Posts Tagged ‘Scottish Seafood Association (SSA)’
Immigration scheme ‘threat to seafood sector’
TWO of Scotland’s largest seafood organisations, representing both the farmed and caught sectors, united today to call for urgent discussions over the government’s new points based immigration policy. Under post-Brexit plans, low skilled workers would not get visas to work in Britain unless they are employed in ‘specific shortage occupations’. These currently include nursing, civil engineering, psychology…
Read MoreProcessors demand tariff free trade
SCOTLAND’S seafood processors are demanding continued tariff free trade and access to labour in any Brexit deal reached between the UK and the EU. In a new 2020 Vision document, the Scottish Seafood Association (SSA) has outlined the sector’s key objectives for the trade negotiations and beyond. It says minimal impact on the sale of…
Read MoreScots processors seek help to expand
SCOTLAND’S seafood processing sector is challenging ministers to help remove a series of blockages that stand in the way of its modernisation and development. The Scottish Seafood Association (SSA), which represents 81 small, medium and large processors, up from 67 just 18 months ago, has identified a range of issues which are holding the sector…
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