New Loch Duart facility will create 40 jobs in Dingwall
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Scourie-based Loch Duart, the producer of farmed salmon, has purchased its own fish processing facility for the first time in the company’s 21-year history.
The future aim is to provide the company with greater flexibility and control than before.
Loch Duart has acquired the facility in Dingwall previously owned by The Edinburgh Salmon Company.
It was mothballed in 2018 and Loch Duart plans to refurbish the 52,000 sq ft facility before opening. The move will result in the creation of up to 40 new jobs initially.
Mark Warrington, managing director of Loch Duart, said: “This is great news for Loch Duart and for our customers. It’s an investment in our future. Having our own processing facility will eventually allow us to be more flexible and responsive to our customers’ needs as we adapt to changing consumer behaviours in the new world that we all face.”
Loch Duart currently produces 6000 tonnes of high quality salmon each year from its farms in Scourie and the Outer Hebrides. Before this development the company employed 100 people, mainly at the two farm sites. This new facility provides the ideal location for processing in relative proximity to the farms as well as being on the route to Loch Duart’s markets.
