Shellfish forum to focus on sector’s resilience

SCOTLAND’S mussel and oyster farmers will descend on Oban tomorrow, to take part in the annual ‘Best Scottish Shellfish’ competition. The contest kicks off a two-day conference, at the Corran Halls in Oban, opened by Mairi Gougeon, Scotland’s minister for Rural Affairs and the Natural Environment, and featuring speakers from the UK, US, Sweden, the…

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Scottish salmon stars in new M&S campaign

SCOTTISH salmon is the star of a new advertising campaign by Marks & Spencer, aimed at promoting the retailer’s fresh food. In the commercials, ITV weather presenter Lucy Verasamy visits a range of M&S farms to meet the people behind its produce. The campaign, Fresh Market Update, has also featured raspberry, strawberry and tomato farmers.…

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Young’s buys site for Grimsby expansion

YOUNG’S Seafood is thought to have spent more than £1 million buying a 13-acre site in Grimsby in readiness for future expansion in the town. The land is a former cold store and logistics base less than two miles from its main fish dock production factories. The site was on the market at £1.5 million,…

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Young's set to lose £30m Asda contract

THE seemingly endless merry-go-round of winning and losing major fish contracts took a new turn last night with news that Young’s Seafood is poised to lose a £30 million contract with the supermarket chain ASDA. The impact on jobs is still to be assessed. The contract is in two parts – a shrimp or prawn…

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Orkney salmon farm wins top M&S prize

SCOTTISH Sea Farms’ team at Wyre, Orkney, has been named by M&S as its outstanding producer of the year in the Farming for the Future Awards 2018. The 1,909-tonne capacity farm, established in 2015, performs a dual role, not only rearing its own salmon from smolt to adulthood, but also acting as a nursery for…

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Young's sales continue to rise

YOUNG’S Seafood is continuing to enjoy sales growth, both in the UK and in its new markets in the United States. The company has reported turnover for the second quarter of its financial year (January 1 to March 31) of £136.3 million and an EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax and depreciation) of £5.5 million, maintaining…

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Young's may cut 450 Scottish jobs

GRIMSBY based Young’s Seafood today announced that it will close part of its Scottish operation with the possible loss of some 450 jobs. The news came as the company signed three new contracts to supply M&S with chilled and frozen coated fish, natural salmon and white fish from 2018 to 2023. However, the company said…

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