Posts Tagged ‘Scottish Seafood Association’
UK seafood processors face covid impact survey
A major survey is underway to find out the financial and socio-economic impact of Covid-19 on the seafood processing industry throughout the UK. It began earlier this month and will continue during August. The survey is being conducted by Seafish, which is asking seafood processors to provide information on how the outbreak has affected their…
Read More£10m support for seafood sector ‘on its knees’
THE Scottish government has announced a £10 million funding package to help seafood businesses weather the coronavirus crisis. With many firms fighting for survival, and in turn threatening livelihoods in coastal communities, the Scottish Seafood Business Resilience Fund will provide a combination of grants and loans to businesses, it was revealed today. The shutdown of…
Read MoreConfusion in Scotland over ‘key worker’ status
SCOTLAND’S food producers have urged the devolved government to provide clarity, in line with the rest of the UK, over which members of staff can be defined as key workers. In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, national advice has been issued identifying key workers as including those involved in the production, delivery and sale of…
Read MoreProcessors \’will be able to recruit from overseas\’
THE seafood sector has been told it will be able to recruit overseas workers under the government’s new points based immigration proposals. It had been feared that the scheme, announced this week, would hit processing plants, particularly in the north east of Scotland, where 70 per cent of employees are foreign nationals. However, roles such…
Read MoreProcessors \’will be able to recruit from overseas\’
THE seafood sector has been told it will be able to recruit overseas workers under the government’s new points based immigration proposals. It had been feared that the scheme, announced this week, would hit processing plants, particularly in the north east of Scotland, where 70 per cent of employees are foreign nationals. However, roles such…
Read MoreFish factories shut with loss of nearly 70 jobs
A FISH processor in north east Scotland has gone bust, resulting in the loss of nearly 70 jobs, the Press and Journal reported today. Prime Seafoods, which also sells fresh fish, including salmon, online, shut down its two factories in Peterhead and Fraserburgh yesterday, telling its 68 employees that insurmountable financial difficulties were to blame.…
Read MoreProtect our exports, seafood sector urges Gove
REPRESENTATIVES of Scotland’s seafood sector have called on the UK government to do more to protect seafood exports to Europe in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Members from both the farmed and caught sectors met Environment Secretary Michael Gove in London today to discuss plans following Britain’s withdrawal from the EU, due to take…
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