Scale of Five Star losses revealed

FIVE Star Fish, the seafood business which is threatening to close its Grimsby site with a potential loss of almost 400 jobs, has reported a significant increase in its losses despite a large rise in turnover. The secondary white fish processor is a wholly owned subsidiary of Boparan Holdings, which deals mainly in poultry under the 2Sisters Food…

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MSP in Pinneys plea to M&S

MSP Joan McAlpine is urging Marks & Spencer to use its influence with Young’s Seafood to keep the threatened Pinney’s plant open. And in a letter to M&S chairman Archie Norman, she said customers expected Scottish salmon to be totally produced in Scotland. She has also accused the retailer of squeezing suppliers on terms and said the…

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Annan council fights to save plant

LOCAL council leaders have begun a fight to save at least some of the 450 jobs at the threatened Young\’s Seafood factory at Annan in the south of Scotland. They made the pledge after meeting Scottish government ministers yesterday. Elaine Murray, the leader of Dumfries and Galloway Council, and her deputy, Rob Davidson, are urging Young\’s Seafood to…

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400 Grimsby seafood jobs set to go

FIVE Star Fish, a major supplier of seafood products to Marks & Spencer, looks poised to close its Grimsby factory and lay off almost 400 members of staff. The company said the operating was ‘heavily loss making’ and the decision had been taken because of the site\’s financial position. The statement said: ‘Five Star Fish has…

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