Funding support for fishing and marine businesses
Announcement comes during Holyrood food and drink debate.
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West Coast hospitality facing the best and worst of times
Argyll’s hotels and restaurants are struggling to capitalise on the best ever UK staycation boom and the end of social distancing, due to staff shortages caused by Brexit, covid, and burnout
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Restaurant management say au revoir to Skye
After experiencing difficulties in sourcing staff, food and wine and custom from Europe management at ther New Creelers restaurant have returned to France.
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£1.8 million for seafood sector
The funding will support seafood businesses to access new markets within the UK and abroad, said the Scottish Government.
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Brexit’s ‘existential threat’ to seafood sector in Argyll and Bute
‘If people had all the information and knowledge of what Brexit really meant they would have voted differently,’ MP quotes local seafood operator in parliamentary debate.
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Brexit woe not over for Argyll and Bute
Recruitment problems may come to the fore in tourism, aquaculture and the care sector, as well as pressure on council resources and the end of furlough in September, says report.
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Seafood firms drowning in ‘quadrupled’ paperwork
Shipments are scrutinised with relatively minor errors such as spaces in the wrong place, missing zeros and hyphens all contributing to delays.
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Island politicians call for meeting with UK Fisheries Minister Eustace
Mr Allan said the current crisis facing the fishing industry is really concerning. ‘The last few weeks have seen prices collapse, produce left behind and vessels told not to go out to sea,’ Mr Allan commented.
Opinion
Leader – January 20, 2021
For companies that were already reeling from the coronavirus pandemic and a collapse in demand from the hospitality industry, the arrival of new Brexit trade rules have come as a sucker punch.
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Compensation welcomed but more help needed for seafood sector
Local companies exporting fish and shellfish to the EU say that they need more than a ‘sticking plaster’ approach to fix the situation.