Read more
The Falconer Museum in Forres could be set for a new chapter as ambitious proposals to reopen the historic institution under independent governance are revealed. A newly developed business model has outlined that a sustainable future for the museum is possible, if a new operating body is established. The reports were produced by Culture … Read more
A community-driven currency that once thrived in Forres has been relaunched. LETS, or Local Exchange Trading System, alows people to buy and sell goods and services by swapping skills rather than cash. And this time round, it is broadening its reach to the whole of Moray, and has been rebranded New Moray LETS. The relaunch … Read more