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Meat firm blow

Devro to axe 90 jobs with closure of Bellshill plant

Devro
Devro makes skins for sausages Meat casings company Devro is closing its Bellshill site with the loss of 90 jobs and will switch production to its Moodiesburn plant. Bellshill willRead More

Five year commitment

Lidl makes £15 billion pledge to British food industry

Lidl
Home pledge: Lidl will buy British Supermarket chain Lidl is to invest a record £15 billion in British suppliers over the next five years.   The investment comes as the discounter’sRead More

Approval for whisky plant

Eye-catching distillery to go ahead on Speyside

Artist’s impression of unusual design A whisky distillery is to be built on the banks of the River Spey at Craggan, near Grantown-on-Spey after the Cairngorms National Park Authority grantedRead More

Call to halt tax

MPs sign letter urging Trump to reverse tariff hike on whisky

Macallan single malt whisky
Single malts face tariff hike this week A cross-party group of Scottish MPs is calling on President Donald Trump to rethink a hike in import tariffs on Scotch whisky. DistillersRead More

Crop revolution

Only way is up for Scottish firm planning ‘vertical farms’

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Basil crop at one of the vertical sites A Scottish start-up plans to build dozens of indoor ‘vertical farms’ across the UK, capable of growing up to five times the volume of vegetables as a traditional farm. Edinburgh-based Shockingly FreshRead More

WTO ruling

Whisky exporters fear damaging impact of US tariffs

Karen Betts SWA
Karen Betts: tariffs will be like an instant tax rise (pic: Terry Murden) Whisky distillers are facing a 25% tariff on exports in a trade battle with the US whichRead More

Green drinks plan

Skwishee urges customers to ditch plastic in UK-wide campaign

Skwishee
Skwishee is inviting customers to be imaginative A Scottish drinks producer is taking an unusual step to encourage its customers to ditch plastic-based cups. Fife-based Skwishee wants them to bringRead More

Faroese buyer

Scottish Salmon Company sold to Bakkafrost in £516m deal

Scottish Salmon Company
Firm is one of the biggest producers of fish The Scottish Salmon Company, one of the country’s biggest producers of farmed fish, has been acquired by a firm in theRead More

Brewery raising funds

Scotland’s first alcohol-free brewery in crowdfund campaign

Sonja Mitchell: ‘I dreamed of running a brewery’ Scotland’s first alcohol-free brewing company, Jump Ship Brewing, today announces a crowdfunding campaign to help accelerate production. Jump Ship is being brewedRead More

Beer breakthrough

Clan Brewing Co to unveil US export deal at Las Vegas show

Chris Miller
Chris Miller: ‘strong interest from buyers’ A Scottish craft beer producer has announced a “significant” export breakthrough into the US, the world’s largest craft beer market. The Glasgow-based Clan BrewingRead More