Shoppers spent £171m on festive seafood
SALES of seafood in the UK over the 2017 festive period rose by 4.4 per cent, with salmon once again topping the list. The figures from Seafish show that UK […] Continue Reading
Staff harder to find say processors
MORE than a third of UK seafood companies say they are now say experiencing a lower availability of suitable candidates following the EU referendum, a Grimsby Food Careers event in […] Continue Reading
Family firm wins fish and chip contest
A MODEST family run Yorkshire business has won this year’s National Fish and Chip Awards. Competing against formidable opposition, Millers Fish & Chip shop in the village of Haxby (population […] Continue Reading
Processors urged to join ‘health’ check
A ‘HEALTH’ check is being carried out on the state of the UK seafood processing industry in the wake of Brexit. And companies are being urged to cooperate by letting the government […] Continue Reading
London seafood summit on Brexit impact
THE Norwegian Seafood Council is hosting a major summit in London next week to prepare for the challenges posed by Brexit. More than 120 representatives from the Norwegian and British seafood industries will […] Continue Reading
Grimsby to stage seafood careers event
GRIMSBY is to host a major event next month in a bid to steer more young people towards a career in food and in the seafood industry in particular. Organised by […] Continue Reading
Brexit threat to Scottish recruitment
SCOTLAND’S seafood processors are far more dependent on European workers than those elsewhere in the UK, new figures from Marine Scotland show. And efforts to recruit UK workers were now […] Continue Reading
Three-year fish plan ‘flexible’
SEAFISH is in the final stages of shaping its corporate plan for the next three years up to 2021, said chief executive Marcus Coleman. But the plan – due to be […] Continue Reading
NE Scotland hosts fish and chip winners
NORTH East Scotland has laid on a big welcome for representatives from five of the UK’s leading fish and chip restaurants as part of the 30th anniversary National Fish & Chip […] Continue Reading